Spicy Shredded Chicken Salad (Yum Gai Chik)

Ingredients

• 1 boiled chicken breast, shredded
• 4 shallots, sliced
• sliced spring onion and coriander
• 1 tomato
• fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, chilli flakes
• mint leaves

Method

• Boil the chicken breast until cooked, rest, then shred
• Mix the dressing: fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, chilli flakes; taste for a punchy balance
• Toss the shredded chicken with shallots, tomato and spring onion
• Add mint, toss gently and plate

How to Choose

Choose fresh pink chicken breast with no smell; thin-skinned juicy limes; firm shallots.

Chef's Secret

Secret: boil the chicken gently so it stays tender, and shred while warm; make the dressing sour-forward then salty; add mint last so it does not bruise.

Fresh chicken breast + shallots + lime + fresh veg full set at Fresh Market Online.