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    Pad Thai Salad Recipe

    Last Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Paleo Leaper · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    What’s faster and tastier than ordering Pad Thai on a busy evening?

    Pad Thai Salad

    Making it yourself! This recipe is so quick that it’s ready well before your restaurant food would have arrived, and turning the classic Pad Thai flavors into a salad makes it a much healthier option.

    With a creamy, gingery dressing over crisp chopped vegetables and crunchy nuts, it’s the perfect solution to those days when you're trying to eat healthily, but the takeout menu is calling your name.

    Worried about the bean sprouts? Don’t be: the sprouts contain very few of the gut irritants that take beans off the Paleo menu.

    In fact, you’ll find more phytic acid in the almond butter than in the sprouts. If you have some special reason for avoiding sprouts specifically, though (or if you just don’t like them), you could always replace them with very thin sticks of jicama or blanched cauliflower cut into slivers.

    With just one egg, this salad doesn’t have enough protein to be a meal on its own, but you can easily change that by shredding some cooked chicken and tossing it in.

    Alternately, just serve the salad with some hard-boiled eggs (delicious dipped in a little extra dressing), or another healthy protein source to make it a complete meal.

    Pad Thai Salad Recipe

    SERVES: 1 PREP: 10 min COOK: 5 min

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup cooked chicken, shredded; (optional)
    • 1 cup cabbage, shredded;
    • 2 cups of mixed greens;
    • ½ bell pepper, sliced;
    • ½ cup bean sprouts;
    • ¼ cup chopped nuts; (of your choice)
    • 2 green onions, chopped;
    • 2 small chili peppers, diced; (optional)
    • 1 egg, lightly beaten;
    • Cooking fat;

    Ingredients for the dressing

    • Juice of ½ a lime;
    • 1 clove garlic, minced;
    • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
    • 2 tbsp. almond butter;
    • 2-3 tablespoon coconut or almond milk;
    • 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil;
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;
    Pad Thai Salad Recipe Preparation

    Preparation

    1. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the dressing, mix well, and season to taste.
    2. Melt some cooking fat in a small skillet placed over medium heat and cook the egg for 3 to 4 minutes while scrambling it.
    3. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the salad, and add the chicken on top.
    4. Pour the dressing over the salad and serve.

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    Pad Thai Salad Recipe

    Pad Thai Salad Recipe

    Pad Thai gets a vegetable-heavy Paleo makeover in this quick and delicious salad variation.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Thai
    Servings 1 people
    Calories 887 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup cooked chicken shredded (optional)
    • 1 cup cabbage shredded
    • 2 cups of mixed greens
    • ½ bell pepper sliced
    • ½ cup bean sprouts
    • ¼ cup chopped nuts of your choice
    • 2 green onions chopped
    • 2 small chili peppers diced (optional)
    • 1 egg lightly beaten
    • Cooking fat

    Ingredients for the dressing

    • Juice of ½ a lime
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
    • 2 tbsp. almond butter
    • 2-3 tablespoon coconut or almond milk
    • 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

    Instructions
     

    • In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the dressing, mix well, and season to taste.
      Juice of ½ a lime, 1 clove garlic, ¼ teaspoon ground ginger, 2 tbsp. almond butter, 2-3 tablespoon coconut or almond milk, 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
    • Melt some cooking fat in a small skillet placed over medium heat and cook the egg for 3 to 4 minutes while scrambling it.
      Cooking fat, 1 egg
    • In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the salad, and add the chicken on top.
      1 cup cooked chicken, 1 cup cabbage, 2 cups of mixed greens, ½ bell pepper, ½ cup bean sprouts, ¼ cup chopped nuts, 2 green onions, 2 small chili peppers
    • Pour the dressing over the salad and serve.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 887kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 56gFat: 66gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 23gMonounsaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 269mgSodium: 253mgPotassium: 1283mgFiber: 10gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 3657IUVitamin C: 132mgCalcium: 276mgIron: 7mg
    Keyword pad Thai, salad
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