This Spicy Chicken and Cabbage Salad is a real wow factor. Fresh and full of the best colors and flavors with a toss up of juicy chicken, distinct red onions, garlic, red chili, cilantro leaves, peanuts, crunchy green cabbage and Persian cucumbers and simply seasoned with oil, kosher salt crystals and some lime juice.
Is your mouth already watering?
To make Spicy Chicken and Cabbage Salad, you will need the following ingredients:
In a medium pot over medium heat, add ½ chopped onion, 2 chicken breasts, 3 cloves of minced garlic, ½ a thinly sliced chili, 1 cup cilantro leaves, 2½ teaspoons of salt and 4 cups water and bring to a slow simmer.
Once simmering, reduce heat to low and cook for about 10-12 minutes until chicken is cooked and juices run clear. Reserve ½ cup of the cooking liquid.
Place cooked chicken on a slicing board and allow to cool before roughly shredding.
Meanwhile, in a small skillet over medium heat, heat oil and and ⅓ cup of peanuts with skin still on. Cooking, tossing frequently, for about 3-5 minutes until golden. Reserving cooking oil.
Roughly chop golden peanuts.
In a large bowl, whisk reserved, chilled cooking liquid from the poached chicken, reserved peanut cooking oil and 2 tablespoons of lime juice until combined.
Add ½ head of thinly sliced cabbage and season with salt. Use your hands to toss and massage the cabbage until generously coated and softened.
Add 2 thinly sliced cucumbers, poached chicken, remaining slices form ½ chili, 1 cup cilantro, slices from the remaining ½ onion, half of the cooked peanuts and a pinch of salt. Toss to combine and coat evenly.
Garnish with sprinkles from the remaining peanuts on top, to serve!
This Spicy Chicken and Cabbage Salad is keto friendly and perfectly nutritionally balanced. High source of protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats. Do you have other great healthy salad ideas? Share them with us online when you tag #cookmerecipes in your own blog posts and pictures!
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