Go Back

Chinese style chicken and red cabbage salad

This Chinese style chicken and red cabbage salad is made with ready-cooked chicken, so it’s  a perfect recipe when you’ve got leftover baked/roasted/grilled chicken.  You can make it with peanuts or cashew nuts, whichever you have in your cupboard.  It’s delicious, healthy and takes max 10 minutes to make!
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cooked chicken chunks
  • ½ red cabbage
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 bunch of spring onions
  • 1 red chilli deseeded
  • 1 handful coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 handful salted peanuts or cashew nuts
  • For the dressing:
  • 2 Tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp rice vinegar

Method
 

  1. Finely slice or shred the cabbage, coarsely grate the carrot, finely chop the chilli and diagonally slice the spring onion. Put all in a large bowl.
  2. Shred the chicken meat into bite-sized chunk. Dry-fry the nuts, cool then add to the chicken.
  3. Mix together the dressing.
  4. Add the nuts, coriander and chicken to the salad. Pour over the dressing and toss. Season with salt and pepper and serve.