Chili Mango Peanut Hen Salad – A brand new summer time favourite, bursting with contemporary taste! This colourful, no-cook salad is made with crisp greens, vibrant herbs, rotisserie hen, candy mango, creamy avocado, and crunchy peanuts. It’s all tossed in my go-to toasted chili mango peanut dressing—savory, candy, spicy, and completely addictive. Fast to throw collectively, tremendous satisfying, and so scrumptious… you’ll be making this on repeat all summer time lengthy!

Okay, I’ve bought a enjoyable backstory for this one. I reached out to my cousin Maggie (generally I wish to ask my cousins if they’ve any recipe requests). She all the time offers me nice concepts, and he or she’s had this one on her record for years.

She and my cousin Abby have been obsessive about a peanut hen fruit salad from a neighborhood Cleveland spot, Joe’s Deli, since they have been youngsters. They beloved it a lot that my Aunt Katie would even attempt to recreate it at house!

So, I lastly determined to offer it a attempt. The one drawback? Maggie may barely bear in mind the main points. She simply mentioned, “It’s a hen salad with peanut dressing and a ton of fruit—berries, pineapple, mango, possibly even some melon?”

I’ll be trustworthy, the thought of all that fruit in a single salad sounded a bit… off. However I took the fundamental inspiration and created my very own spin on it—one thing that felt somewhat extra me, whereas nonetheless honoring Maggie’s reminiscence of the dish.

The magic begins with the spicy chili mango peanut dressing. It’s primarily based on a dressing I created just a few summers in the past, and it’s nonetheless probably the greatest I’ve made. I mix contemporary or frozen mango with peanut butter, toasted sesame oil, lime, and chili flakes. It’s creamy, candy, spicy, and ridiculously good.

Then I tossed collectively shredded rotisserie hen, crisp greens, contemporary herbs, mango slices, and creamy avocado. After snapping the images, I made a decision to throw in some blueberries too—and WOW. The candy mango, spicy peanut dressing, and contemporary herbs all work so effectively collectively. It’s a shocking mixture of flavors, however belief me—it completely works!

These are the main points

Elements – for the dressing

• contemporary or frozen mango chunks
• creamy peanut butter
• toasted sesame oil
• olive oil
• apple cider vinegar
• honey
• sambal oelek
• tamari or soy sauce
• garlic

Elements – for the salad

• cabbage/kale
• rotisserie hen
• Persian cucumbers
• herbs, inexperienced onions,/basil/cilantro
• contemporary blueberries
• contemporary mango chunks or slices
• avocados
• salted roasted peanut

Particular Instruments

Simply the fundamentals! A chopping board, a good knife, a blender for the dressing, and a large salad bowl!

Step 1: make the chili mango dressing

This is without doubt one of the yummiest dressings. We LOVE a peanut-based dressing.

It is a mixture of contemporary or frozen mango chunks, peanut butter, toasted sesame oil, olive oil, vinegar, honey, sambal oelek, tamari or soy sauce, and garlic. Add every little thing right into a blender and blend till very creamy. You’ll be able to then season it up with salt.

If you don’t like spicy meals, you possibly can omit the sambal oelek. No drawback!

Step 2: the salad

Subsequent up is the salad. I exploit shredded inexperienced cabbage, shredded kale, and I additionally added some shredded romaine to create the precise salad pictured. Simply know that for those who use romaine, it should wilt for those who make this salad forward. Subsequent, add the shredded rotisserie hen, sliced up Persian cucumbers, so many contemporary herbs (I exploit basil and cilantro), inexperienced onions, after which, if you want, an enormous handful of contemporary blueberries. I feel they’re delish within the salad and add a pleasant juicy chunk.

Step 3: toss all of it collectively

Add the dressing, then high the salad with slices of mango, avocados, peanuts, and extra dressing. When serving, I really like so as to add pita or tortilla chips, they’re scrumptious! Maggie eats her salad with pita chips!

Enjoyable be aware, Maggie lastly despatched me a photograph! Oh boy, my salad appears nothing just like the salad she will get. Hers is actually fruit with peanut dressing and hen. Oh effectively, I nonetheless adore this yummy, summery salad. It’s spectacular! This may be nice to make for Memorial Day!

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