Chopped Kale Salad with Hoisin Peanut Dressing
This comforting kale salad is hearty and brimming with delicious flavors, but won't leave you weighed down! Serve it with your choice of a carb and protein to make it a complete meal!
Ingredients
Peanut Hoisin Dressing
- 1 tablespoon hoisin vegan
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos (can sub ½T soy sauce + ½T maple syrup)
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter powder
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil omit for oil free
Salad Ingredients
- 1 small bunch kale
- ½ lime juiced
- large handful fresh cilantro AND mint
- 1 green onion
- ½ yellow or orange bell pepper
- ½ english cucumber
Suggested Salad Additions
- sugar snap peas halved lengthwise
- roasted peanuts chopped
- sriracha
Instructions
Prepare Peanut Hoisin Dressing
- In a small bowl, add all dressing ingredients and whisk to combine. Thin with a little water if needed. Set aside.
Prep Salad Veggies
- Remove kale leaves from the stems and thinly slice. Add to a large bowl with a squeeze of lime and massage heavily with your hands.
- Prep the remaining veggies of choice: thinly slice green onion, cucumber, bell pepper and sugar snap peas. Finely chop herbs. Add it all to the bowl with the kale.
- Drizzle dressing over salad, mix and chop up salad very well.
- Serve salad topped with roasted peanuts and sriracha.
- To make this a complete meal, serve with a protein and carb! I enjoy adding rice or roasted sweet potato and edamame or pan fried tofu!
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