Easy Thai Coconut Shredded Chicken And Avocado Salad With Lime And Chilli Sauce

[Image1 Full of flavour this Thai salad is delicious]

Full of flavour and easy to make, this Thai salad is delicious and a crowd pleaser. It uses a combination of coconut cream, avocado, lime, chilli and fresh herbs to make a great lunch or dinner.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients

For the coconut chicken
4 chicken breasts
400ml coconut cream (or coconut milk for a lighter option)

For the salad
3/4 iceberg lettuce, roughly cut
12 cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters
10cm continental cucumber, cut into matchsticks
1 red or yellow capsicum, finely sliced
1 avocado, sliced
1/4 cup coriander, roughly cut
1/4 cup mint, roughly cut
1/4 basil, roughly cut
2/3 cup macadamias or peanuts (optional)

For the sauce
3 birdseye chilli, finely cut (or more if you like it extra spicy)
3 cloves garlic, finely sliced or minced (exclude if low FODMAP)
2 limes, zested and juiced
3 tbsp raw sugar or palm sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce

To serve
Jasmine rice, cooked per packet instructions

Method

For the coconut chicken

[Image2 Poaching the chicken makes the meat moist and tender]

For the sauce


[Image3 The coconut cream will make the sauce less spicy so taste and add more chilli if desired]

To assemble the salad


[Image4 Shredding the chicken helps to infuse the meat with the flavours]


[Image5 The coconut chicken is moist and delicious in this salad]

Categories
#thai_chicken_salad
#thai
#chicken_
#avocado_
#chilli
#lime
#easy
#macadamia_
#peanuts
#salad
#gluten_free
#lactose_free
#healthy
#low_fodmap_
#lunch
#dinner

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