Wing Bean and Grilled Prawn Salad
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 16 green king prawns
- 2 teaspoons peanut oil
- 6 -8 wing beans, cut into thirds diagonally
- 1 pomelo fruit, segmented (note below)
- 1⁄2 cup mint leaf
- 1⁄2 cup Thai basil
- 1⁄2 cup coriander leaves
- 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, very finely shredded
- 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
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DRESSING
- 1 red birds eye chile
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon dried shrimp (optional, note below)
- 2 tablespoons palm sugar, grated
- 1⁄4 cup lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup fish sauce
directions
- To make the dressing, place the chilli, garlic and a pinch of salt into a mortar and pound to a paste with the pestle. Add the shrimp and pound to combine. Add the palm sugar and stir until it has dissolved, then stir in the lime juice and fish sauce.
- Remove and discard the prawn heads, then peel the prawns, leaving the tails intact. Using a pair of kitchen tweezers, devein the prawns.
- Place the prawns into a bowl with the oil, season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper, then toss to combine.
- Preheat a chargrill pan until hot, then cook the prawns for 2 minutes on each side, or until they are cooked through.
- Transfer the prawns to a bowl, add the remaining ingredients and dressing, and toss gently.
- Serve immediately as a light lunch or as part of a Thai-style banquet.
- Notes: Pomelos are large citrus fruits, related to the grapefruit. They're available from Asian food stores and from some greengrocers. If they are not available, you can substitute pink grapefruit. Dried shrimp are available from Asian food stores. Wing beans are a distinctive-looking beans which retains their crispness when cooked. Apparently, they are good in salads and stir-fries.
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We really enjoyed this delicious salad -- which I changed slightly based on the ingredients I used (and were more readily available to me!). I used about 1 pound of medium shrimp, 1/4 pound or so of green beans, blanched, no mint, regular basil, cilantro - which I think is the same as coriander, no lemon grass and 1 pint of cherry tomatoes. For the dressing I used one jalapeno, chopped and regular sugar instead of palm sugar - the rest stayed the same for both the salad and dressing. Delicious! Thanks for sharing this very unique and pretty salad!
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