It isn’t unusual that a long holiday weekend results in leftovers in the fridge, a little of this and that that can be a challenge to combine in interesting and tasty ways. I had a leftover grilled chicken breast and a bag of cabbage cut for slaw so decided to combine the two with an Asian style dressing. My one leftover jalapeno and a handful of cilantro gave the mix a flavorful punch.
For the dressing I combined:
- 2 small shallots, finely chopped
- 1 fresh jalapeno, cored, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- juice of 1 lime
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 chicken breast, grilled and shredded
- 1 6-ounce package coleslaw mix
- 6-8 mint leaves, chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro, lightly chopped
- 1/4 cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
Combine the shallots, jalapeno, honey, rice vinegar, fish sauce, lime juice and soy sauce. In a large bowl pour mixture over the shredded chicken. When ready to serve the salad add the coleslaw mix, mint leaves, cilantro and peanuts. Loss lightly till well combined. I like this salad served well chilled. The flavors are light, flavor packed, and oh so healthy after a weekend of indulging. Hope you like it.
The winners of the Wives with Knives aprons are Donna at My Tasty Treasures and Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen. The niftiest number generator picked their numbers in my 125th Blog Post. Congratuations, Ladies. I hope you enjoy your prize. Click on over to visit Donna and Kathleen. I know you will enjoy their blogs as much as I do. And thank you so much to everyone who left a comment.
That salad looks seriously good!
Congrats to the winners.
Love the photos on your sidebar!!!
Congrats Donna and Kathleen for winning the aprons! I bookmarked your websites to check later. Hope you enjoy the aprons!!
Rosa
Congratulations to the winners of the aprons. The salad looks wonderful, Cathy.
Looks like a great way to use leftovers. I wish my leftovers were as creative!
Great looking slaw! Congrats to Donna and Kathleen!
That looks and sounds delicious!
Congratulations to the winners~ Such cute aprons..
And the salad ..looks scrumptious..I love that bagged slaw:) Jain will tell you:)~
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Sounds like a pretty quick salad to put together. Looks delicious too! Congrats to the winners.
Great idea for a salad..and yes, using those left overs!
WOW..I have never won a give away..thank you so much..I am sure I will love the apron!!!
this is beautiful, i could eat the whole thing!
A great way to finish off leftovers! Looks so delicious!
That salad looks so refreshing! Salads are so good to clean up the fridge
Your salad looks so tempting! Just the thing for a post 4th change of pace. Congrats to the apron winners. I know they will enjoy them.
Congrats to th winners!!
Wow! a colorful and tasty dish!
Now this looks like one tasty salad…bookmarked!
First, I love the little gymnast photo! Sooo cute! Next, I'd love a BIG serving of this salad. I really like salads that candouble as a meal, and this one is perfect. Not too heavy, not too wimpy … just right! And with those peanuts in there, I know my hubby would like it, too! YUM!
That is one good looking salad. Beautiful photo. Yum.
Ramona
I love the flavors in this…they sound delicious! And congrats to the winners…
I am so excited. Thank you so much!!
This salad looks so very delicious!!
This salad looks so fesh and delicious-perfect for any hot summer day!
Congrats to the winners!
Congratulations to the winners and again to you reaching your milestone, Cathy. The salad looks wonderful!
That is one tasty looking slaw. I like all of the colours.
Oh YUM! I love Thai flavors and I just happen to have a GIANT cabbage I just harvested from the garden. This is going to be part of its destiny. Thanks for the post.
what a great Thai salad; printing this off for sure to make! thanks, roz