
Vietnamese chicken salad with mint
- Published: 31 Jul 04
- Updated: 14 Nov 24
This is a delicious Vietnamese chicken salad recipe that can be prepared and on your table in less than 30 minutes. If salad’s your bag, try one of our many chicken salad recipes.

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Serves 4
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Hands on time 25 mins
Ingredients
- 2 carrots, grated
- Large handful fresh beansprouts
- Large handful fresh mint (about 30g), plus extra leaves to garnish
- 2 shallots, finely sliced
- 2 small red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced, plus an extra sliced chilli with seeds to garnish
- 3 ready-to-eat chicken breasts, finely sliced
For the dressing
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
Method
- Put the carrots, beansprouts, mint leaves, shallots and chillies in a large bowl and gently toss together (you can add 1 finely sliced head of Chinese leaf for a bulkier salad if you like). Set aside.
- For the dressing, put the garlic, sugar, rice vinegar, lime juice, fish sauce, vegetable oil and some freshly ground black pepper into a small bowl and whisk well.
- Divide the salad between 4 bowls. Add the cooked, sliced chicken, toss well and drizzle with the dressing. Garnish with the extra mint, chilli and seeds.
- Recipe from August 2004 Issue
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