Vietnamese chicken salad in a box

This Vietnamese chicken salad in a box is full of crunch and flavour. It's great for parties as you can make it up in big quantities before the event then just serve it into boxes or bowls when needed.

Ingredients

  • 1 barbecued chicken

    deboned and shredded

  • 2 cups Chinese cabbage (wombok)

    finely chopped

  • 1 cup bean sprouts

  • 1 cup basil leaves

  • 1 cup mint leaves

  • 1 large carrot

    peeled and very finely sliced into strips

  • 1 cucumber

    sliced into strips

  • ¼ cup fish sauce

  • 3 limes

    juiced

  • 2 tbsp brown sugar

  • 1 tsp ginger

    finely chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic

    finely chopped

  • ⅓ cup roasted peanuts

    finely chopped

Allergy Advice

Contains Fish

Contains Nuts

Equipment

  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 jar

Instructions

  1. Combine the shredded chicken, cabbage, sprouts, herbs, carrot and cucumber in a large bowl.
  2. Combine the fish sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, ginger and garlic in a jar and shake to combine. Pour this over the salad and mix well.
  3. Toss with the drained noodles, top with the peanuts and spring onions and serve. Kids seem to love this in individual noodle boxes but you could just do little bowlfuls if that’s easier.

Notes

Tip
Kids seem to love this in individual noodle boxes but you could just do little bowlfuls if that’s easier.
Variation
You could add some cooked rice noodles to make this go further.
Variation
For adults, add some finely diced fresh chilli.

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