Vietnamese Shrimp Salad Recipe


Salads are popular in Vietnam. Simple combinations such as cooked shrimp and lotus rootlets are given an exotic touch by the addition of chopped mint and fresh coriander leaves and the inevitable nuoc mam sauce or nuoc cham, used as a dressing

vietnamese shrimp salad recipe

vietnamese shrimp salad recipe




Ingredients:
250 g cooked shrimp, shelled, tail intact

150g  cooked pork (lean pork or belly ), cut into strips

150 g carrot cut into strips

150 g lotusrootlet  shredded into thin trips, soak in water with lemon juice added

50 g green capsicum cut into strips

1/4 pineapple cut into thin strips

30 g roasted sesame

Juice of 4-5 lime

mint, vietnamese coriander,  finely chopped

chilli, finely chopped

sugar

fish sauce

chilli sauce

plum sauce


Method

Dressing : 1 tbsp plum sauce + 3 tbsp chilli sauce + 1 /2 tbsp  cooking oil + juice of lemon + 5 tbsp sugar + 3 tbsp fishsauce.

Combine all the ingredients.Mix well until sugar dissolved

Salad:In a large mixing bowl add all salad ingredients. add salad dresing little by little ,toss and test for the taste.

Transfer to serving dish, top with chopped mint and coriander, sesame. Served with mixed fish sauce and shrimp cracker

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