Gỏi Gà – Vietnamese Chicken and Cabbage Salad
Posted on | May 12, 2010 | Asian, Recipes, Vietnamese | 10 Comments

I love this vibrant and refreshing salad with chicken congee. This deliciously cold and crunchy salad is a perfect contrast to the hot and soft congee. It’s also makes a delicious salad on it’s own.

Gỏi Gà – Chicken and Cabbage Salad Recipe
1/2 kg cooked shredded chicken (or use the chicken meat from making the congee)
1/4 cabbage, finely sliced
1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced matchsticks
1/2 onion (red or brown)
1 cup herbs (Vietnamese mint, mint and coriander)
3 tablespoons roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
3 tablespoons fried shallots
1/2 lemon juice
4 tablespoon of white vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons sugar
1 cup fish sauce dipping sauce
Method
In a small bowl, combine, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and sugar. Stir until sugar and salt dissolves.
In a large bowl, add cabbage, carrot, onion, herbs, chicken and vinegar mixture. Gently toss to well combined.
Turn salad to a serving platter and sprinkle roasted peanuts, fried shallots and serve with fish sauce dipping sauce.

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May 12th, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
I wonder what’s the different between goi ga and the ga xe phay I’ve eaten since childhood? Probably carrot? Ha! Don’t care. This is such a classic dish!
May 14th, 2010 @ 5:22 pm
love this dish although I’ll wait until summer again to make it as it’s a bit cold now in Sydney. The chao ga recipe is perfect for this time of the year though!
May 16th, 2010 @ 11:27 pm
@ Anh: Goi ga and the ga xe phay are the same. I have always known this dish as goi ga. I always add carrots to my salads to give it extra colour.
@ Alyssa: This is a great summer dish.
May 18th, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
wow, what lovely vibrant colours! I can just imagine all the different textures when you take a bite!
May 18th, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
My mom makes this salad a lot. It’s so simple and so refreshing. Your recipe is more sophisticated than my mom’s though
, she just uses chicken, cabbage, lemon juice, salt and sugar. How does the fish sauce enhance the taste? How long can this dish stay in the fridge?
May 19th, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
I really love this salad. Its so refreshing and light. I love it with some small pickled onions too.
May 20th, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
Ahhh – this looks so refreshingly delicious! It is such a colourful salad – I can tell it’s packed full of flavour.
May 22nd, 2010 @ 11:15 pm
I really do love these types of salads, no matter the time of year. This looks like a great one, and photographed so well too!
June 4th, 2010 @ 11:35 am
MMM, I am loving this. I also love the dish with the rice vermicelli in it? and you toss toss toss all the yummy veggies and meat together. HEAVEN.
June 19th, 2010 @ 9:27 am
I love eating this rolled in rice paper. SO delicious.