Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Cabbage

Vietnamese Rooster Salad with Cabbage is ideal to make with leftover hen, and I like the Asian flavors on this slightly-spicy salad!

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A few years in the past one among my running a blog associates posted a recipe that’s now not on-line that she known as Vietnamese Cole Slaw, and the minute I noticed the recipe, I knew I’d be making some model of it. Glenna had a Vietnamese co-worker at the moment who informed her that in Vietnam the dressing for any such salad would by no means include oil, and that caught my curiosity.

And after I turned that recipe into this Vietnamese Rooster Salad with Cabbage I fell in love with the sunshine however extremely flavored dressing that features so many nice Asian flavors like fish sauce, rice vinegar, lime juice, garlic, sweetener, and Sriracha Sauce. Having good high quality fish sauce makes a giant distinction right here, and don’t be postpone by the odor, fish sauce tastes superb in small quantities. 

And since I’ve a tough time strolling by these rotisserie chickens at Costco with out having one soar into my cart, I’m all the time searching for salads concepts to make use of the leftover hen. With the sunshine dressing, hen, radishes, and crunchy cabbage, I feel this salad is ideal for summer time.

What elements do you want?

What sort of fish sauce did I exploit?

I’m an enormous fan of Purple Boat Fish Sauce, which has zero carbs and is gluten-free, and Purple Boat incorporates solely recent caught wild black anchovies and sea salt. However for those who don’t discover that premium fish sauce the place you store, you may’t go improper with Three Crabs Fish Sauce, which I discovered about from Lydia’s put up on fish sauce. Learn that for those who’ve by no means cooked with fish sauce earlier than.

What for those who don’t like uncooked onion?

You’ll be able to positively use inexperienced onion on this salad to interchange the purple onion for those who desire. However one approach that tames down the onion a bit is so as to add the sliced onion to the hen when it’s marinating, so that you would possibly need to strive that for those who’re not a giant uncooked onion fan.

Why is that this salad good for Weekend Meals Prep?

This can be a nice salad thought for Weekend Meals Prep! One factor I’m making an attempt to do at my home is have salad fixings within the fridge so I’m prepared for lunch, and all the things about this salad (besides perhaps the chopped cilantro) might be prepped forward after which tossed collectively once you’re able to eat. This simple salad with Vietnamese flavors is known as a keeper; hope everybody will prefer it!

Need extra Cabbage Salad Concepts?

If you happen to’re a giant cabbage fan, take a look at Low-Carb and Keto Cabbage Salads to see tons extra of my favourite salads with cabbage.

Methods to Make Vietnamese Rooster Salad with Cabbage:

(Scroll down for full printable recipe, together with dietary info.)

1. Whisk collectively the Sriracha Sauce, garlic, Monkfruit Sweetener or sweetener of your alternative, unseasoned rice vinegar, fresh-squeezed lime juice, fish sauce, and salt and pepper to style to make the dressing.
2. Cube up about 5 cups of cooked hen; I exploit rotisserie hen breast from Costco for the hen, however you may poach some hen breasts too.
3. The hen will get marinated in about half the dressing, which infuses the hen with taste. (It’s also possible to add the onions to this if you wish to tame down the onion taste a bit.)
4. Chop up sufficient cabbage to make about 5 cups chopped cabbage.
5. Finely chop cilantro, slice the radishes into half-moon slices, and reduce purple onion into slivers.
6. Toss the salad along with the specified quantity of dressing and devour!

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

I’d most likely eat this as a main-dish salad, particularly if I used to be having it for lunch. However for those who needed to make it a extra substantial meal you can additionally serve with one thing like Sugar Snap Pea Salad, Cucumber Salad with Balsamic Dressing, Thai Cucumber Salad, Grilled Spicy Eggplant, or Laurel’s Jicama Salad.

Extra Asian Cabbage Salads to Hold You Cool:

Napa Cabbage Asian Slaw

Spicy Lime Coleslaw

Kale and Purple Cabbage Slaw

Spicy Cilantro Peanut Slaw

Crunchy Low-Carb Chopped Salad

Low-Carb Eating regimen / Low-Glycemic Eating regimen / South Seaside Eating regimen Solutions:
Made with an accredited sweetener, this salad can be excellent for low-carb or Keto diets or for any part of the unique South Seaside Eating regimen.

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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
My first variation of this salad was posted in 2007, when my good friend Glenna posted Vietnamese Cole Slaw (a recipe that’s now not on-line.) By the years I made this recurrently and adjusted the recipe barely a number of occasions, however I all the time stored the oil-free Vietnamese dressing. The recipe was final up to date with new photographs and extra info in 2022.

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