Showing posts with label salad recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salad recipes. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad

This Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad recipe will bring fresh zip to your leftover Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey by adding glass noodles, lime juice, chili peppers and fish sauce, turning it into an Asian specialty.

Food Lust People Love: This Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad recipe will bring fresh zip to your leftover Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey by adding glass noodles, lime juice, chili peppers and fish sauce, turning it into an Asian specialty

I learned how to make this salad from a Burmese friend who was my close neighbor when we lived in a small oilfield town in Brazil. I didn’t know any better so I assumed it was a typically Burmese recipe. Turns out that Burma, Vietnam and Thailand, among others, all claim it. Here in the US, most people seem to think of it as a Thai dish, hence my title. 

Ma Toe’s version starts with ground pork that she fries really crispy. And in addition to the dried shrimp, she also puts in some boiled shrimp for added protein. It’s one of our favorite things so I make a great big bowl and we eat it for several days. 

When we lived in Malaysia, occasionally I’d make it to take along to a school lunch or potluck, replacing the pork with ground chicken so even the Muslim students or my Muslim friends could enjoy it. It was delicious with either addition and just as good with shredded turkey.

If you are looking for creative ways to repurpose leftover turkey, you might want to try my Brie cranberry turkey quesadillas, my turkey cranberry Camembert muffins, or my own personal favorite turkey pot pie.  Make sure you scroll down to see what other holiday leftovers my Sunday FunDay friends are transforming into other wonderful dishes. 

Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad

Turkey is an excellent addition to glass noodle salad, a worthy and delicious use of leftovers. True confession: I actually poached boneless turkey breast to make this dish because I couldn’t wait for leftovers. 

Ingredients
For the salad:
8 oz or 227g bean thread or glass noodles (not rice sticks!)
1 packed cup or 200g shredded, leftover turkey 
1/2 chopped or 30g green onion tops
1/2 cup or 25g chopped cilantro, leaves and fine stems. (Discard hard woody stems.)
2 tablespoons dried shrimp

For the dressing:
1/4 cup or 60ml fresh lime juice
1 onion, sliced thinly
2 bird chilies, chopped
1/4 cup or 60ml fish sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar


Method
Soak the glass noodles in cool tap water to soften for about 10 minutes.


Drain the water and put the noodles in a heatproof bowl. Pour boiling water over the noodles and leave for about 1 minute. Drain and rinse thoroughly with cool water. Set aside. 

Put the sliced onions and chopped chilies in a bowl with the lime juice and set aside while you make the rest of the dressing. 


Use a mortar and pestle to pound the dried shrimp into powder.


Combine the fish sauce and sugar in a small bowl. Stir till the sugar dissolves. Add the sweetened fish sauce to the lime juice and onions. Stir to combine.


Pour the dressing over your drained bean thread noodles in a large bowl. Toss to combine.
 

Tip: I find that the bean thread noodles don’t toss very well whole so I use my clean kitchen scissors to cut them up a bit. Or you can use your clean hands to mix the other ingredients into the noodles. 

Add in the green onion tops, cilantro and shrimp powder and toss to combine again. 


Mix in the shredded turkey. 


Taste for seasoning and add a little more fish sauce if more salt is needed. This salad just gets better as it hangs out in the refrigerator so it’s great to make ahead and chill until you serve. 

Food Lust People Love: This Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad recipe will bring fresh zip to your leftover Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey by adding glass noodles, lime juice, chili peppers and fish sauce, turning it into an Asian specialty

Enjoy! 

If too many leftovers are the bane of your existence after a big holiday meal, let us help you out. Check out these Sunday FunDay recipes that will transform your leftovers into new dishes your family will love.

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Food Lust People Love: This Thai-style Turkey Glass Noodle Salad recipe will bring fresh zip to your leftover Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey by adding glass noodles, lime juice, chili peppers and fish sauce, turning it into an Asian specialty

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Friday, October 19, 2018

Spicy Shrimp Stuffed Squid Salad #FishFridayFoodies

Spicy shrimp stuffed squid salad says it all. Shrimp, chili peppers, garlic and cheese are stuffed into clean squid and baked! Once sliced, these beauties make a tasty colorful addition to a fresh tomato salad. This salad looks fancy, if you have special guests that need impressing, but it’s really quite easy to make.

