Thai-style cucumber salad with roast duck
- 09.03.2017
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This stylish Asian salad is a colourful option for the summer lunch table.
Recipe «Thai-style cucumber salad with roast duck» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 Chinese barbecue duck, cut into pieces, 2 telegraph cucumbers, thinly sliced, 1 cup coriander leaves, 1 cup mint leaves, 1 cup Thai basil leaves , 4 purple Asian shallots, thinly sliced, 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced, 1/2 cup toasted peanuts, coarsely chopped/crushed , 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, finely chopped, 2 tsp finely chopped coriander roots, 2 tbsp lime juice, 2 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp finely grated palm sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil.
Ingredients:
- 1 Chinese barbecue duck, cut into pieces
- 2 telegraph cucumbers, thinly sliced
- 1 cup coriander leaves
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1 cup Thai basil leaves
- 4 purple Asian shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup toasted peanuts, coarsely chopped/crushed
- 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, finely chopped
- 2 tsp finely chopped coriander roots
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp finely grated palm sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- To make the dressing, place the lemongrass and coriander root in a mortar and gently pound with a pestle until a coarse paste forms. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and oil and stir to combine.
- Place the duck, cucumber, coriander, mint, basil, shallots and chilli in a large bowl. Drizzle with the dressing and gently toss to combine. Arrange among serving plates and sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.