Vietnamese chicken salad

Vietnamese chicken salad

Try this fast, super-low-fat main course chicken salad recipe when you need a health and flavour boost

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Put the chicken in a bowl with the cucumber, shallots, herbs and chilli. Mix the lime, fish sauce and sugar together until the sugar dissolves, then pour over.
  2. Gently mix together and serve with the peanuts sprinkled over the top.

Per serving

276 kcalories, protein 40.1g, carbohydrate 12.5g, fat 7.7 g, saturated fat 2.1g, fibre 1.1g, salt 1.67 g

Recipe from olive magazine, August 2010.

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  • 01 September 2010

    Duffer commented on this recipe

    Delicious, fresh, light and tasty. Really enjoyed this dish have had it twice now. When making the sauce you will need to keep tasting it to make sure it is not to bitter.

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  • 01 September 2010

    Duffer rated this recipe

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  • 05 December 2010

    mighteematt rated and commented on this recipe

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    Easy, quick, fast, tasty, filling.

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    28 April 2011

    JoB commented on this recipe

    Really light and yummy. I added glass noodles to make it a main course. I also used a red onion as I didn't have shallots.

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    28 April 2011

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  • 04 June 2011

    christine rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely light yet filling recipe, i didn't use all the lime about 1 lime and the sauce tasted right.Lots of ribboned cucumber made it a little too wet,next time will use about half the cucumber and then substitute the rest for some crispier leaves.don't like too much corriander so will leave some out next time and i will make it again soon.

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  • 04 August 2011

    Evalein rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved it: incredibly easy and quick to pull together! Added some ribonned carrot for a bit more interest and instead of chicken breast I used chicken thighs. Was great as part of an asian inspired dinner with friends.

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  • 06 June 2012

    LRademaker rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Supereasy and fast. I had quite a large red chili though and thought it was very spicy. Other than that: very good!

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  • 13 June 2012

    foodlover commented on this recipe

    This dish is also lovely with thin slices of red onion or bean sprouts instead of cucumber. You can also use roasted sesame instead of peanuts.

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    25 August 2012

    Pam rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fresh and delicious, lovely healthy salad with added rice thread noodles.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 2 small, cooked skinless chicken breasts , shredded
  • ½ cucumber , cut into ribbons
  • 2 shallots , peeled and very finely chopped
  • small handful mixed mint and coriander leaves
  • 1 red chilli , thinly sliced
  • 3 limes , juiced
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp roasted peanuts , roughly chopped
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Per serving

276 kcalories, protein 40.1g, carbohydrate 12.5g, fat 7.7 g, saturated fat 2.1g, fibre 1.1g, salt 1.67 g

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