Chicken Salad W/Grapefruit-Mint & Lemon Grass Recipe
Chicken Salad W/Grapefruit-Mint & Lemon Grass Recipe
Ingredients:
Oil (vegetable)
40 shrimp-chips
1 Tbsp of peanuts (unsalted)
1 ounce of dry shrimps; soaked into heated water (30 mins)
1 Tbsp of sesame seed
2 ounces of fresh pork-sides
1 medium cucumber (unpeeled); halved lengthwise, seeds removed & thinly sliced
Salt
2 ounces of shrimps in shell (uncooked)
1 shredded large carrot
1 ounce of chicken; cooked & sliced thin into strips
1 c of bean sprouts (fresh)
1 Tbsp of mint; chopped
1 large grapefruit; peeled, sectioned crosswise, cut into 1-inch pcs
1/2 Tbsp of lemon-grass
Sprigs (cilantro)
1 minced garlic clove
1 & 1/2 Tbsps of Nuoc-Mam sauce plus 1/4 tsp
Blackpepper powder
1/2 Tbsp of sugar
1 seeded chili-pepper; minced
2 large eggs
1/2 Tbso of vinegar (rice)
1/2 Tbsp freshly squeezed juice of lime
Instructions:
For your pancakes, you beat eggs, pepper and Nuoc-Mam sauce w/ 12 tsp of water. Brush bottom part of stick-free omelet-pan w/ oil then place it over mid-heat ’til heated through.
Pour one-half of mix then tilt pan quickly to evenly spread your mixture. Pancakes must be as thin as paper. Turn & cook the opposite side about fifteen secs. Set it aside.
Combine chili, garlic, sugar, juice, Nuoc-Mam sauce & vinegar in mixing bowl, stirring to thoroughly blend. Set it aside this dressing for a while.
Pound the dry shrimps in processor ’til finely crushed. Set it aside. You cover pork w/ water then boil slowly over high-heat.
Adjust heat then boil it for another 30 mins or ’til juice runs clear once you pierce pork meat. Rinse pork w/ ice water when done.
Cook the fresh shrimps in rapidly-boiling water for 2 mins or ’til it starts to be pink. Rinse w/ ice water then drain, have them peeled, deveined then sliced into halves lengthwise.
Shred shrimps then set them aside. Sprinkle a bit of salt all over carrots and cucumber then allow to stand about fifteen mins. Rinse w/ ice water then squeeze well manually.
Dip beansprouts quickly in boiled water w/ salt. Rinse w/ ice water then drain well. Cut pancakes evenly in thin strips.
You combine them into dry shrimps, shredded fresh shrimps, carrot, cucumber, chicken, beansprouts, lemon-grass, mint, sesame seed and grapefruit.
Mix thoroughly manually then have your dressing mix poured over recently prepared mix. Transfer into serving platters then sprinkle w/ peanuts. Garnish w/ cilantro then serve w/ shrimp-chips.
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