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Thai Chicken Salad
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Thai Chicken Salad

Thai Chicken Salad is full of flavor with peanut chicken, cucumbers, carrots, avocado, mint, cilantro, peanuts, and a peanut vinaigrette!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Thai
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 831kcal
Author: Taylor Ellingson

Ingredients

Peanut Chicken

  • 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs chicken breasts also work
  • 2 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 cloves garlic minced

Peanut Vinaigrette

  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup sweet Thai chili sauce

Salad

  • 6-8 cups Mixed Greens
  • 1 English cucumber sliced
  • 2 carrots julienned, or cut into matchstick pieces
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro
  • 3 tablespoon chopped mint
  • ¼ cup chopped peanuts

Instructions

Chicken

  • In a small bowl, combine chicken marinade ingredients.
  • Drizzle on top of chicken and let marinate for at least 20 minutes, or up to overnight.
  • Preheat stovetop skillet or grill to medium-high heat.
  • Once hot, add the chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side, until cooked through. If using chicken breasts, you may need to increase cooking time to 5-6 minutes on each side depending on thickness.
  • Remove from skillet and set aside for 10 minutes and then chop into bite-sized pieces.

Peanut Vinaigrette

  • Add all of the vinaigrette dressing ingredients to a small food processor or blender and process until well combined and smooth.

Salad

  • To assemble the salad, add desired amount of greens to each salad bowl/plate. Alternately, you can make one big salad in a larger salad bowl.
  • Sprinkle each salad or large salad bowl with cucumber, carrots, avocado, mint, cilantro, peanuts, and chopped chicken.
  • Drizzle with peanut vinaigrette and serve. Start with about half of the dressing and then add more as desired.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 831kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 62g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 36g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 162mg | Sodium: 720mg | Potassium: 1247mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 6202IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 4mg