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Prep time
15 minutes
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Cook time
30 minutes
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Serves
3-4
Author Notes
This salad of crispy shrimps, a tumble of emerald tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, fragrant, fresh herbs doused with a sweet, salty, tangy dressing makes a near perfect summer salad lunch. Roasted peanuts and fried onions bring that extra wow factor. —quiche'n'tell
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Ingredients
- For the shrimp
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24
Medium to large shrimps cleaned, de-veined with their tails left on
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1 teaspoon
Dark soy sauce
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1 teaspoon
Fish sauce
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3 tablespoons
Rice flour
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Oil for deep frying
- For the salad
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8
Small green tomatoes, quartered
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2
English cucumbers cut into batons
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Handful
Fresh Thai basil
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1
Hot, red or reen chilli, thinly sliced
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2 tablespoons
Fresh coriander, chopped
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1 1/2 tablespoons
Garlic chopped and deep fried till golden
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2 tablespoons
Shallots, sliced and deep fried till golden
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2 tablespoons
Roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed
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1 tablespoon
Fish sauce
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2 tablespoons
Light soy sauce
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5 tablespoons
Lemon juice
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2 teaspoons
Sugar
Directions
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Clean the shrimp and dry on kitchen towels to remove all water.
Mix the dark soy and fish sauce in a bowl, add the shrimp and mix lightly so that they are evenly coated. Cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
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Heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry them.
When the oil is hot (drop a piece of bread to test. If it turns golden immediately, the oil is ready), coat each shrimp with rice flour and fry on medium heat for a minute. Drain on kitchen towels and set aside.
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In a small bowl, make the dressing by mixing together the fish sauce, the light soy, lemon juice and sugar. Set aside.
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Drizzle 2 tbsps of the dressing on the tomatoes,cucumbers and chilli. Marinate for 10 minutes.
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To assemble the salad, take a large bowl and put in the marinated vegetables followed by the prawns and herbs.
Pour in the remainder of the dressing and gently mix with a light hand.
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Sprinkle fried garlic, shallots and peanuts over the salad, give it a final toss and serve immediately.
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