Saturday, January 22, 2011

Shellfish coconut salad

Shellfish coconut salad

Serving size: Serves 8
Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes
Course: Entree
Favourite flavours: Easy recipes, Salad

INGREDIENTS


16 large (about 500g) cooked prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intact
250g (about 2 cups) cooked,
sliced Balmain bug meat
200g (about 1 cup) cooked,
picked crabmeat
1 cup each mint and coriander leaves
1 long red chilli, seeded, thinly sliced
½ cup flaked coconut
2 tablespoons salted roasted
peanuts, coarsely chopped
DRESSING
juice 2 limes
2cm piece ginger, peeled,
thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
METHOD


  1. In a large bowl, combine prawns, bug meat, crabmeat, herbs and chilli.
  2. DRESSING: In a small jug, combine all ingredients, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat.
  3. Add coconut to salad just before serving. Serve sprinkled with nuts.

TOP TIP
  • You can save some time by buying a tub of crabmeat from the chilled section of major supermarkets or from selected fishmongers
  • If you can’t find flaked coconut, use fresh coconut flesh which has been shaved using a vegetable peeler, or toasted shredded coconut.

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