Hearty Green Salad with Spicy Peanut Chicken

Name: Hearty Green Salad with Spicy Peanut Chicken
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ¼ cup, unseasoned rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon, sugar; ¾ teaspoon, table salt; 1 , shallot, sliced thin and separated into rings; 1 , serrano chile, stemmed, halved, seeded, and sliced thin crosswise; 6 ounces, broccolini, trimmed and cut into 1-inch lengths; ¼ cup, creamy peanut butter; 1–1½ tablespoons, Asian chili-garlic sauce; 2 teaspoons, fish sauce; 1 , small garlic clove, minced; ½ small head, napa cabbage, halved, cored, and sliced thin (4½ cups); 1 cup, watercress, torn into bite-size pieces; ¼ cup fresh Thai, basil leaves; ¼ cup, fresh mint leaves; 1 , mango, peeled, pitted, and cut into ½-inch pieces; 1 , carrot, peeled and shredded; 6 ounces, cooked chicken, torn into 1-inch pieces (1 cup); ¼ cup, dry-roasted peanuts, chopped fine

Main Courses
Vegetables
Chicken
For Two
Weeknight
Salads

By Andrea Geary ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2021

A protein-and-vegetable-packed bed of greens is the kind of vibrant, low-effort meal that anyone can appreciate on a scorching summer evening.

SERVES 2

TIME 50 minutes

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