Thai Squid Salad Recipe
Tasty Thai salad combines squid, lime juice, sweet onions, carrots, lettuce, mint, and cilantro.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 2 ¼teaspoons salt
- 3Tablespoons Asian fish sauce (nuoc nam)
- 3Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1Tablespoon sugar
- ¼teaspoon crushed red pepper
- ½small sweet onion, such as Vidalia or Walla Walla, very thinly sliced
- 1carrot, peeled and shredded
- 1pound cleaned squid
- 1large head Boston lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
- ½cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- ½cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves
Instructions
Step 1
In 4-quart saucepan, combine 3 quarts water and 2 teaspoons salt; heat to boiling over high heat.Step 2
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine fish sauce, juice, sugar, crushed red pepper, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir until sugar has dissolved. Stir in sweet onions and carrot.Step 3
Rinse squid under cold running water. Slice squid bodies crosswise into very thin rings.Step 4
Cut tentacles into several pieces if large. Add to boiling water and cook until tender and opaque, 30 seconds to 1 minute.Step 5
Drain and add to dressing in bowl.Step 6
Add lettuce, mint, and cilantro . Toss until mixed and coated with dressing. • How to clean squid and harvest ink Recipe Source: edited by Susan Westmoreland (Hearst Books) Reprinted with permission.