Food Lust People Love: Spicy shrimp stuffed squid salad says it all. Shrimp, chili peppers, garlic and cheese are stuffed into clean squid and baked! Once sliced, these beauties make a tasty colorful addition to a fresh tomato salad. This salad looks fancy, if you have special guests that need impressing, but it’s really quite easy to make.


Way back circa 2005, we had a lovely gentleman builder named Dave Price supervising renovation work on our house in the Channel Islands. As I spent more time with Dave, I found out that master construction was not his only skill; he also did a lot of the cooking in his family. We’d discuss recipes and what memorable dish we’d made for dinner recently over many cups of strong tea.

When Dave told me about one of his specialties, stuffed squid, I couldn’t wait to write it down and try it. Squid are so perfectly stuff-able! Why hadn’t I thought of that?

This month I am the host of Fish Friday Foodies and our theme is seafood stuffing. When I created the event, I was thinking along the lines of seafood that would be stuffed into something else, like a crepe, taco or baked potato. But as I shuffled through my old files, I knew I had to share Dave’s recipe. I can’t recall if he said what he served the stuffed squid with but I decided to add it into a fresh tomato salad.

Spicy Shrimp Stuffed Squid Salad

Dave’s original instructions called for one 6-inch squid per person. Mine were much smaller so I bought eight, but the size really doesn’t matter that much since we are going to slice them anyway. Use what you can find. This serves 2-3 people as a main or 4-5 as a starter or side dish.

Ingredients
For the stuffed squid:
8 medium squid
25 medium shrimp (peeled and cleaned weight = 9 1/3 oz or 266g)
2 oz or 57g extra sharp cheddar, grated
1/4 cup or 56g sour cream
2 small red chili peppers, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil

For the salad:
3 ripe but firm tomatoes, sliced
1 small bunch cilantro, hard stems removed

Method
Clean each squid, first removing the head, tentacles and cartilage (cuttlebone)  from the tube. Use a sharp knife to cut the head away from the tentacles and discard it. Remove the beak from the tentacles and discard. Rub the outer colored film off of the tube with a dry paper towel. It should rub off quite easily.


Run the tubes under cool water and make sure they are clean inside. Set aside to drain.  If you need visuals of the cleaning process, check out this thorough post on The Spruce Eats.

Preheat your oven to 400°F or 200°C.

Chop the tentacles and shrimp into small bits then mix them with the chili peppers, garlic, salt and a few good grinds of black pepper.



Add in the cheese and stir well. Mix in the sour cream.



Stuff this mixture into your cleaned squid tubes.



Sew up the opening with poultry string and tie a knot to keep it from coming open. I use a semi circular needle, which makes it easy to catch both sides of the squid as you stitch.



Put the shrimp stuffed squid in a baking pan and drizzle them with the olive oil.

Bake them in your preheated oven for about 20 minutes. They will release a lot of beautifully flavored liquid. Remove the squid to a cutting board and leave to cool. Save any bits of shrimp that managed to escape.



Strain the juice from the cooking pan and put it in a small jar or jug. Once whisked, this makes a gorgeous dressing for the salad. Taste it and add a pinch more salt if necessary.

Once the squid are cool enough to handle, use a sharp knife to cut them into circles.

Arrange these on your sliced tomatoes, along with the cilantro and any salvaged shrimp bits.

Food Lust People Love: Spicy shrimp stuffed squid salad says it all. Shrimp, chili peppers, garlic and cheese are stuffed into clean squid and baked! Once sliced, these beauties make a tasty colorful addition to a fresh tomato salad. This salad looks fancy, if you have special guests that need impressing, but it’s really quite easy to make.
Whisk the dressing again and drizzle it over the tomatoes and squid.

Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: Spicy shrimp stuffed squid salad says it all. Shrimp, chili peppers, garlic and cheese are stuffed into clean squid and baked! Once sliced, these beauties make a tasty colorful addition to a fresh tomato salad. This salad looks fancy, if you have special guests that need impressing, but it’s really quite easy to make.


Check out the other seafood stuffing recipes my Fish Friday Foodie friends are sharing today!




Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.

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Food Lust People Love: Spicy shrimp stuffed squid salad says it all. Shrimp, chili peppers, garlic and cheese are stuffed into clean squid and baked! Once sliced, these beauties make a tasty colorful addition to a fresh tomato salad. This salad looks fancy, if you have special guests that need impressing, but it’s really quite easy to make.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Grilled Zucchini Summer Salad #FoodieExtravaganza

Grilled zucchini summer salad is beautiful and tasty, the perfect plate of cheap and abundant zucchini and ripe grape tomatoes. Throw a few edamame on there for color and protein! It’s a great side dish or even main course for hot summer nights.

