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Of all the Vietnamese diverse cuisine, salad dishes always play an indispensable role in Vietnamese meals. There are many salad dishes such as dried beef salad, green mango salad… But those are just street snacks, which attracts a lot of teenagers after class. And, some dishes such as beef salad, vegetable salad, or chicken cabbage salad will be served in main meals.

Chicken cabbage salad is a perfect combination between meat and vegetables, which provides protein and fiber giving you a nutritious meal. The main ingredients of this dish are shown through its name, they are chicken and cabbage. Besides, herbs, carrots and onions are other ingredients. These are absolutely easy to find and buy.

Like other popular salad dishes, the recipe of chicken cabbage salad is quite simple and easy-doing, but it still keeps an attractive flavor. By combining shredded chicken with purple and white cabbage, your salad will not only be nutritious but also have a stunning color. A special feature is that the sweet and fragrant flavor of the chicken well blended with the fresh cabbage and rich spices, stimulating people eat more and more but don’t get fat.

Of the most dishes in Vietnam, the most important part of salad dishes is sweet and sour fish sauce. Sound like simple, right? But to make a bowl of delicious fish sauce, we must be meticulous, careful right at the preparation step. The fish sauce will largely determine whether this dish is delicious or not.

This is a fresh and nutritious dish for your family. Let’s follow the below steps!

I. Ingredients for Vietnamese Chicken Cabbage Salad

• 250gr of cabbage
• Half of an onion
• Chicken breast or chicken drumstick
• Salt, sugar
• Half of a carrot
• Basil
• 1 horn pepper
• 2 tablespoons of fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1 tablespoons of rice vinegar

II. How to cook Vietnamese chicken cabbage salad

Step 1:

Wash and boil the chicken breast, then cool it down and shred. Wash cabbage, drain, slice it, then put cabbage in 1 bowl, add 1 tablespoon of salt and mix well. Marinate for 10 minutes to make the cabbage soft and crispy. Remove water from the cabbage and drain it.

Step 2:

Peel off and wash the onion, slice and put into a bowl with 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar and mix well. Marinate for 15 minutes, then remove water to make the onion not to be pungent.

Step 3:

Peel off and slice carrots. Choose and wash fresh basils, cut them into short pieces. Chop chili.

Mix fish sauce: 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, chopped chili and stir to dissolve the sugar.

Step 4:

Put cabbage in a bowl with onions, basil, carrots, shredded chicken and the mixture of fish sauce, then put on gloves and mix the ingredients well.

Step 5:

Decorate and enjoy the salad. Chicken salad with fragrant basil, onions, natural sour taste of lemon gives a cool feeling. With this chicken salad, the chicken is more attractive, especially the chicken breast becomes soft and delicious when mixed with spices.