Thai Chicken Salad

A tasty recipe for Thai Chicken Salad with baby spinach, spring herbs and scallions. A flavorful, paleo-approved entree salad.

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Spring has sprung, and with it come the tenderest baby greens imaginable.  This is a lovely spring or summer salad perfect for dinner outside on warm summer evenings. It’s light and refreshing and full of flavor.

Ingredients in Thai Chicken Salad

• You’ll need chicken breast and coconut milk for poaching along with kefir lime leaves and fresh lime and fish sauce.
• Baby spinach and lots of fresh herbs and scallions. Feel free to add cucumbers or radishes or anything fresh and watery.
• Something crunchy for the top is nice- like crushed peanuts, our peanut chili crunch or crispy shallots.

How to make Thai Chicken Salad

1. We start with cooking the chicken breast. Chicken is gently poached in a flavorful coconut broth.
2. Once cooled, the chicken is gently pulled apart with two forks and tossed with baby spinach and three different herbs – basil, mint and cilantro which gives this its incredible flavor.
3. From here you can add other veggies like thinly sliced radishes, Turkish cucumbers, carrot ribbons and green onions.
4. Top the salad with something crunchy or crispy- roasted peanuts or crispy shallots.

Give this Thai Chicken Salad a try…. I know you’ll love the flavor! For more Thai – inspired dishes take a peek at these 25 Best Thai Recipes!

Or my favorite… Thai Noodle Salad! Always a hit!

Have a beautiful week,

Sylvia

MORE CHICKEN SALAD RECIPES TO TRY!

• Grilled Chipotle Chicken
• Thai Chicken Salad with Spinach 
• Chicken Salad with Quinoa & Arugula
• Chicken Salad Sandwich
• Quinoa Chicken Salad
• Black Bean Salad with Corn & Quinoa

Thai Chicken Salad

★★★★★ 4.5 from 4 reviews

• Author: Sylvia Fountaine
• Prep Time: 15
• Cook Time: 20
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 2 1x
• Category: Entree Salad
• Method: tossed
• Cuisine: Thai

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Description

 Thai Chicken Salad with baby spinach, spring herbs and scallions. A flavorful Thai-inspired Entree Salad.

 

 

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Ingredients

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• 1 14 ounce can coconut milk
• 1 lime (divided)
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
• 3 kefir lime leaves– optional
• 2 4-6 ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts ( or one 8 ounce breast, cut in half)

Spinach Spring Herb Salad

• 2 large handfuls baby spinach ( about 4 ounces)
• 1 small Turkish cucumber
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced at a diagonal
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
• 1/4 cup torn mint leaves
• 1/4 cup torn basil leaves (Thai basil is nice)

Optional additions: avocado slices, thinly sliced jalapeno, toasted flaked coconut, sliced radishes, snap peas, store bought crispy shallots, roasted peanuts.

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Instructions

Place the coconut milk,  juice from half a small lime, salt, fish sauce and optional kefir lime leaves in a sauce pan and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat.

Add the chicken breast, cover, and simmer gently for 15 minutes or until chicken pulls apart easily with two forks. Let cool.

Place salad ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and toss gently to combine. Set aside.

Once chicken is cooked, using two forks shred the chicken into bite size pieces and set aside. Let the cooking liquid cool to room temp, about 10 minutes.

Add the chicken to the salad bowl and spoon some the cooled flavorful coconut broth over the salad,  toss gently just enough to lightly coat the leaves. Divide among two large plates and garnish with lime wedges & crispy shallots and any other additional garnishes.

Serve immediately.

You can also make this ahead, keeping the dressing on the side (which will need to be warmed to room temp).

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Notes

Feel free to poach the chicken ahead.

Nutrition

• Serving Size:
• Calories: 393
• Sugar: 2 g
• Sodium: 1106.7 mg
• Fat: 27.5 g
• Saturated Fat: 22.1 g
• Carbohydrates: 11.2 g
• Fiber: 2.7 g
• Protein: 30.2 g
• Cholesterol: 82.7 mg

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