Food Lust People Love: Grilled zucchini summer salad is beautiful and tasty, the perfect plate of cheap and abundant zucchini and ripe grape tomatoes. Throw a few edamame on there for color and protein! It’s a great side dish or even main course for hot summer nights.


I’ve heard tales of zucchini patches so prolific that neighbors leave bags of produce on porches in the middle of the night, just to get rid of them. I’ve never been so lucky. It would just about make my day to come out one morning to find a free pile of zucchini on my porch! Along with their Cucurbita Pepo sibling, yellow crookneck squash, zucchini is probably my favorite summer vegetable.

If you’ve been reading this space for a while – I completely missed celebrating/mentioning my seven year anniversary in June! – you might already know that. I have so many zucchini recipes! At least a baker’s dozen, including Parmesan and Brie Topped Zucchini in a semolina crust, Zucchini-Wrapped Cheesy Pea Burgers, Baked Zucchini with Spicy Tomatoes and the not very beautiful but oh-so-tasty savory Zucchini Clafoutis.

If you are as big a fan of zucchini as I am, make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post and check out the link list to many more delicious zucchini recipes from my Foodie Extravaganza friends.

Grilled Zucchini Summer Salad

This recipe builds on one I found originally in Jamie Oliver’s Happy Days with the Naked Chef.* I first made it in 2002 and have been adding ingredients to the zucchini, as the whim and what’s fresh take me, ever since. This recipe is easily doubled or trebled for a crowd.

Ingredients
1 large zucchini – about 8 oz or 225g
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 red chili pepper
1/2 clove garlic
Several fresh mint leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
Fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup or 55g shelled edamame (I buy these frozen and thaw.)
Small handful red grape tomatoes
Small handful yellow grape tomatoes

Method
Use a wide potato peeler to cut long strips off of the zucchini from end to end, discarding the first and last strips that are all peel.



Heat your grill pan until very hot and lay the zucchini strips on it single file, a few at a time. Watch them carefully and remove them from the pan with tongs when the grill lines become medium brown and come through to the top of the strips. No need to turn the strips over.



Arrange the grilled strips on your serving plate, making sure not to pile them on top of each other. You want them to be able to cool off. Piled together they’d just keep steaming and cooking.


When you’ve grilled all the zucchini, sprinkle them lightly with some flakey sea salt and a few good grinds of fresh black pepper.

Mince the chili pepper and garlic and mix the two together. Sprinkle them on the zucchini from a height so they don’t clump together.


Cut your grape tomatoes in half and add them to the plate. Scatter the edamame around as well. Give the whole plate a good squeeze of fresh lemon and a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Top with some washed mint leaves and serve.

Food Lust People Love: Grilled zucchini summer salad is beautiful and tasty, the perfect plate of cheap and abundant zucchini and ripe grape tomatoes. Throw a few edamame on there for color and protein! It’s a great side dish or even main course for hot summer nights.


Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: Grilled zucchini summer salad is beautiful and tasty, the perfect plate of cheap and abundant zucchini and ripe grape tomatoes. Throw a few edamame on there for color and protein! It’s a great side dish or even main course for hot summer nights.


Many thanks to this month's wonderful host, Sue of Palatable Pastime. Check out all of the zucchini dishes we are sharing in honor of National Zucchini Day on August 8th. How will you celebrate? 


Foodie Extravaganza celebrates obscure food holidays, and we all post recipes using the same ingredient. Posting day is always the first Wednesday of each month. If you are a blogger and would like to join our group and blog along with us, come join our Facebook page Foodie Extravaganza. We would love to have you!

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Food Lust People Love: Grilled zucchini summer salad is beautiful and tasty, the perfect plate of cheap and abundant zucchini and ripe grape tomatoes. Throw a few edamame on there for color and protein! It’s a great side dish or even main course for hot summer nights.

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Friday, June 15, 2018

Grilled Pineapple Shrimp Salad #FishFridayFoodies

More than just the sum of its simple parts, this beautiful grilled pineapple shrimp salad will impress your friends and family with its looks and flavor.

Food Lust People Love: More than just the sum of its simple parts, this beautiful grilled pineapple shrimp salad will impress your friends and family with its looks and taste. Pretty and tasty, perfect for your next dinner party.


