Name: Thai Smoked Chicken and Papaya Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1/4 cup rice vinegar; 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 1 clove garlic finely grated; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 12 ounces (350 g) smoked chicken breast - (2 medium breasts) thinly sliced; 1 bunch of asparagus steamed and cut into pieces; 1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes halved; 1 small red onion halved and finely sliced; 1 medium carrot julienned; large handful mixed salad greens; handful of fresh mint leaves; handful of coriander leaves; 1 lebanese cucumber ribbon sliced; handful of snow peas; 1/2 ripe papaya (pawpaw) cubed; handful roasted cashew nuts

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Thai smoked chicken and papaya salad is super easy and fast to put together. A five minute dressing , slice the smoked chicken and throw your salad together. Easy, fresh and so tasty.

Smoked chicken

We love to have smoked chicken in the fridge. It’s super easy for snacks or throwing together this tasty Thai smoked chicken and papaya salad. Smoked chicken is juicy and very economical and is great for sandwiches, salads, pasta, wraps or even on pizza. It is cured, fully cooked and smoked with wood chips. Ready to go.

Salad swap out

Lots of vegetables can be swapped…..think

beansprouts
broccoli
beans
capsicum
spring onions
napa cabbage
rocket
radish
watercress

Papaya swap out

Papaya or pawpaw can be swapped for lots of different fruits, think…..

fresh mango slices,
lychees
oranges
pineapple
pomelo
peaches
nectarines
watermelon
rockmelon

Dressing

This dressing couldn’t be easier simply throw all ingredients in a jar with a lid and shake until the sugar dissolves.

thai smoked chicken and papaya salad adding fish sauce to dressing in a small jar with chilli and garlic clove in the background — adding fish sauce to dressing

Thai smoked chicken and papaya salad is super easy and fast to put together. A five minute dressing , slice the smoked chicken and throw your salad together. Easy, fresh and so tasty.

thai smoked chicken and papaya salad served in a small marble bowl with a wooden spoon and coriander in the background — ready to dress!

Check out some more great salad recipes

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Thai chicken larb salad — thai chicken larb salad

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What’s your favourite salad recipe? Leave a comment below and let us know when you make this Thai Smoked Chicken and Papaya Salad.

4 serves