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Thai Cabbage Salad
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How To Make A Thai Cabbage Salad

Try our Thai Cabbage Salad with a peanut butter based salad dressing! Made with crisp ingredients like cabbage, carrots and peanuts. Perfect!
Course: Healthy Dishes
Servings: 7
Calories: 9kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 cups thinly sliced cabbage
  • 1 cup thinly sliced collard greens
  • 1 large julienned sweet bell pepper
  • 1 cup julienned carrots
  • 1 cuo sugar snap peas cut into pieces
  • 1 cup micro greens I used sunflower sprouts
  • 1/2 chopped peanuts
  • 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
  • 1/4 cup lemon basil or sweet basil
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Remove the outer leaves of a medium cabbage using a sharp chef's knife, and cut out and remove the core.
  • Thinly cut the cabbage and collard greens into ribbons. Core and remove the pith from the sweet red bell pepper.
  • Remove the skin and any blemishes from a medium-sized carrot using a potato peeler. Julienne, both the sweet bell pepper and carrot. Add micro greens, cilantro, and mint leaves, and gently toss.
  • Top the salad with roughly chopped peanuts; you can also toast the peanuts to give them a nuttier flavor.
  • Scatter on the sesame seeds, which are entirely optional, but they look and taste so good!
  • Next, add the ingredients for Thai Salad Dressing into a large mixing bowl and stir with a wire whisk or put it all into a blender and pulse until smooth.
  • Drizzle over the salad and serve.

Notes

Homemade Peanut Butter Dressing:
Ingredients:
  • 1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 2 tbsps honey
  • 3 tbsps freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp spicy miso sauce or sambal oelek (chili garlic sauce)
  • 1 tbsp grated garlic
  • 1 tbsp + 1 tsp rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsps peanut butter
 
Directions:
  1. Add the ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth.
  2. Store in an airtight container for up to a week. 

Nutrition

Serving: 7g | Calories: 9kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.02g | Vitamin A: 127IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.3mg