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Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Sweet Lime-Garlic Dressing (Goi Gà)
This refreshing salad is a symphony of tastes, colors and textures. Fish sauce, known as nuoc mam in Vietnam, gives the dressing savory, umami-rich underpinnings, while lime juice, sugar and garlic punch up the flavors. The jalapeños add moderate spiciness; if you prefer mild heat, seed the jalapeños before slicing them. Store-bought rotisserie chicken makes this salad simple to prepare; a small to average-size bird yields about 3 cups of shredded meat. The finished salad can be covered and refrigerated up to an hour.
6
Servings
Tip
Don't tear the basil too far in advance or it will discolor. When preparing the herbs, leave them on the large side. Bigger pieces punctuate the salad with color, flavor and texture. Marinating the sliced onion in the dressing for about 10 minutes tames its raw bite, so don’t skip this step.
15 minutes
Ingredients
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⅓
cup lime juice, plus lime wedges, to serve
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3½
tablespoons fish sauce
Directions
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01In a small bowl, stir together the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and garlic, until the sugar dissolves. Add the onion and let stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Reviews
September 21, 2026
So easy, so delicious!
I made this a couple of years ago, and loved it. My church has Bible study on Wednesdays and we always have a theme for our food, this week is international night, I can’t wait to share this with my friends!
July 21, 2026
Fast & Easy
I made this for two, so I cut the dressing ingredients in half. I also used a 12-ounce bag of coleslaw mix and added a few small cucumbers.
It came out great and was incredibly easy to make. I buy a Costco rotisserie chicken every so often and divide it into three portions, with each portion serving the two of us. This recipe is definitely going into our summer rotisserie chicken rotation!
June 8, 2026
Delicious
Made this exactly as the recipe reads the first time, second time made it with tuna…also delicious! Third time I added white beans to it to stretch it some (unexpected company) and that was pretty tasty too.
May 18, 2026
GoiGa
We love it and intend to make it often. Thanks for sharing
May 17, 2026
Delicious!
It's a delicious and even easier when I buy a rotisserie chicken. I make it even more interesting by using 1/2 red and 1/2 green cabbage. I highly recommend.
I disagree completely with the last comment - the fish sauce is perfectly balanced by the lime and sugar and this is delicious. Spicy and refreshing. I'm hoping it works as a leftover. I separated the chicken out, to avoid it getting mushy in the lime, and mixed the rest of the ingredients together, except I'll add the herbs fresh to each portion. I look forward to eating this again and agin.
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Too strong fish sauce flavor