Vietnamese Chicken Salad

This was excellent! I was initially a bit sceptical about the combination of some of the ingredients but they really worked well together with the yummy marinade. It didn't take me as long as indicated to make this, I think because I cut the chicken into strips before roasting it, so it baked faster. This is very good but very hot and spicy as well. If you aren't a big spice fan, I'd recommend deseeding the chilies before you mix up the dressing or even just leave them out entirely. The recipe has lots of flavour regardless. Since I first made this I've returned to the recipe many times and have made it as well with salmon in a teriyaki sauce on top.

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This is absolutely luscious. What a combo of textures and flavors! I cut back on the oil by 3/4, but added a bit of xanthan gum to thicken the dressing. Never tried it before, but it works great. Dieting (boo hoo) never tasted so good. Don't leave out the peanuts! They really add that final coup.

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It's a nice, light salad with different textures, but I would try going light with the peanut oil, so that I could cut down w/the calories and such. For additional flavors, I bought shrimp chips that were already prepared at my Asian store to indulge along w/the salad! Very yummy!

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This was quite good. I decreased the sugar, fish sauce and oil in the dressing.

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Great salad.I have been making this for years and am glad to see it posted here.I find the dressing too tart as written,so now I skip the vinegar and increase the sugar a bit.

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Fantastic salad with plenty crunchynes and flavours!

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We really liked the dressing and vegetables. A little too much cabbage for our taste so next time will do a salad/cabbage mix. We used leftover grilled chicken. Definitely will make again. Thank you for sharing a terrific recipe.

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Very good, crisp & crunchy salad. I use "Rainbow Slaw" which is a mix of cabbage, carrots & broccoli. For the chili, I used a Thai Green Chili. Cooked the chicken breasts for 35 minutes at 350 with just a little salt and pepper. All of this can be prepped the night before to make it easier.

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This is really delicious! I pounded flat and then marinated 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts in the dressing, before grilling them. Very good. The only mistake for me was in not slicing the cabbage thin enough. Next time!

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This is a fabuloius salad! I used 1/2 the head of cabbage and two chicken breast halves but kept the other ingredients the same. I did double the dressing to have extra on hand, and I'm glad I did...It's delicious.

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This was good. Kind of time consuming, but I knew that going in....DH and I both enjoyed it. Very good company salad. Thanks Mean Chef !

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Magnificant! Very fresh and tasty with great colour and the dressing is just perfectly balanced. I grated my capsicum, carrot and cucumber with a grater which julienned nicely and alot quicker than individually cutting. I also only used half a cabbage but all the dressing. I did cut back on the peanut oil to two tablespoons which I don't believe affected the tasty at all. I used a cooked BBQ chicken which I shreaded. Bought the chilli/garlic sauce in my local asian supermarket. Thanks for posting Mean Chef - this one will be perfect for our Aussie Christmas day menu.

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Super, really fantastically good. Makes a ton, more than four lunch servings in my book. I only dressed half the salad, and we'll have the other half tomorrow, can't wait. Lots of chopping work here, I didn't use the chili, but did use the chili garlic paste, and it was plenty hot for us with that. I wasn't looking for a really fancy presentation, so I just shredded-chopped-sliced everything and mixed it all together in 2 big salad bowls. This gave us our more than 5 veggies for the day! I too think the peanuts add a necesssary touch, it would be a shame to leave them out. This would be great served on half a plate with some, say, big grilled shrimp on the other half of the plate. A new salad to go into the rotation-- even I, who don't particularly like mint, and hate cilantro, found it to be just fine in this. The guy at the market gave me a bouquet of parsley with the bouquets of mint and cilantro, so I chopped up some of that in there too. Half of the chicken I used was picked off a carcass, and the other half breasts that I grilled and shredded. You could use any chicken you happened to have, I would think.

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Great and different salad. Very light and refreshing -- yet filling. I'm sounding like a beer commercial now. LOL Omitted the carrots because I don't care for them :). Usually my complaint with Asian food is too much sweetness but the dressing was not overpowering and I felt the veggies and spicy elements did a good job of balancing everything out. I really liked the touch of peanuts on top -- like an Asian crouton. Yummy.

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