
Salads & starters
Jasha tsoem (spicy raw chicken salad)
Jasha tsoem is a salad of thinly sliced chicken, seasoned with chilies, coriander and lime. It is eaten fresh, crunchy and very spicy. It is a typical starter or side dish of Bhutanese meals.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
155 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 23.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 2.4 g
- of which sugars
- 1.8 g
- Fat
- 5.3 g
- of which saturated fat
- 0.9 g
- Fiber
- 1.3 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Shred the cooked chicken into fine strips by hand.
- Finely slice the red onion and the chilies, removing the seeds if you want less heat.
- Roughly chop the coriander.
- In a salad bowl, mix the chicken, onion, chilies and coriander.
- Add the lime juice, oil, salt and pepper, then mix well.
- Let it rest for 10 minutes before serving so the flavours blend.
Variations and tips
Version with tomato. Add a deseeded tomato, diced, to the mixture.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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