Summary:
This chopped Asian salad has low carb fixings like shredded cabbage, carrots, chicken, peppers, and crunchy peanuts. A smooth, creamy dressing with peanut butter and sesame oil adds rich flavor and a bit of spiciness. For more delicious salads, visit Salad Recipes.
INGREDIENTS
Salad Fixings:
- 1 (8-ounce) package raw coleslaw mix (Note 1)
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (Note 2)
- 5 scallions, thinly sliced (Note 3)
- 1 red bell pepper, cored, very thinly sliced lengthwise then cut in half widthwise
- 1 jalapeño, very thinly sliced widthwise or diced (Note 4)
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
Peanut Dressing:
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (Note 5)
- 1/4 cup
toasted sesame oil (Note 6) - 1/4 cup
rice vinegar - 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon
sriracha - 1 teaspoon table salt
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prep Ingredients: Add all salad fixings to large bowl, big enough for tossing them. Set aside.
- Make Dressing: In medium microwave-safe bowl or measuring glass, add all peanut dressing ingredients except for sesame oil. Microwave uncovered until peanut butter is just softened, about 15 seconds at high power (Note 7). Whisk in sesame oil until very smooth and fully combined, about a minute.
- Toss Salad: Pour peanut dressing over salad fixings, tossing salad until well-mixed. Serve (Note 8).
NUTRITION
| Makes 5 Servings |
| Amount Per Serving: |
| Calories 460 | Â |
| Total Fat 30g | 46% |
| Â Â Â Saturated Fat 4g | 21% |
| Cholesterol 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium 620mg | 26% |
| Net Carb 8.5g | Â |
| Total Carb 14.5g | 5% |
| Â Â Â Dietary Fiber 6g | 25% |
| Â Â Â Sugars 6g | Â |
| Protein 30g | Â |
PHOTOS
This is a great Keto recipe, especially if you love that Thai style peanut sauce like I do! This was super delicious and easy to make. I made a batch of the peanut sauce and just keep it in the fridge so I have it ready on hand whenever I make a serving of the salad. Since the recipe serves 5. (I didn’t go as heavy on the rice vinegar as the recipe called for.) I also topped with cilantro, sriracha and fresh lime juice. This recipe is good even if you aren’t on keto! Adding it to my recipe repertoire FOR SURE. 🙂
Omg! This was sooooo good! I made just one serving because i was afraid the family wouldnt like it. Well i was lucky i got any lol! I used green tabasco and the dry chilli flakes. I will be making this alot. I live in rural Peru and make basically everything from scratch. Once in awhile friends bring me goodies. All the veggies and chicken came from my farm. What a great feeling! Oh i used chopped toasted cashews cause didnt have peanuts i know that changes the carbs
This was very flavorful!! Having made this once already as written, I suggest using the ENTIRE bag of coleslaw mix (16oz), one more cup of chicken, and adding the juice of one lime to the dressing as the dressing was THICK and made a LOT. This would stretch the salad further and give you a larger serving size without too much impact to carbs. I garnished with fresh chopped cilantro and more chopped peanuts.
Delish! I am going to try it with shrimp next time!
Oooooooo yes!
That will be my lunch tomorrow with the leftover salad mix!
Over the top deeeeelish!!!! Thank you Julia
This was probably the hardiest salad I have ever made. Very filling and was able to eat it over three days without it turning gross. Looked forward to work lunch each day 🙃.
I wish I could post a picture of how nice this salad looked!
This is so delicious. I made it extra hot and soooo good. Definitely will make again.
Made this as my lunch meal prep for the week. Delish! I added extra jalapeños and some cilantro, just because I love those flavours. Thank you!
Did you put dressing on when you prepped or put on the side to add day of eating? Thanks!
Would this be good to add basil too?
I bet Thai basil would be amazing!
Ahhhhmazing!
Made this tonight and the dressing was super thick. I made it as written, but I’m thinking that the peanut butter wasn’t soft enough before mixing. I’m going to try it again sometime and see if I can improve on my dressing. My picky eater went back for seconds though so I’d consider it a win!
Made this tonight for the first time. My family really enjoyed it. There are small left overs, I claimed for lunch the next two days. I didn’t have any hot sauce for the sauce, so went without. It’s already on my grocery list for next time.
May I substitute almond butter for peanut butter? I have both but would prefer using almond butter.
I knew my family wouldn’t care for it being raw, so I heated it all. We loved it and will enjoy it again sometime!
Can you use something besides sesame oil?
If you’re fine with the loss of added flavor (toasted sesame oil is very flavorful!), you can substitute with other aromatic and flavorful oils like olive oil.
Help! I’ve tried to make the sauce twice this eve but as soon as I add the sesame oil the sauce curdles. What am I doing wrong?? I’ve tried without heating the original mixture but that doesn’t seem to work and tried two different types of peanut butter in case that was the culprit.
This was delicious. Made it 2x in a week just to make sure and yup, delicious.
Improvised due to lack of ingredients, but a wonderful healthy dinner on the go!
So delicious!! Made it will grilled chicken and added a little extra water to thin out the dressing, but oh so good. Thinking about adding cilantro to it next time, too, to add just a bit of added freshness.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t a huge fan of the sauce. Super thick and bland.
Other than that, I was full very fast.
Excellent recipe! I made it for dinner tonight and we all loved it! I used chicken I had smoked and we thoroughly enjoyed the healthy meal. It also makes for a beautiful presentation!
Just made this tonight for dinner. So quick and easy to make. Super healthy ingredients. If this is diet food sign me up.
I think I’m going to try to sautee it all up and eat it that way. I found the sauce to be way too thick to eat it raw, it was like eating a spoon of pb lol. Flavors were great though, I would adjust the heat though, cause I like it more spicy and maybe add some lime juice.
The dressing was heavy and bland, but put in 1 tsp of monk fruit and juice of 1 lime. For the salad, I used shrimp instead, and 1/2 small tin of chopped mandarin oranges( or you could use pineapple). It ups the carb count a smidge but hubby loved the added extras! Winner!
Hello! Can I do this as a weekly meal prep. Wherein I just mix all the veggies and put them in separate containers then just add the chix & dressing right before serving? Thanks!!
Can you save leftovers?
No you have to throw them in the trash, like any other fresh vegetables they will not keep