Thursday, August 19, 2010

Day 3: Oriental prawn salad



Ingredients
2 large carrots, peeled

1 red pepper, deseeded

8 spring onions, trimmed 

175g/ 6oz cucumber, deseeded

1 medium tomato, quartered 

150g/ 5oz cooked tiger prawns 

1 (160g) bag Leafy salad leaves (spinach, crunchy lettuce and cabbage)


For the dressing:

1 tbsp sweet chili dipping sauce

1 tbsp vegetable oil 

2 tsp rice vinegar

1 tsp sesame oil

Method
Slice the carrots, pepper, spring onions and cucumber into matchstick strips and place in a large bowl. Add the prawns. Whisk all the dressing ingredients together and pour over the vegetables and prawns. Stir well, then leave to marinate for 5 minutes.
To serve, add the bag of leaves and tomato to the marinated mixture and lightly toss. Serve straight away.

Jessica Bongos-ikwue

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