Thai chicken salad with coconut | Recipes For Food Lovers Including Cooking Tips At Foodlovers.co.nz

Ingredients

• 1 x 400 ml can good-quality coconut cream
• 2 free-range skinless chicken breasts
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 pinches dried chilli flakes
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 50 g palm sugar, crushed with a mortar and pestle
• juice of 4 limes (or juice of 1½ lemons)
• 3 tsp fish sauce
• 2 cups baby spinach leaves
• 1 fresh red chilli, seeds removed and finely sliced
• ½ cup mint leaves, washed and roughly torn
• ¼ cup Vietnamese mint leaves (optional)
• 1 cup coriander leaves, washed
• ½ cup basil leaves, roughly torn
• ¼ red onion, finely sliced
• 1 cup finely sliced (Asian-style) spring onions
• 3 tbsp deep-fried shallots (available from Asian supermarkets)
• ¼ cup blanched peanuts, roasted and roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp chive flowers (optional)