Vietnamese Chicken Salad

I love a good chicken salad!  This one is an entire meal by itself or pair it with a cup of soup. 
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Ingredients - Makes 4 large salads / six smaller.
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
3 tbsp fish sauce (Substitutes: soy sauce or rice vinegar)
1 & 1/2 tsp sugar
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 cups shredded, cooked chicken
1/2 medium head of green or red cabbage - shredded 
4 carrots, shredded 
2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and thin sliced or fine chopped
1 cup fresh basil, rough chopped
1 cup fresh cilantro, rough chopped
1 & 1/2 cups peanuts, chopped
lime wedges for garnish
Steps for Salad Dressing & Preparation
  1. In a large bowl, stir together lime juice, fish sauce or substitute, sugar and garlic until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Add the chicken and all the vegetables and herbs.  Add in 3/4 cup of the chopped peanuts - reserved the rest.
  3. Toss everything together and use the rest of the peanuts and lime wedges as garnish on top of individual salads.