Re: [CH] Tonight's Dinner - Thai-Style Shrimp Salad
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Tue, 06 May 2003 17:12:03 -0400
Risa, is it just me or is this recipe somewhat chile deficient?
=Mark
At 06:40 PM 5/5/2003 -0700, RisaG wrote:
>This was tonight's dinner - a Thai-Style Shrimp Salad.
>I adapted it from a cookbook that was written to make
>money for the SF Symphony that had no kaffir lime,
>lemongrass or fish sauce in the recipe. I didn't have
>anymore kaffir lime leaves left, had only dried
>lemongrass and forgot about the fish sauce in the
>cabinet. The only thing Thai-like was the flavor of
>the lime and the use of chiles. It was very good
>anyway.
>
>Here is my adaptation:
>
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>Thai-Style Shrimp Salad
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>Adapted from A Taste of San Francisco
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>Salad:
>1 cup vegetable oil
>juice of 1 lime
>1 small ripe chile pepper, seeded & diced
>1 tbsp cilantro, chopped
>12 large shrimp, shelled & deveined
>3 shiitake mushrooms, cleaned & sliced
>handful snow peas, washed & trimmed
>6 cups mesclun lettuces
>Soy-Lime Dressing, see following recipe
>grape tomatoes, halved
>scallions, chopped for garnish
>Soy-Lime Dressing:
>1/4 cup soy sauce
>1/2 tsp Splenda
>1 tsp roasted sesame oil, Kadoya pref.
>1 cup vegetable oil
>1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
>1/2 tsp hot chile, minced
>1 tsp lime juice
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>For salad: Combine oil, lime juice, diced chile, and
>chopped cilantro and marinate shrimp for 30 minutes.
>Grill shrimp until cooked, 2-3 minutes. Toss mesclun
>with just enough dressing to coat leaves and add
>shrimp. Divide among 4 plates and garnish with
>tomatoes, shiitake, snow peas, scallions and cilantro.
>
>For dressing:
>
>Whisk all ingredients together in small bowl.
>
>Serves 4
>Prep time: 20 minutes, plus marination time
>cook time: 2-3 minutes
>
>Adapted from a recipe from Les Celebrites, Hotel
>Nikko, San Francisco, CA. The hotel is owned by Japan
>Airlines. Now called Cafe 222.
>
>Book was published in 1990, ISBN 0-385-26380-5
>Hardcover
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