Years ago when we lived in Brazil, the churrascaria near our house would serve grilled pineapple as a dessert option. No cinnamon or other seasonings, just pineapple with the natural caramelization that comes from the application of heat to sugar. It makes the pineapple taste sweeter.

Which made me think. Surely I could create the same effect with my grill pan. (It’s already way too hot to light the barbecue pit here in Dubai!) I am pleased to report it works! And grilled pineapple is the perfect base for a small salad topped with shrimp.

This month my Fish Friday Foodies friends are sharing salads with seafood so make sure to scroll down to check out the rest.


Grilled Pineapple Shrimp Salad

Pretty and tasty, perfect for your next dinner party. I use fresh pineapple here, even leaving in the core because it is usually tender enough to eat. If you must substitute canned pineapple, choose the unsweetened ones in plain juice.

Ingredients - to serve 4 as an appetizer or first course
For the salad:
4 slices fresh pineapple
Small handful cilantro
4-5 leaves baby cos lettuce
1 cucumber
1 small red chili pepper
4 jumbo shrimp, cooked and peeled - I leave just the tail on because it's pretty
Freshly ground black pepper

For the dressing:
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
pinch salt

Method
Heat your grill pan over a high heat then grill the pineapple slices for just a few minutes on each side, until you have created charred lines where the natural sugars have caramelized. Remove to a plate and leave to cool.


Chop the cilantro and set aside a few leaves for garnish. Quarter the cucumber lengthwise and remove the seeds. Cut the cucumbers in little cubes. Chop the lettuce roughly  into small pieces. Slice the chili pepper.



Make the salad dressing by whisking all of the ingredients together in small bowl.


Put the cucumber, lettuce and cilantro (saving a sprig or two for garnish) into a small bowl and spoon over three quarters of the dressing. Toss lightly.



Divide the salad into four and place one pile on top of each of the cooled pineapple slices.


Top with the sliced chili pepper and shrimp. Garnish with the reserved cilantro. Drizzle over the last of the dressing on top of the shrimp.

Food Lust People Love: More than just the sum of its simple parts, this beautiful grilled pineapple shrimp salad will impress your friends and family with its looks and taste. Pretty and tasty, perfect for your next dinner party.

Finish with a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper.


Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: More than just the sum of its simple parts, this beautiful grilled pineapple shrimp salad will impress your friends and family with its looks and taste. Pretty and tasty, perfect for your next dinner party.

If you are a food blogger and would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies, please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 at gmail.com. We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month.  Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.

Many thanks to Sid from Sid's Sea Palm Cooking for this month's great Fish Fridays Foodies theme. Check out all the wonderful salads with seafood we are sharing!




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Food Lust People Love: More than just the sum of its simple parts, this beautiful grilled pineapple shrimp salad will impress your friends and family with its looks and taste. Pretty and tasty, perfect for your next dinner party.
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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Fresh Pear Walnut Cranberry Salad

Sweet, sharp and crunchy, this fresh pear walnut cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment to any rich dish, especially one made with blue cheese.

Food Lust People Love: Sweet, sharp and crunchy, this fresh pear walnut cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment to any rich dish, especially one made with blue cheese.


A couple of days ago I shared a recipe for a potato chip crust savory cheesecake and promised to add the side salad soon. Here it is!

Fresh Pear Walnut Cranberry Salad


This recipe is easily doubled or even trebled. Serve it with your favorite quiche or my savory cheesecake.

Ingredients
For the dressing:
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons walnut vinegar (or sub white balsamic)
2 tablespoons canola or other light salad oil
1/2 teaspoon whole grain mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

For the salad:
3 tablespoons thinly sliced onion (1/2 a small one or about 20g)
3 medium pears
small handful dried cranberries, chopped
1/4 cup or about 8-9 walnut halves
Optional: watercress – I added some in at the last minute before serving, so that it didn’t wilt before we could eat it.

Method
Whisk together all of the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and add in the onions. Leave them to marinate for about 10 minutes. This accomplishes two goals: to mellow the sharp burn of the onions and to infuse the dressing with a delightfully mild onion flavor.



Core and cut your pears into thin slices, stirring them into the dressing as you do, which will stop them turning brown.



Add in the cranberries and walnuts and stir well. Refrigerate, covered with cling film, until ready to serve. Toss with a few handfuls of watercress just before serving, if desired.

