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Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

Jenni Cole
Our Thai chopped peanut chicken salad is loaded with healthy veggies, shredded chicken, and the best healthy peanut salad dressing you'll ever taste! A terrific meal prep lunch that's 344 calories per serving that comes together in just 20 minutes.
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Salads
Cuisine Asian Recipes
Servings 6 servings (2 cups each)
Calories 344 kcal

Ingredients
  

Salad Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded green cabbage
  • 2 cups shredded purple cabbage
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 1 cup diced cucumber
  • 1 lb shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken or precooked chicken slices (notes below on cooking your own)
  • ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 green onions sliced
  • ¼ cup chopped peanuts

Dressing

  • ½ cup natural peanut butter without added sugar
  • 4 tablespoon coconut aminos or wheat free tamari or soy sauce if you aren't GF
  • 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoon rice vinegar not rice wine vinegar (they're different)
  • 2 tablespoon sweetener honey, agave, or monk fruit (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon ginger paste or minced ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions
 

  • To make the dressing, in a small bowl combine the peanut butter, coconut aminos, lime juice, rice vinegar, sweetener, sesame oil, ginger paste, and red pepper flakes. Add 3-4 tablespoon of water to thin out the dressing to the preferred consistency.
  • In a large bowl, toss the cabbages, carrots, red bell pepper, cucumber, chicken, cilantro, and green onions. If you're serving the salad immediately, add the salad dressing and garnish the finished dish with chopped cilantro and crushed peanuts. If you're eating the Thai peanut salad as a meal prep lunch, store the dressing separately.

Notes

Instead of slicing two kinds of cabbage and shredding carrots, simply buy a bag of pre-shredded coleslaw mix that's 5 cups of salad.
You can buy rotisserie or precooked chicken, or you can use our easy recipes on how to boil chicken for shredding, bake them in the oven, or grill chicken breasts (on an indoor grill).
The recipe makes a total of 12 cups of salad and 1 cup of dressing. Per serving is 2 cups of salad and 2-3 tablespoon of dressing.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 344kcalCarbohydrates: 26.5gProtein: 33gFat: 18.8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13.9gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 581mgFiber: 10gSugar: 9g
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