Salads & Make-Ahead
Spicy, Funky, or Crunchy: The Chicken Salad Questions That Actually Matter
From nuoc cham's fish-sauce kick to a cabbage-crunch Caesar, here are the kitchen answers these two chicken salads demand.
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Salads & Make-Ahead
Spicy, Funky, or Crunchy: The Chicken Salad Questions That Actually Matter
From nuoc cham's fish-sauce kick to a cabbage-crunch Caesar, here are the kitchen answers these two chicken salads demand.
Salads & Make-Ahead
Nuoc Cham Chicken Salad: One Sauce, One Bird, Four Days of Flavor
A nuoc cham–mayonnaise dressing—lime juice, fish sauce, shallot, garlic, and bird's-eye chile—turns a shredded rotisserie chicken into a salad for any carb: lettuce cups, sourdough, soba, or rice. Let it rest ten minutes to deepen the flavor, and it keeps improving in the fridge for four days.