Food Lust People Love: Sweet, sharp and crunchy, this fresh pear walnut cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment to any rich dish, especially one made with blue cheese.


Enjoy!


Food Lust People Love: Sweet, sharp and crunchy, this fresh pear walnut cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment to any rich dish, especially one made with blue cheese.


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Food Lust People Love: Sweet, sharp and crunchy, this fresh pear walnut cranberry salad is the perfect accompaniment to any rich dish, especially one made with blue cheese.
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Friday, September 15, 2017

Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad #FishFridayFoodies

Not the traditional French recipe from Nice, this Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad is going to be a favorite for folks who aren’t crazy about canned tuna. Lightly grilled fresh tuna brings a lovely freshness to the plate which includes potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and mixed greens.

Food Lust People Love: Not the traditional French recipe from Nice, this Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad is going to be a favorite for folks who aren’t crazy about canned tuna. Lightly grilled fresh tuna brings a lovely freshness to the plate which includes potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and mixed greens.

This month my Fish Friday Foodies group is creating recipes with grilled seafood but, frankly, it’s still pretty hot here in Dubai to stand over a scorching charcoal grill. Fortunately, when I asked our organizer and this month's host, Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm if something cooked on a grill pan would be okay, she responded positively.

This is another one of those salads that makes a whole meal. It will easily served three to four people as a main course, perhaps with warm bread or dessert to fill out the meal, or six to eight as a starter.

Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad

Ingredients
For the salad:
8-10 quail eggs, boiled, peeled and chilled (This can be done the day before.)
7 oz or 200g fine green beans, stems removed
450g or 1 lb baby potatoes
1 jar small artichokes, well drained (5 2/3 oz or 160g, drained weight)
8.5 oz or 240g fresh tuna steak
1 tablespoon lime juice
Drizzle olive oil
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup or 80g kalamata olives, unpitted
Mixed greens (I used baby cos and arugula.)
5 oz or 140g mixed cherry tomatoes

For the mustard vinaigrette: (Makes just under a 1/2 cup or 115ml)
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
5 tablespoons good quality olive oil
1 teaspoon strong Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
a few grinds of fresh black pepper

Method
Put a large pot of water on to boil with a teaspoon or two of the sea salt. Fill a medium sized bowl with ice and water and set aside.

When the pot of water comes to the boil, put the green beans in for 2 minutes. Fish them out with a slotted spoon and put them directly into the bowl of ice water.


Carefully add the potatoes to the boiling water (you do not want to splash yourself!) and cook till just tender, about 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile make the vinaigrette by adding all of the ingredients into a clean jar and shaking good till they are combined.


Drain the potatoes and put them in a small bowl. Use a sharp knife to cut them into halves, then pour half of the vinaigrette over then, and stir to coat. Set aside to cool.


After you drain the small artichokes, set them upside down on paper towels to absorb even more of the excess water.

As you prepare the rest of the salad, return to the potatoes occasionally and give them another gentle stir. This helps them cool faster as well as making sure that the dressing is being absorbed.

Dry the tuna off with paper towels, then rub it with the lime juice. Drizzle on a little olive oil then season it with a healthy sprinkle of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.


Heat your grill pan over a high heat for a few minutes. It’s ready when a drop of water instantly vaporizes.

Grill the tuna steak for 1 1/2 minutes each side, then just 20 more seconds on the first side. Set it to cool on a clean cutting board.


Use the side of a knife to smash the olives so you can remove the pits.


On a large platter, begin assembling the salad. Start with the greens, then slowly build up.


Try to distribute all the ingredients, except the tuna and quail eggs, evenly around the platter.


Use a very sharp knife to cut the tuna into slices and lay them on the salad.


Use a spoon to drizzle on more of the salad dressing.

Food Lust People Love: Not the traditional French recipe from Nice, this Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad is going to be a favorite for folks who aren’t crazy about canned tuna. Lightly grilled fresh tuna brings a lovely freshness to the plate which includes potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and mixed greens.

Finally, half the quail eggs with a sharp knife and add them to the top. We like our egg yolks runny so I gave these pretty much the same treatment as the green beans with just 2 minutes in boiling water, then an ice water bath to stop the cooking.

Food Lust People Love: Not the traditional French recipe from Nice, this Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad is going to be a favorite for folks who aren’t crazy about canned tuna. Lightly grilled fresh tuna brings a lovely freshness to the plate which includes potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and mixed greens.

