Yummy Thai Chicken Salad

Hi, this is a new favorite of ours that I thought I'd share. Bon appetit!

Thai Chicken Salad:

Green leaf lettuce, washed and ripped for half of two servings (so half the bowl of each person's salad is lettuce)

1 cup or so green cabbage, thinly sliced and split between the two bowls

Green onions, chopped

Carrots, cut into matchsticks (as many as you like)

1/4 cup roasted and unsalted peanuts, chopped and evenly distributed as a topping for each salad

Cilantro, finely chopped and added to salad according to taste

1 large boneless chicken breast

Paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper

Dressing:

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp rice vinegar

1/4 cup natural peanut butter

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 tbsp brown sugar (or honey)

1 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp Thai fish sauce

1 tbsp lime juice

1/4 tsp dried red pepper flakes

Grill the chicken seasoned with some onion powder, garlic powder, paprika and pepper (these seem weird for a Thai recipe, but I have found it works really well). Chop up the salad ingredients. If you like, you can add chopped green papaya or mango, but I prefer without. Whisk together the salad dressing ingredients, adding small amounts of water if it is too thick. I suggested natural peanut butter not only because it is better for you, but because it usually requires no additional thinning for the dressing. Chop the cooked chicken and add to salads before dressing.