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This super easy Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad with Peanuts and Papaya is the perfect crunchy, flavorful, healthy, vegan, gluten-free salad for your party, picnic, potluck, or weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
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Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad:
- 1 pound Brussel sprouts
- ½ cup fresh chopped cilantro
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 1 medium papaya, peeled, cubed (about 2 cups)
Peanut Vinaigrette:
- 1 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar (optional)
- Pinch sea salt (optional)
Garnish:
- 1/3 cup peanuts
- 1/4 cup shredded or sliced coconut, unsweetened
Instructions
- To make salad: Wash Brussel sprouts, trim ends, and slice thinly vertically to shave, or shave them in a food processor. (You can find pre-shaved Brussel sprouts in some markets, too.)
- Place shaved Brussel sprouts, cilantro, green onions, coconut, and papaya in a large salad bowl.
- To make peanut vinaigrette: In a small bowl, mix together oil, lemon juice, peanut butter, red chili pepper flakes, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and agave nectar (optional) until smooth.
- Toss dressing into the salad and combine well. Adjust seasonings as needed with a pinch of sea salt (optional). May add more red chili flakes, according to your own taste preference.
- To garnish: Sprinkle with peanuts and coconut.
- Serve immediately or refrigerator in airtight container for up to 5 days. Makes 8 servings.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American, Thai
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 232
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 66 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 6 g