Enjoy!

Check out all the other lovely grilled seafood dishes we have for you today!



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Food Lust People Love: Not the traditional French recipe from Nice, this Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad is going to be a favorite for folks who aren’t crazy about canned tuna. Lightly grilled fresh tuna brings a lovely freshness to the plate which includes potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, artichokes, olives and mixed greens.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Thai Spiced Shrimp Cabbage Coleslaw

Spicy, crunchy, fresh and zingy, Thai spiced shrimp cabbage coleslaw makes a great starter for a picnic, barbecue or dinner party. That said, we enjoyed it as main course one hot summer night.

Food Lust People Love: Spicy, crunchy, fresh and zingy, Thai spiced shrimp cabbage coleslaw makes a great starter for a picnic, barbecue or dinner party.


I’m finally back in Dubai and trying to get into the usual swing of things, but we are still eating a lot of salads. It remains quite hot outside although my husband keeps telling me that the worst of the summer is over. I’m sure he is right but that doesn’t stop me from rolling my eyes just a little when I walk outside and my glasses steam up.

This week my Sunday Supper group is sharing recipes for Labor Day, which in the United States always falls on the first Monday of September, marking the last weekend of summer.

This year, that weekend will actually be a holiday for us here in the United Arab Emirates as well, as the faithful celebrate Eid al Adha, or the festival of the sacrifice, which honors Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, before God intervened and provided a sheep instead. You may have heard this one before because the story shows up in the holy books of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Here it’s a reason to feast with family and friends and share with the less fortunate.

Side note: Are you curious about my wonky bowl? Your eyes do not deceive you. It’s not completely round. At Wonki Ware, a South African enterprise, every piece is handmade by potters from disadvantaged backgrounds. I received my lovely bowl as a birthday present from dear friends and usually display it as a work of art on top of a small cupboard. Occasionally it gets used as a bowl when the dish merits special treatment. This Thai spiced shrimp cabbage coleslaw qualified!

Another recipe for Salad Month
Whatever you are celebrating next weekend, I hope you try my coleslaw with an Asian twist. And don't forget to scroll down for more Labor Day menu ideas.

Thai Spiced Shrimp Cabbage Coleslaw

Ingredients
For the dressing (makes 6 3/4 oz or 200ml)
1/4 cup or 60g fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sweet Thai pepper sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 1 - inch piece ginger, peeled and grated
1/4 cup or 60ml canola oil
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil

For the shrimp cabbage coleslaw:
1 1/2-2 pounds napa cabbage, quartered, cored and very thinly sliced
4-5 sharp red radishes, sliced thinly in circles
3 medium carrots, peeled and grated
1/2 English cucumber, thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly bias-sliced green onions (4 to 6)
7-8 stems cilantro, hard stems removed, and chopped
1 small red chili pepper, finely minced
1.1 lb or 500g cooked shrimp
2/3 cup or 95g roasted, slightly salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon black sesame seeds

Method
To make the dressing: Grate your ginger and try to save the juice so you can scrape it into the dressing as well.

In a small bowl or screw-top jar, whisk or shake together the lime juice, honey, sweet Thai pepper sauce, rice vinegar and soy sauce until the honey and salt are dissolved. Add the grated ginger, canola oil and sesame oil. Shake well.


To make the shrimp cabbage coleslaw: In a very large bowl, toss together the cabbage, carrots, radishes, cucumber, green onions, chili pepper and cilantro.



Add in the cooked shrimp and pour the dressing over it all and toss to coat.

Cover the bowl with cling film or transfer the coleslaw to a sealable container. Chill until ready to serve. It gets pretty juicy as the cabbage softens so be aware when transporting it.

Toss again right before serving. Add the peanuts and sesame seeds and toss again.



Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: Spicy, crunchy, fresh and zingy, Thai spiced shrimp cabbage coleslaw makes a great starter for a picnic, barbecue or dinner party.


Check out all the lovely Labor Day menu ideas my Sunday Supper friends are sharing today! Many thanks to our event manager Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures and our host Em Beitel.

Labor Day Menu Ideas

Scrumptious Labor Day Sides and Starters

Delicious Labor Day Entrees

Luscious Labor Day Desserts


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Food Lust People Love: Spicy, crunchy, fresh and zingy, Thai spiced shrimp cabbage coleslaw makes a great starter for a picnic, barbecue or dinner party.
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