A refreshing Vietnamese chicken salad featuring shredded cabbage, carrots, various herbs, and shredded chicken, topped with roasted peanuts and fried shallots, drizzled with a flavorful fish sauce dressing.
1: Combine all of your veggies and herbs: cabbage, carrots, Vietnamese coriander, basil, water mint, and culantro.
2: Once all of your veggies and herbs are well combined, top it off with shredded chicken, crushed roasted peanuts, and fried shallots.
3: Drizzle as much or as little fish sauce into your salad.
4: To prepare the fish sauce dip/dressing, mix together fish sauce, sugar, coconut soda, white distilled vinegar, minced garlic, and optional garlic chili paste and chopped thai chili until the sugar dissolves.