Chicken and Cabbage Salad
3 servings
45 minutes
Chicken and cabbage salad is a harmony of freshness and rich flavor inspired by Russian cuisine. This dish combines tender chicken breast seasoned with aromatic spices that reveal rich notes of ginger, garlic, and anise. Vegetables like bok choy, lettuce, and kohlrabi add a crunchy texture to the salad, while a tangy tamarind and lime sauce adds a subtle sweet-sour twist. A warm nut sauce and sesame seeds complete the flavor, giving the dish depth and richness. This salad is perfect as a light dinner or an exquisite appetizer, and its freshness makes it an excellent choice for a summer lunch. Easy to prepare yet filled with complex flavors, it will be a true centerpiece on any table.
1
Start with chicken breast. Place in a pot: 3 cloves of garlic, chili flakes, shallot, cilantro, anise, 1 tbsp ginger, chicken, and salt in a medium pot, and add enough water to cover everything.
- Chicken breast: 1 piece
- Garlic: 5 clove
- Chili flakes: 0 g
- Shallot: 1 piece
- Cilantro: 1 bunch
- Star anise: 1 piece
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
- Grated ginger: 2 teaspoons
- Chicken breast: 1 piece
2
Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until done (until the chicken is firm to the touch).
3
Remove the cooked chicken from the pot and set aside to cool.
4
While the chicken cools, mix the sauce ingredients: sesame, tamarind, sugar, 2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped or grated), 1 tsp grated ginger, rice vinegar, lime juice, paste. The sauce will be thick; if you want it thinner, add a small amount of water and a bit more lime juice to taste.
- Sesame seeds: 2 tablespoons
- Tamarind paste: 2 tablespoons
- Desiccated coconut: 1 tablespoon
- Rice vinegar: 1 tablespoon
- Lime juice: 1 tablespoon
- Garlic: 5 clove
- Grated ginger: 2 teaspoons
- Nut sauce: 0.5 glass
5
Use your fingers or two forks to shred the chicken into small pieces.
- Chicken breast: 1 piece
6
Chop the vegetables: bok choy, kohlrabi, lettuce, green beans, grate the carrot. Mix with sauce and chicken. Season the salad with chopped green onions and cilantro.
- Lettuce: 1 head
- Green beans: 40 g
- Carrot: 40 g
- Spring onion: 1 bunch
- Pak choi (bok choy): 1 head
- Kohlrabi: 1 piece
- Cilantro: 1 bunch