Low Carb Thai Salad with Chicken, Zoodles and Peanut Sauce Salad
Dive into salad heaven with this extra delicious Low Carb Thai Salad with Chicken, Zoodles and Peanut Sauce. It's healthy, keto friendly and sugar free!
Wash the zucchinis and trim the ends off. Use a vegetable spiralizer to forms the noodles, break apart any super long noodles you find, then place them all in a bowl and set aside.
Heat a skillet on medium high heat. Take the chicken breast and slice it in half, horizontally, to form two chicken cutlets. Season the chicken cutlets with salt and pepper, then, once the pan is hot, fry the chicken until the internal temperature reaches 180°, then set aside to cool.
While the chicken is cooking, bring a pot of water to boil and make the peanut sauce. Once the water is boiling, add the zucchini noodles and cook for a minute or two, just until the zoodles are soft, then strain and rinse them with cold water until they are no longer hot.
To make the peanut sauce, peel the ginger and garlic and grate them finely, then add them to the cup of an immersion blenderwith the soy sauce, water, peanut butter, rice vinegar, sesame oil, red pepper flakes and honey substitute. Puree with the immersion blender until smooth, about a minute or two.
Wash and slice the red pepper into thin strips, then roughly chop the cashews.
Build the salad
Once you have peanut sauce made, chicken cooked and zoodles cooled, it's time to build the salad!
On a salad plate or dinner plate, place a layer of spinach down, about 1.5 cups per plate.
Toss the zucchini with as much peanut sauce as you desire, then place the saucy zoodles over top of the spinach. Chop the chicken cutlets into thin strips, then divide them between the two bowls. Add the red pepper, top with more peanut sauce as desired and garnish with chopped cashews.
Notes
If the Peanut Sauce is too thick to easily pour over top of the salad, more rice vinegar can be added, 1 tsp at a time, until the desired consistency has been reached.Peanut Sauce Nutrition Facts per 2 TBSPNutrition facts are an estimate only! The ingredients you choose could have different nutritional values than the ingredients I have used.
* Net carb count excludes both fibre and sugar alcohols, because these do not affect blood sugar in most people.
Deduct fibre ( 0.8 g ) and sugar alcohols ( 2.9 g ) from the total carbs to get 2.3 g net carbs for 2 TBSP of Keto Peanut Sauce.| Servng Size: 2TBSP | Calories: 80.2kcal | Total Carbs: 6g | Fibre 0.8g | Protein: 3g | Fat 5.6g | Sodium 192mg | Sugar Alcohols 2.6g |
Low Carb Thai Salad Nutrition Facts not including cashews or peanut sauceNutrition facts are an estimate only! The ingredients you choose could have different nutritional values than the ingredients I have used. Deduct fibre ( 3.8 g ) from the total carbs to get 6 g net carbs per salad.
Nutrition
Serving: 1salad not including peanut sauceCalories: 151kcalCarbohydrates: 9.8gProtein: 22.3gFat: 3gSodium: 100mgFiber: 3.8g