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Thai Fresh Spring Roll Bowl
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Thai Fresh Spring Roll Bowl

Bright, fresh flavors, packed with healthy veggies, peanut sauce chicken and a delightful dressing with hints of lime and fresh mint.
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: Thai
Keyword: bowl, healthy, peanut sauce, salad, Thai, vegetables
Servings: 4
Author: Kim Melanson

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked rice (or more if desired)
  • 1-2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken (cut into bite sized pieces)
  • 1 TBS coconut oil
  • 1 bottle peanut sauce (San-J is a favorite brand—or an added recipe of the peanut dressing below)
  • ½ head Napa or Savoy cabbage shredded
  • ½ head green or purple cabbage chopped
  • ½ head romaine or green leaf lettuce chopped
  • ¾ cup shredded carrots
  • 1-2 mangoes peeled and diced
  • 1-2 zucchini spiraled or match-sticked
  • 1-2 cucumbers spiraled or thinly sliced
  • 8 sprigs fresh mint leaves coarsely chopped
  • ½ bunch cilantro coarsely chopped
  • 3-5 green onions white and green parts, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup Peanuts for garnish

Peanut Dressing

  • 6 TBS freshly squeeze lime juice from 3-5 limes
  • 3 TBS olive oil
  • 3 TBS maple syrup
  • 1 TBS soy sauce
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 TBS peanut butter
  • 3 tsp dried mint

Instructions

  • Cook rice according to directions.

Prepare Chicken:

  • Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.
  • Put chicken in a medium-large skillet with 1 TBS coconut oil.
  • Stir fry on medium-high heat for 5-10 minutes, until still slightly pink.
  • Add 5-8 ounces (1/2-2/3 bottle) of peanut sauce to the chicken. Toss to coat each piece of chicken and continue to cook until chicken is cooked thoroughly and sauce has thickened around the chicken. Set aside to cool.

Prepare Vegetables and Herbs

  • Chop and shred cabbages, lettuce and carrots. Mix together in a large bowl.
  • Each in separate bowls: peel and dice mango; spiralize or match-stick cut the zucchini; spiralize or thinly slice the cucumber; chop mint leaves; chop cilantro; chop green onions.

Make Peanut Dressing

  • Make dressing by mixing all ingredients together with a whisk until incorporated.

Assemble the Thai Fresh Spring Roll Bowl:

  • Prepare for serving by setting out bowls of separate foods in salad bar style.
  • To make the bowl—add each in amounts as desired:
  • Put rice in bottom of bowl.
  • Add lettuce-cabbage-carrot mixture.
  • Top with zucchini and cucumber.
  • Add chicken pieces.
  • Add mango.
  • Garnish with mint leaves, cilantro, green onions and peanuts.
  • Drizzle with peanut dressing.

Notes

Recipe inspired by a "Clean 15" recipe by www.charitylighten.com.