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Thai Time Crunch Salad Recipe

Thai Time Crunch Salad

4.56 from 9 votes
It doesn’t have quite the expected salty-sweet-sour-hot flavor of most Thai dishes, but no matter. This crunchy-munchy salad with a tangy, creamy peanut butter dressing from The Dirty, Lazy, Keto No Time to Cook Cookbook is totally delicious! It’s also shockingly fast to prepare, provided you have pre-cooked chicken breast. But even if you don’t, it’s still crazy-simple, and it promises results you’ll want to repeat again and again. We like it so much, we double the dressing so we can have a future salad with even more ease.
Author Stephanie Laska sheds some background on this tasty dish:
“In my “previous life” (when I weighed close to 300 pounds), I frequented Panera Bread for lunch. I ordered the Spicy Thai Salad with Chicken (thinking I was being healthy), a giant Candy Cookie (knowing I wasn’t), and washed both down with a Diet Coke (which made up for indiscretions). Little did I know that my meal contained about 100 grams of carbs! That’s not even counting the dozen bagels I bought on my way out the door. These days, when I want a fast and casual lunch, I make this Thai Time Crunch Salad.”
[Reprinted with permission from The Dirty, Lazy, Keto No Time to Cook Cookbook: 100 Easy Recipes to Save Money & Time by Stephanie Laska, MEd, and William Laska (Adams Media, 2021).]
Click HERE to read our book review.
Course: Main Course, Salad, Lunch, Dinner, Quick & Easy, Kid-Friendly
Cuisine: Thai, Asian, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free
Servings: 4 One Serving: 1/4 of a 4 serving recipe

Ingredients

DRESSING

  • 1 Tbsp no-sugar-added peanut butter
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce (or tamari)
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • 5 (1-gram) packets 0g net carbs sweetener
  • 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sesame oil
  • 1/8 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 cup salted peanuts, crushed

SALAD

  • 6 cups shredded cabbage mix (green cabbage, red cabbage, carrot blend)
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1½ cups shredded Grab and Go Chicken Breasts (recipe below) or cooked chicken breast, cold
IMPERIAL - METRIC

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together all Dressing ingredients except crushed peanuts. Cover and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine cabbage mix, green onion, and cilantro and stir. Add chicken and mix again.
  • Add Dressing to Salad. Toss to fully coat.
  • Divide equally among four bowls. Top with equal amounts of crushed peanuts.
  • Serve chilled.

Nutritional Information - Macros

  • 323 Calories
  • 24 g Fat
  • 16 g Protein
  • 9 g Total Carbs
  • 4 g Fiber
  • 5 g Net Carbs

Tips

  • Lettuce can be substituted for the cabbage. A 12-ounce bag (four servings) of prewashed salad mix will make the job even easier. But don’t forget the cilantro! That herb really seals the deal.