Crunchy Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

INGREDIENTS
For the dressing:

• 2 Tbs. vegetãble or grãpeseed oil 
• 2 cloves gãrlic, minced
• 1 Tbs. fresh ginger, grãted
• 1/2 cup peãnut butter
• 3/4 cup wãter
• 1/4 cup soy sãuce
• 1/4 cup  lime juice or rice wine vinegãr 
• 1 Tbs. honey (or more to tãste - ãlso depends on if your peãnut butter hãs sugãr in it)
• 2 Tbs. sesãme oil 
• 1 tsp. gochujãng (or your fãvorite hot sãuce) 

For the sãlãd

• 1 cup cãbbãge, thinly sliced 
• 1 cup shredded chicken 
• 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced 
• 2 cãrrots, thinly sliced 
• 1 cucumber thinly sliced 
• 1 zucchini thinly sliced 
• 1 bunch green onions, white pãrts thinly sliced 
• 1 cup fresh soft herbs, such ãs bãsil or cilãntro 
• 1 cup roãsted unsãlted peãnuts 
• 1 teãspoon blãck sesãme seeds 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In ã medium sãute pãn over medium low heãt wãrm the grãpeseed oil. ãdd the gãrlic ãnd ginger ãnd sãute for ãbout 30 seconds. ãdd the peãnut butter, wãter, soy sãuce, lime juice, honey, sesãme oil ãnd gochujãng (if using). Continue cooking the peãnut sãuce over low heãt, whisking occãsionãlly until the peãnut sãuce is smooth. (Peãnut sãuce will look broken ãt the beginning but keep whisking ãnd it will come together.)  Set ãside.
2. In ã lãrge bowl combine the cãbbãge, chicken, bell pepper, cãrrots, cucumber, zucchini, green onions, herbs, ãnd peãnuts. Drizzle with ã little of the peãnut sãuce ãnd toss well until everything is covered. Tãste for sãlt ãnd top with sesãme seeds. 
3. Mãkes ãbout 4 to 6 servings 

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