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August 17, 2017

Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad is the perfect healthy and tasty dish to use up that garden zucchini! Loaded with shredded chicken, sliced veggies, and drizzled with a flavor-packed homemade Thai peanut lime dressing that’s the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, and tangy!

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

One of my favorite ways to use up that summer garden zucchini is turning them into noodles or oodles of zoodles! If you’re looking for some ideas on some zoodle dishes, these Mongolian Beef Zoodles, Kung Pao Zoodles and Teriyaki Chicken Zoodles are a few of our favorites.

Another dish that happens a lot around here is this Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Lime Dressing. I am completely obsessed with anything with Thai flavors and this salad is full of that signature sweet, spicy, tangy and savory combo.

It’s also light, colorful, crunchy, and a super delicious way to use up some garden zucchini. A summertime favorite and the best part? It comes together quickly and is super easy to customize with your favorite veggies.

 

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

ASIAN ZUCCHINI NOODLE SALAD WITH THAI PEANUT LIME DRESSING

In addition to the zucchini noodles, I loaded this salad with:

  • red cabbage
  • carrots
  • bell pepper
  • snap peas
  • edamame beans
  • Thai basil (feel free to leave out if you can’t find it)
  • cilantro
  • chopped peanuts

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

Add grilled or rotisserie chicken or shrimp to make it an all in one meal or leave it as is for Meatless Monday.

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

Everything gets tossed together with a flavor-packed homemade peanut dressing. So simple to whip up plus it’s got the perfect balance of sweet, spicy, tangy and salty.

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

Just combine some creamy peanut butter, sesame oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, ginger, honey and a little bit of chili garlic sauce (or Sriracha) for that extra kick of heat.

You can totally adjust the amount of chili sauce to your liking or leave it out completely if you’re sensitive to heat.

This Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing is the perfect healthy and easy way to use up some summer garden zucchini. Best of all, it's super simple to customize with chicken, shrimp or leave it as is for meatless, vegetarian version. A delicious lunch or light dinner and easy to make ahead for Sunday meal prep for work lunches or lunch bowls.

This recipe appeared first on The Recipe Critic

Yields 2-3

Asian Zucchini Noodle Salad with Thai Peanut Dressing

18 minPrep Time

18 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

3 large zucchinis

1 cup shredded red cabbage

12-15 sugar snap peas, trimmed and strings removed

¾ cup matchstick or grated carrots

1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced

1 cup shelled edamame (defrosted, rinsed and drained)

1 cup cubed chicken (grilled or rotisserie works) *can also use grilled shrimp or leave out for meatless version

½ cup fresh chopped cilantro

¼ cup fresh chopped Thai basil (leave out if you can't find it)

Chopped peanuts and lime wedges, for serving

For the dressing

¼ cup smooth and creamy peanut butter (almond butter or sunflower seed butter work great as well)

3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Juice from 1 lime

2 tablespoons honey (or coconut sugar)

1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce (or tamari for gluten free)

1 garlic clove, grated or finely minced

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1-2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce or Sriracha (to taste)

2-3 tablespoons of hot water, to thin out (or more as needed)

Instructions

  1. Use a spiralizer, vegetable peeler or mandoline to make the zucchini noodles.
  2. Add the zucchini to a large bowl along with the cabbage, snap peas, carrots, bell pepper, edamame, chicken and half of the cilantro and basil.
  3. Whisk the dressing ingredients together until thoroughly combined (or pulse together until creamy in a food processor).
  4. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Top with remaining herbs, chopped peanuts and serve with lime wedges if desired.
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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meal, Make Ahead, Meal Prep, Recipes, Salads, Thai, Vegetarian Tagged With: easy, summer, Thai, zucchini

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