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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) Lao Spicy Seafood Salad |
Hello my Socialites! Tonight's Recipe is courtesy of my good friend Mani Nanthalangsy. This is a Thai/Lao spicy seafood salad she made for dinner tonight. Below you will see that this salad is packed full of spice and sour flavors. You can also vary the ingredients to your preference. I added in some ingredients in the recipe below that Mani didn't add to her recipe due to her taste. If you like tomatoes, add it. If you don't care too much for lettuce, don't add it but I like both and if I have it handy, I will add it in. Thanks again Mani for making another delicious Lao/Thai recipe and sharing it with us! I hope ours is as good and spicy as yours! Let me know if anyone attempts this dish. Remember, even if you do not prefer spicy, it's ok. Just add a little bit of the pepper. The great benefits of cooking is that you are the head chef and you get to control the amount of spice that goes into it. Enjoy!
Sauce Ingredients
A teaspoon of chili paste with soya bean oil (optional but is used in this recipe)
1 whole lime juice
1 teaspoon of sugar (optional)
1-2 Thai chili peppers chopped (pending on how hot or not hot you want it)
2 tablespoon of fish sauce (not soy sauce but fish sauce)
1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
(adjust according to taste)
Mix well and set aside
Herbs/Vegetable Ingredients
Sliced skinless cucumbers
Sliced onions
Chopped cilantro
Chopped mint
Chopped green onions
Chopped tomatoes
Chopped lettuce (optional)
Seafood Ingredients
Raw peeled and deveined shrimp
Scallops (optional but it looks like Mani is using it in this dish)
Frozen calamari
Frozen already cooked Arctic surf clams (cut the clams in halves to wash it thoroughly)
Raw Mussels (optional. It's not in this salad)
Imitation crab
Boil any seafood that is not already cooked in the Seafood list above*
Thaw already cooked seafood*
And after all raw seafood is cooked, let it cool before tossing everything in the salad
Shrimp only takes less than 2 minutes to cook; Calamari if raw less than 2 minutes
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| Chili Paste With Soya Bean Oil |
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| Fish Sauce |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) The seafood ingredients. Make sure all seafood is boiled and cooled before blending into the salad |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) Wild Caught Calamari |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) Imitation crab |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) Arctic Surf Clams |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy ) Arrange seafood after seafood is all cooked and boiled and cooled |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy ) Sauce mixture: Mix all sauce ingredients together well |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy ) Add seafood and vegetables together. Mix in the sauce and blend well in bowl |
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| (Photo courtesy of Mani Nanthalangsy) Mani didn't use tomatoes or lettuce. Remember it is optional. If you don't like a certain seafood, just substitute it for something else! Scrumptious!!! |
