Green Mango Salad with Shrimp

This Thai green mango salad is made with an unripened Nam Dok Mai Mango, our premium mango. It's the same mango that you may have enjoyed as dessert along with sticky rice, only not yet ripe. The texture of green mango is crisp and crunchy, and the flavor is sweet but sour, a little like a green apple. It's just amazing when shredded and prepared in a salad like this with toasted nuts, red shallots, green onion, cilantro, and big juicy shrimp. It is normally a little spicy, but you can control just how spicy by limiting the amount of red chili you add. The dressing is a delicious combination of fresh lime, fish sauce, and sugar, giving it a perfect balance between sour, sweet, and salty flavors.

Yield: 2 - 4 servings

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ready in: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 Mango
12 Shrimp (Prawn)
3 Tablespoons Red Shallots
1 Tablespoon Coriander / Cilantro Leaves
1 Tablespoon Green onion
1 Tablespoon Cashew Nut
1 Tablespoon Peanut
4 Thai Hot Chili
1 sprig Spearmint
3 Tablespoons fresh Lime juice
2 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
2 Tablespoon Sugar

Basic Directions:

1) Toast the nuts in a frying pan. Allow them to cool, then chop them.

2) Boil the cleaned shrimp for one minute, then cool them in cold water.

3) Prepare the dressing by whisking the sugar, lime juice, and fish sauce together. Let stand for 15 minutes.

4) Peel and shred the green mango. Chop and slice the shallots, cilantro, green onion.

5) Add hot chili to the dressing, as desired.

6) Toss everything together, then add the dressing and toss up well. Serve with steamed rice, other foods, or alone as a simple meal.