Vietnamese Cabbage Chicken Salad – Goi Ga
This Vietnamese cabbage chicken salad, or Gỏi Gà, is a refreshing mix of shredded chicken, cabbage, herbs, and fried shallots tossed in a tangy dressing. Perfectly crunchy, sweet, and tart, it’s a classic Vietnamese dish that’s delicious on its own or paired with rice porridge.
Ingredients
Salad dressing:
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 2 tsp black pepper
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp kosher salt
Salad mix:
- 2 rotisserie chicken, deboned, skin removed, shredded
- 1 whole cabbage, julienned
- ½ cup rau ram, roughly chopped (if you don’t have it then you can substitute with basil)
- ½ cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
- ½ red onion, thinly sliced, soak in ice cold water
- 2 red bell peppers, julienned
- 1 cup carrots, julienned
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 cup bean sprouts
Garnish for salad:
- 3 large shallots, thinly sliced and fried
- ½ cup peanuts, roughly chopped
- ½ cup fish dipping sauce, topped with grated ginger
- chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients for the salad dressing. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add all the ingredients of the salad mix and top it with the shredded chicken.
- When ready to serve, pour salad dressing and toss.
- Garnish salad with fried shallots, cilantro and peanuts.
- Additionally, you can add some fish dipping sauce to the salad.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 144mg | Sodium: 2550mg | Potassium: 316mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 3833IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg