Preparing Ingredients
Boiled chicken, if actively making shredded chicken, then you should choose chicken thighs or breasts. But if the family has a lot of chicken meat and don’t know what to cook, you can use chicken meat from any part.
For shredded chicken salad, the best choice is chicken thighs and chicken breasts.
Onion
Coriander
Green mango
Carrot
Lime (lime leaves and lime zest)
Fresh chili
Ginger
Peanuts. Fish sauce, soup powder, sugar.
How to make shredded chicken salad with onions and coriander
After boiling the chicken, let it cool and then shred it into bite-sized pieces. Note that you should use your hands to shred it, not cut it, except for the skin if you want to eat it, then cut it. The chicken meat for shredded chicken salad should be shredded into pieces, not too small or too big, the size of the little finger is suitable.
If you are using pre-boiled chicken due to offering or leftover boiled chicken, you can shred them. But if you buy live chicken to make shredded chicken salad, when boiling, you should boil it to the right extent to avoid overcooking.
Peel and thinly slice the carrot. If you use a knife to slice, it will look hard but it will be crispy and not watery like using a peeler. Cut the green mango into small pieces.
Thinly slice the onion and soak it in cold water to reduce spiciness.
Thinly slice the chili pepper.
Peel and pound the ginger, cut the coriander into sections, and thinly slice the lime leaves.
Mixing the Salad Dressing
Mix 3 tablespoons of filtered water, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt until dissolved. Add 1/2 lime zest and fish sauce. Depending on the saltiness of the fish sauce you use, you can add more or less to suit your family’s taste.
Salad Mixing
Put the chicken meat in a bowl, add coriander, carrots, lime leaves, and onions, then pour in the dressing. Use your hands to massage and squeeze to let the seasoning penetrate evenly into the chicken meat, carrots, and onions. Now you have completed the recipe for delicious and attractive shredded chicken salad.
Put the salad onto a plate and sprinkle crushed peanuts on top to complete the shredded chicken salad.
With this shredded chicken salad with onions and coriander, you can apply it to Tet holidays to refresh the meal or on normal days. Especially, this is a salvation dish when at the end of the year, the family has to boil a lot of chicken meat for offering and feels bored with boiled chicken, then immediately make shredded chicken salad, it will be delicious and help deal with the chicken dish.