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Bruised Cabbage-and-Herb Salad

In the Kitchen, Side Dish May 29, 2020 Leave a comment

This is a recipe I saw on Food and Wine Magazine, I thought it looks good and saved it. Today I finally had the chance to make it and it’s really delicious. The mint and the herb combo really give the salad bright flavor, and the lime juice addd another layer zesty layer to this refreshing dish. For those who loves Green Papaya Salad, this is very similar and it’s a good replacement since it’s not always easy to find green papaya in this country.

Active Time: 15 MIN
Total Time: 30 MIN
Yield: Serves : 4

Ingredients

  • 3 thin slices (about the size of a quarter) peeled fresh ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 fresh Thai chile or 1/2 serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and sliced
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 6 cups packed shredded green cabbage (from 1 medium head)
  • 1 cup loosely packed soft fresh herbs (such as Thai basil, cilantro, and mint)
  • 2 tablespoons Vietnamese fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped dry-roasted peanuts
  • Fried shallots, for serving

Steps

Using a big spoon, mash ginger, garlic, chile, and sugar to a fine paste, 1 to 2 minutes. Add cabbage and herbs; and use a potato masher to pound until cabbage is slightly softened and crushed and flavor of herbs is released, about 30 seconds. Add fish sauce and lime juice, and toss with pestle and a spoon until evenly combined. Let mixture stand at room temperature 15 minutes. Serve salad topped with peanuts and fried shallots.

Garlic Butter Shrimp Pad Thai.

Dinner, In the Kitchen, Lunch May 29, 2020 Leave a comment
This recipe is actually very simple and the result is very delicious. It’s a great dish if you want to impress your guests, or simply want a comforting and satisfying meal.
 time: 15 minutes
cook time: 15 minutes
total time: 30 minutes
serves: 2

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 ounces wide rice noodles
  • 1.5–2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce, using more or less to taste
  • 1 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1.5 tablespoons honey or maple
  • 0.13–0.5 teaspoon chili flakes, plus more for serving
  • 0.5 pound raw jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1.5 tablespoons peanut oil or extra virgin olive oil
  • 2–3 cloves garlic, finely chopped or grated
  • 1.5 tablespoons salted butter
  • 1–1.5 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cups bean sprouts or chopped baby bok coy (or other greens)
  • 2 green onions, chopped, plus more for serving
  • 0.13 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
  • Thai or regular basil and limes, for serving

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cook the rice noodles according to packaged directions.

2. To make the sauce. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, fish sauce, vinegar, honey, and chili flakes.

3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil shimmers, add the shrimp and sear on both sides until pink, 2-3 minutes. Add the butter, garlic, a pinch of both chili flakes and black pepper. Continue to cook the shrimp in the butter until the garlic begins to caramelize and turn light golden brown, another 1-2 minutes.

4. Add the noodles and sauce, tossing to combine. Cook until the noodles are warmed through and begin soaking up the sauce, about 1 minute. Push the noodles to one side of the skillet and add the eggs to the other side. Let cook until the edges start to set, 1 minute. Roughly scramble the egg, then toss with the noodles. Remove from the heat. Add the bean sprouts and green onions, toss to combine.

5. Divide the noodles and shrimp between plates. Top with basil, green onions, peanuts, and chili flakes. Add a squeeze of lime juice.

 

 

 

Originally from:halfbakedharvest.com

 

 

Spicy Thai Salad

Dinner, In the Kitchen, Lunch May 20, 2012 Leave a comment

I don’t think I’ve seen this many Thai restaurants before I moved to New York. Walking down 9th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, you can find almost one (or more) on each block. Of course we have our favorite ones ,(there will be posts about them, too), but on a lazy Sunday like today, we decided to create our own Thai Salad at home instead of eating out.

I remember feeling intimidated by Thai recipes years ago when I first started to cook. Not only because it’s usually a long list of exotic ingredients, some of the items (such as tamarind and galangal), I didn’t even know how to pronounce the names correctly, and they were only available in specialty stores. Although all these foreign herbs and spices are now more common and are definitely easier to find in regular markets, we still decided to go with a more approachable route and only use the ingredients we can find in the neighborhood markets…. We might hold off on some of the unpronounceable exotic ingredients, but we are definitely not holding off on the flavors in any sort.

Spice Thai Salad:

Serves 2/ Prep time: 30 min

For the Salad:

  • 1 head of lettuce
  • Cherry Tomatoes, cut into halves
  • Red Onions, thinly sliced
  • Asian Spiced Roasted Peanuts
  • Fresh Cilantro
  • extra toppings such as cucumbers, carrots, or bean sprouts

For the dressing:

  • 2Tb      Fish Sauce
  • 2Tb.     Lime juice
  • 1 ts.      Soy sauce
  • 1 tb.      Garlic
  • 1 tb.       Ginger
  • 1-2ts.    Sugar
  • 1 ts.       Chili oil (We like it hot!)
  • 1 ts.       Sesame oil (optional)
  • 1 tb.       Green onion, thinly sliced (optional)

Toss all the salad greens, tomatoes and the extra toppings in a big bowl. Loosely chop the peanuts and set aside, so they don’t lose the crunch before we eat it.

Blend all the dressing ingredients (besides green onions) together. I usually use a spice grater and grate the garlic and ginger into a paste, but it’s easy to just throw everything in a food processor to blend it up, too.  Take half of the dressing and marinate the red onions, too. It only takes about 5 minutes, the onions turn translucent and it simply adds an extra punch to the flavor. Throw in the green onions if you’re using it in the remaining dressing. Let it sit for a few minutes for the flavors to settle in.

Now it’s time to put everything together.  Pour the dressing over the salad and toss it till everything is evenly coated, top it off with with the marinated onions, roasted peanuts, and sprinkle on the cilantro leaves, and that’s your delicious Spicy Thai Salad right there. As flavorful as it is, it’s actually very light and refreshing. It is fulfilling too as a perfect summer salad. For those who wants something heartier, top the salad with some shredded chicken, sliced steak, or grilled tofu for vegetarians to upgrade the salad into a main dish. It doesn’t require anything overly seasoned, there’s already a lot going on in the salad… Easy like that!

The last time we made it, we top it off with some grilled steak, medium rare. And I’m just saying, THAT, is one delicious meal!!!

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