This page may contain affiliate links. Any commissions earned means I can continue providing you free recipes. You can see the full disclaimer here. https://wp.me/Par0A1-uK
This salad uses Thai flavours with zoodles and is honestly one of the nicest salads I’ve ever made. It really exceeded my expectations and has a good amount of fresh vegetables in it. It’s great to pair with any protein especially chicken, steak, salmon and prawns. Try pairing it with my Thai Red Curry Baked Chicken!
The flavours and fresh taste of this Thai Zoodle Salad are what I think really makes the dish. It has a spicy dressing using sriracha, which you can reduce or increase to control the spiciness level of the salad. One thing I really like with this salad is it’s easy to store leftovers. The vegetables marinate in the dressing to give an even more intense flavour with any leftovers.
One of the most important steps is not to overcook your zoodles! You really want to just lightly heat them through, otherwise they will become soggy, mushy and lose their texture! As always the sweetener here is used to balance the other flavours and give a more authentic flavour, but of course if you don’t approve of natural sweeteners, you can always leave it out. Just note that the spiciness will be stronger without the sweetener so you may need to adjust amounts for this.
Thai Zoodle Salad
Ingredients
- 3 large zucchini, spiralised
- 1 Lebanese/Persian cucumber, deseeded and cut into strips
- 1 small red capsicum/bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 1 cup fresh chopped coriander leaves
- 1/4 cup light taste olive oil
- 1 lime, the juice
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 1/2-1 tsp sweetener
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Heat coconut oil in a frying pan, cook zoodles for a few minutes, tossing constantly until just heated through. Too long and they will go mushy and watery. Remove and allow to cool.
- Combine in a bowl with cucumber, red capsicum, onion and coriander. Mix together olive oil, lime juice, fish sauce, sriracha and sweetener to make the dressing. Pour over salad and toss.
Notes
Nutrition
Eric Berg says
Zucchini is among the foods that provide most benefits to the metabolism. One medium zucchini contains only 3 grams of sugar and has numerous benefits among: being a high source of antioxidants and vitamin C; possessing anti-inflammatory properties that contribute to the improvement of your cardiovascular health; being a great source of potassium and vitamin B6; improving digestion and controlling diabetes. I recommend downloading this app https://goo.gl/8htboZ?drericbergandroid to get a deeper understanding about topics related to nutrition and well being
lowcarbnikki says
Thanks for the information!