Spicy Shredded Chicken Salad
This is a Chinese dish, and sounds very tasty, as I do love a good chicken salad. Common ingredients are used which is a bonus. On my to cook list.
Ingredients
- 500 grams chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 1/2 cup garlic, smashed and minced
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes, or less, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
- I use my little rice cooker to do steaming, it came with a steamer basket and works perfect for items like this. Three chicken breasts was just a bit over 500 grams, perfect, no one will complain.
- Steam the chicken breasts for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through, cut one in half to check doneness.
- When cooked, remove from the steamer and allow to cool, then shred and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Heat the oil in a non stick pan on medium heat, when hot, add the garlic and red pepper flakes. Stir fry until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- To the pan, stir in the salt, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and cumin.
- Add the cilantro, reserving a small amount for garnish) to the chicken in the mixing bowl and toss to mix that in.
- I did use a variant and added some diced pickled red onion.
- Add the garlic mixture from the pan and toss to mix well.
- Serve and garnish with cilantro or chill and serve with cilantro garnish.
Notes
The chicken breasts will cost about 30 Baht/500 grams. For 2 servings, this is about 47 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Pickled Red Onion.
Variants: 1. Add diced red onion. 2. Add diced celery. 3. Add diced pickled red onion, excellent!
Inspired by the recipe Spicy Shredded Chicken Salad from Spice the Plate.