Fresh & Simple Thai Salad

Thai Salad - a super fresh, light and healthy salad with the flavours of Thailand. This is a great recipe to make for a crowd if you're looking to freshen up, and glam your dinner time! 

Whoops, I accidentally brought two Thai recipes in two weeks (hello salmon curry!)! What can I say, I love Thai food!

Do you know what I also love? Big, hearty healthy salads! Give me a big bowl of Israeli couscous salad, a plate of pesto potato salad or a healthy grain salad and I'm a happy gal!

Leafy Green Thai Salad

This salad is light, fresh and healthy - everything you look for in a salad. A simple green salad turned extraordinary, a must have at your next gathering!

This salad has fresh vegetables, and is combined with a beautiful, lightly spiced Thai inspired dressing.

Thai Salad Ingredients

Fresh veggies are the key to this dish. This Thai salad used a leafy green based, and is then topped with fresh veggies.

You'll need;

• salad greens
• Lebanese/Persian cucumber
• red onion finely sliced
• red capsicum/red pepper
• carrot
• fresh herbs

How to Cut Your Veggies

The methods used to cut the cucumber, carrot and capsicum is called Julienning.

To julienne a vegetable simple means to cut them into match sticks. You want your carrot, cucumber and capsicum to be cut into thin matchsticks for this salad.

How to Make the Thai Dressing

The dressing is the key element of this salad. Without it, the salad is super plan and bland. It brings the Thai flavour to the salad and should not be skipped.

To make the dressing you'll need;

• red chili
• tamari soy (or soy sauce)
• coconut sugar, brown sugar or white sugar
• fish sauce
• sesame oil
• lime juice

Combine these ingredients into a jar and shake well, adjusting flavours as you go.

Thai cooking requires a balance of sweetness, saltiness, spice and sourness.

What to Serve Thai Salad With

This salad basically goes with anything, but in particular, pairs really well with light proteins such as salmon.

You could also serve it with beef marinated in a bit of lime juice, chili, tamari soy and sesame oil.

Want more Thai recipes? Try these

• Thai Chicken Sausage Rolls
• Thai Red Curry with Chicken
• Red Salmon Curry
• Thai Vermicelli Noodle Salad by It's Not Complicated
• Thai Chicken Larb by It's Not Complicated
• Thai Pomelo Salad with Roast Duck by The Devil Wears Salad

If You're Looking for More Salad Recipes, try this!

• Smoked Salmon Salad
• Wholesome Grain Salad
• Pesto Potato Salad
• Fall Harvest Salad

Georgie x 

Thai Salad

The Home Cook's Kitchen

This fresh & simple Thai salad is a perfect combination of fresh and healthy ingredients. Easy, quick and delicious!

5 from 6 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Course Main Course, Salad

Cuisine Thai

Servings 4 people

Calories 74 kcal

Ingredients

 

• 3 cups mixed salad green
• 1 Lebanese cucumber julienned (also known as a Persian cucumber)
• ¼ cup red onion very finely sliced
• ¾ red pepper finely sliced
• 1 carrot julienned
• ¼ cup mint roughly chopped
• ¼ cup cilantro roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp peanuts roughly chopped

Dressing

• ½ red chilli seeds removed finely diced (note 1)
• 2 tbs tamari note 2
• 2 tsp coconut sugar note 3
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp lime juice

Instructions

 

• Slice onion, cucumber, carrot and red pepper.
• Place salad leaves in a large bowl
• Top with onion, cucumber, carrot and red pepper.
• Make dressing by placing all ingredients in a jar and shaking. Adjust flavours according to taste.
• Pour dressing over salad and lightly toss.
• Top salad with bean sprouts, mint, coriander and top with peanuts.

Notes

Note 1 - use as much chilli as you desire. I don't like a lot of spice so I use half a chilli seeds removed. I also prefer using the red bird's eye chilli but have a hard time finding them in America, so use green serrano's instead.

Note 2 - tamari is a gluten free soy sauce and has a really nice flavour. If you don't have tamario, regular soy sauce will do.

Note 3 - coconut sugar can be substituted for brown sugar or palm sugar, or regular white sugar if you have it.

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 3gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 648mgPotassium: 344mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 3906IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Fall Salad Recipe, green salad, Thai salad

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