Finely chopped Thai Chicken Salad Recipe served in a large white bowl

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Thai minced chicken salad

Name: Thai minced chicken salad
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: minced chicken 400g (buy minced, or whizz chicken thigh fillets in a food processor); chicken stock 100ml; root ginger a thumb-sized piece, grated; garlic 2 cloves, finely chopped; lemongrass 1 stalk, finely chopped; red chilli 2, finely chopped; fish sauce 2 tbsp; lime juice 3 tbsp; mint and coriander leaves a small handful of each; Little Gem lettuce leaves and cucumber batons to serve

20 minutes
serves 4
Easy

Thai chicken salad is a vibrant, zingy dish that uses fresh herbs, fish sauce and lime juice as a dressing to make a lunch or light supper that is full of flavour, but low in calories. Nowadays you can get most of the Thai ingredients in this recipe at any good supermarket

March 25, 2015 at 3:08 pm

Ingredients

minced chicken 400g (buy minced, or whizz chicken thigh fillets in a food processor)
chicken stock 100ml
root ginger a thumb-sized piece, grated
garlic 2 cloves, finely chopped
lemongrass 1 stalk, finely chopped
red chilli 2, finely chopped
fish sauce 2 tbsp
lime juice 3 tbsp
mint and coriander leaves a small handful of each
Little Gem lettuce leaves and cucumber batons to serve

Method

Step 1

Cook the chicken in the stock in a frying pan until it turns white and the stock evaporates. Add the ginger, garlic, lemongrass and chilli and keep cooking for another 3 minutes.
Step 2

Take off the heat and stir in the fish sauce and lime juice. Stir in the herbs and serve with lettuce leaves and cucumber batons.