Yaam Goong

Recipe Description

Thai spicy shrimp salad. Spicy, refreshing, and easy and quick beyond belief to make! Buy your Shrimp already cooked from the market and you won't have to cook a thing!

Ingredients

  • 1 head green-leaf lettuce, cut
  • 1 lb shrimp, cleaned and steamed
  • ½ inch gingerroot, cut into thin julienne pieces
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 Thai chile|fresh red chilies, thinly sliced
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • ? cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons chopped green onions
  • 4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 15 fresh mint leaves

Directions

  1. Put lettuce in salad bowls, and arrange shrimp on top.
  2. Place ginger, onion and chilies over shrimp.
  3. In a small bowl, mix lemongrass, garlic, granulated sugar|sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, and black pepper.
  4. Pour over salads and garnish with green onions|green onion, cilantro, and mint leaves.
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