Coconut Chicken Satay Salad

Name: Coconut Chicken Satay Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bag shredded coleslaw mix (1 lb.; cabbage with carrots, or all cabbage); 283 grams cucumber; 454 grams ground chicken; 237 milliliters Asian peanut sauce; 227 grams red bell pepper; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sweetened shredded dried coconut; 2 Tbsps Thai red curry paste

Coconut Chicken Satay Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. This dairy free recipe serves 4. One serving contains 438 calories, 26g of protein, and 22g of fat. A mixture of coleslaw mix, asian peanut sauce, ground chicken, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the sweetened shredded coconut you could follow this main course with the Peanut Butter and Jelly Coconut Cashew Sandwich Cookies (no-bake, vegan, gluten-free) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a food processor, whirl coconut until finely ground.

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Coconut

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Food Processor

Add curry paste, salt, and 1 tablespoon water; pulse until blended.

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Curry Paste

Water

Salt

Add chicken and pulse until evenly combined, scraping down sides of bowl several times.

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Whole Chicken

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Bowl

Line a 10- by 15-inch baking pan with a piece of cooking parchment. Mound about 1/4 cup chicken mixture around each of eight slender metal skewers, 8 to 10 inches long (see notes). Squeeze mixture into a 5-inch log, then separate into three portions, leaving about 1/2 inch between each. Set satay skewers in a single layer in lined pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Metal Skewers

Baking Pan

Skewers

Peel cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, and scrape out seeds. Thinly slice cucumber crosswise, discarding ends. Rinse, stem, and seed bell pepper; quarter lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise.

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Bell Pepper

Cucumber

Seeds

Mound coleslaw mix on four plates. Arrange cucumber and bell pepper on top.

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Coleslaw Mix

Bell Pepper

Cucumber

Lay chicken satay on a lightly oiled grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook, turning as needed to brown evenly, until no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 5 to 6 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Grill

Lay two skewers on each salad.

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Skewers

Serve with peanut sauce.

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Peanut Sauce

Wine pairing: The hotter the peanut sauce, the sweeter the wine you'll need to cool it down. We liked an off-dry Gewrztraminer with layers of pears, spice, and minerals.

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Peanut Sauce

Pear