Nuoc Cham Dressing

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Vietnamese chicken salad with a nuoc cham dressing

One of my most favourite salads... I find the taste of this dressing memorable and utterly delicious. The dressing makes eating mountains of raw vegetables a real joy. Try to chop the vegetables in a uniform way, it’s all about the knife skills here. Use any vegetables (that are good to eat in their raw state) you wish. Mango and avocado work well too. I have added chicken here, but I love crispy roast duck, shredded skate, tofu and cashews...

Place all salad ingredients in a bowl.
Make the salad dressing by stirring everything together until the sugar is dissolved.
Dress the salad with the dressing and serve.

For the salad

1/4 savoy cabbage / Chinese lettuce / leaves
1 carrot, peeled and cut into fine julienne
1 yellow pepper, fine julienne
1 red onion, sliced
10 mint leaves
10 basil leaves
2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded with two forks