Are you a salad lover looking for new recipes? Try these light, fresh, hearty, and filling salads, perfect for any occasion.

Thai Minced Chicken Salad

Ingredients

  • Minced chicken: 300 g
  • Chopped onion: 100 g
  • Chopped green onion: 50 g
  • Lettuce: as needed
  • Mint leaves: 30 g
  • Coriander leaves: 30 g
  • Thai chilli pepper, chopped: 1-2
  • Toasted rice powder: 2 tbsp 
  • Fish sauce: 3 tbsp
  • Lemon juice: 3 tbsp
  • Sugar: 1 tsp

Preparation: 

Toasted rice powder:
Heat a pan over medium heat. As the pan is heating add rice. Stir continuously until it becomes dark golden brown. 
Remove from heat. Let it cool down.
Once cooled, grind the rice. The powder should be slightly uneven and not fine

Salad: 
In a pan, cook the minced chicken on low heat. 
To a bowl, add the cooked chicken and chopped vegetables. 
In another bowl, add fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. Mix well.
Now add this mixture to the chicken and mix well. 
Sprinkle toasted rice powder and stir and serve.

Thai Glass Noodles Salad

Ingredients:

  • Glass noodles: 100 g
  • Carrot: 1
  • Cucumber: ½ of 1
  • Chopped Green Chillies: As needed
  • Coriander leaves: As needed
  • Garlic: 3 cloves
  • Chilli Flakes: 1 tsp
  • Sesame seeds: 1 tsp
  • Oil: 1 ½ tsp
  • Soy Sauce: 1 tbsp
  • Rice Vinegar: 1 tbsp
  • Sesame oil: 1 tbsp
  • Sugar: ½ tsp
  • Salt- a pinch

Preparation:

Soak the glass noodles in hot water for 5 minutes. Once they are soft, cut them into pieces. 

In a pan, boil water and cook the noodles. Let it cool down

In a bowl, add crushed garlic, chilli flakes and sesame seeds. To this, pour hot oil and mix. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, salt and sugar to it and mix well again. 

Add carrot, cucumber, green chillies, chopped coriander leaves and cooked noodles in a bowl. Now pour the sauce mixture into this, mix and serve.

Chicken Cobb Salad

Ingredients:

  • Chopped Rosemary Leaves: 1 tbsp
  • Crushed Garlic: 2
  • Olive oil: ¼ cup
  • Chicken breast fillets: 4
  • Bacon Sliced: 4
  • Boiled egg: 4
  • Apple Cider Vinegar: 2 tbsp
  • Dijon Mustard: 1 tsp
  • Lettuce 
  • Grape Tomato Sliced:200 g
  • Celery: 2
  • Avocado Sliced: 1
  • Crusty bread
  • Salt and pepper powder: as needed

Preparation:

In a bowl, add rosemary leaves, oil, rosemary and garlic. Mix in salt and pepper powder. 

Marinate the chicken with this and deep fry. Once cooled , shred the chicken.
Cut the boiled egg into round pieces. 

Mix salt, pepper, and apple cider vinegar in a bowl. Coat half of this on lettuce leaves.

In a serving plate add shredded chicken, bacon, eggs, grape tomatoes, lettuce leaves, celery, and avocado. Drizzle the rest of the dressing mixture and Dijon mustard on top and serve with the crusty bread.

Enjoy :)

Recipes: Nisha Padma