Thai Style Warm Chicken Salad With Chilli, Mint & Lime

Name: Thai Style Warm Chicken Salad With Chilli, Mint & Lime
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves; 3 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves; sea salt; fresh ground pepper; 2 tablespoons salted peanuts; 1 lime, quartered; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 teaspoon sesame oil or 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons sugar; 4 small red shallots, sliced; 1 small red chile, sliced; 2 spring onions, finely sliced

Submitted by HappyBunny

"This is a fabulous recipe which is very quick to put together and even quicker to eat! It's been in the recipe folder on my computer for a while so I can't remember where it originally came from. I have actually added a few salad leaves in the past so feel free to play around with it."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 chicken breasts
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
3 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves
sea salt
fresh ground pepper
2 tablespoons salted peanuts
1 lime, quartered
Dressing
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil or 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 teaspoons sugar
4 small red shallots, sliced
1 small red chile, sliced
2 spring onions, finely sliced

directions

Heat the grill; Brush the chicken with vegetable oil and grill until cooked through; Let it rest for five minutes and then slice thinly.
For the dressing, whisk the lime juice, fish sauce, sesame oil, and sugar until the sugar dissolves; Add the sliced shallots, chilli and spring onions and toss together.
Tear the mint and coriander leaves and lightly toss with the chicken, salt and pepper.
At the last minute, add the dressing to the chicken and toss lightly; Arrange it on plates, scatter with peanuts and serve with lime wedges.

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Reviews

Put this together with some trepidation as my rubber band claims to loathe mint. He's had it in various guises before and not complained (so long as it doesn't go anywhere near roast lamb)and he loves coriander. So we gave it a run as written, although I used a couple of very small Asian red onions in place of the shallots and omitted the peanuts. Put sesame oil in the dressing and the two of us polished off the lot ( 2 x 150gm chicken breasts)as a one-dish dinner. Happy bunnies indeed! Will be back for seconds...

Oz in Dubai
Superb!! This is fresh, lively and very moreish, and the peanuts scattered over the top were the perfect garnish. I used three boneless chicken thighs as that is what I had on hand, and cooked them on my cast-iron grill. Other than that I followed the recipe to the letter, although I wasn't sure which oil to use. I decided on the nutty-tasting toasted Asian sesame oil rather than cold-pressed, which to me blended in with the other flavours beautifully. I served it with a recipe I posted today called Puy Lentil Salad, and they teamed up well. This is dinner party material, and I will certainly be making it again. Thanks HappyBunny for posting such a winner!

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Put this together with some trepidation as my rubber band claims to loathe mint. He's had it in various guises before and not complained (so long as it doesn't go anywhere near roast lamb)and he loves coriander. So we gave it a run as written, although I used a couple of very small Asian red onions in place of the shallots and omitted the peanuts. Put sesame oil in the dressing and the two of us polished off the lot ( 2 x 150gm chicken breasts)as a one-dish dinner. Happy bunnies indeed! Will be back for seconds...

Oz in Dubai