# Crispy Rice and Chicken Salad

A low-calorie, high-protein crispy rice and chicken salad that takes less than 30 minutes to make.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
- sea salt
- 150 g cooked sushi rice, cold
- 200 g cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 carrot, julienned
- 1 cucumber, smashed and chopped
- 2 eggs
- 3 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 shallot, finely sliced
- 20 g coriander, roughly chopped
- 2 limes
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp gochugaru
- 2 tsp sugar

## Instructions

1. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil.
2. Gently lower in the eggs and boil for 8 minutes.
3. Transfer eggs to cold water, peel once cool and quarter.
4. Place a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat.
5. Add the avocado oil, then the chicken thighs.
6. Season lightly with salt.
7. Cook chicken for 8–10 minutes until deeply golden and crisp, then flip and cook for a further 3–4 minutes until cooked through.
8. Rest chicken for a few minutes before slicing.
9. In the same pan with the rendered fat, add the cold sushi rice.
10. Press the rice firmly into the pan and cook undisturbed over a medium heat for 5–7 minutes until golden and crisp underneath.
11. Remove rice from the heat and break into shards.
12. Whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, gochugaru and sugar until dissolved.
13. In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, carrot, cucumber, spring onions, shallot and coriander.
14. Add the sliced chicken and pour over the dressing.
15. Toss well to coat.
16. Divide between plates, scatter over the crispy rice shards and top with the quartered eggs.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- large non-stick frying pan
- large bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd9ffmcu/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b5777d01-ed78-41aa-b9eb-1a0ef2d73286
- Extracted: 2026-06-27

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