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Chopped Kale Salad With Sriracha Olive Oil Dressing

The salad is the most healthy food choice for most of us because nothing is better than consuming fresh vegetables and fruits. But it doesn't mean all kind of salad is good for us, the dressing and toppings can add a tremendous amount of calories on a salad. In this post, I have my homemade 6 ingredients Sriracha olive oil dressing and salad to share with everyone.

As the ideal concept, girls are supposed to like or enjoy salad more than guys, but not in my household. My husband is a salad person, and I'm a meat and carbs girl. One of his favorite salads is a chopped salad. One evening, he asked me to make him the chopped salad, and I had no idea what it was. I know how to cook Thai food, but when it come down to salad or burgers, I always need help from him.

I got the idea of the chopped salad after a short explanation from him. All I need to do is chop everything into small pieces. Alright, that's a piece of cake! Next challenge is the dressing! It would be easier to buy a bottle of salad dressing from a market, but that's not me. I prefer to make my dressing.

About the Dressing

Chopped Kale Salad With Sriracha Olive Oil Dressing

I am a Southeast Asian woman, and I can't tolerate bland food. Thai food is a flavorful food. It has to have spicy, sweet, salty, and sour in it. Since I'm not a salad type of person, then I have to come up with something to make me enjoy the "salad" meal. I looked up the dressing on the internet and brainstorm myself for my dressing version, and that's how I have fun with my cooking.

My Sriracha olive oil salad dressing has

½ cup of distilled white vinegar
½ cup of olive oil
4 tablespoon Truvia brown sugar
2 tablespoon olive oil butter
1 ½ Sriracha chili sauce
1 teaspoon of salt

The dressing is sweet, spicy, and tangy as I like, and if I like my salad dressing it means my husband will love it.

About the Salad

Chopped Kale Salad With Sriracha Olive Oil Dressing

Before I had the interest in living a healthier lifestyle, I didn't know that we need to consume a colorful variety of vegetables and fruits. I thought all kind of vegetables and fruits had pretty much the same quality, but it's not true. Each color of vegetables and fruits has different nutrients and phytochemicals.

In my salad version, I have kale, carrots, red onion, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and pecans as the ingredients. This is not just for the color variety but also for the taste of the salad. These vegetables and fruits have a great taste in each of them. For the protein choice, I rubbed a chicken breast with Spike Gourmet Seasoning and grill it.

Voila, Here's my chopped kale salad with Sriracha olive oil dressing. I hope you enjoy it like I do or love it like my husband.

Chopped Kale Salad With Sriracha Olive Oil Dressing

Recipe Type: Salad

Author: HealthyThaiRecipes

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 25 mins

Total time: 40 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients
6 cups of coarsely chopped kale
3 cups of carrots
½ cup red onion
1 cup red bell pepper
1 cup yellow bell pepper
¾ cup pecan
3 chicken breast
Spike Seasoning powder or any brand/kind you like
Sriracha Olive Oil Dressing Ingredients
½ cup distilled white vinegar
½ cup olive oil
4 tablespoon Truvia brown sugar
2 tablespoon melted olive oil butter
1 ½ tablespoon Sriracha chili sauce
1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Rub the chicken breast with the seasoning powder and grill it until the chicken temperature is 145-165 Fahrenheit degrees.
Chop all the salad ingredients into small pieces and put them in the mixing bowl.
Put all the dressing ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk all of them together.
Serve the salad in a plate or bowl and ENJOY.

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