Spicy Prawn Salad North-Eastern Style

Plaah Goong - พล่ากุ้ง

Description

This salad is different from a normal spicy prawn salad as it has chilli jam in it which is what gives it its unique flavour.

Summary

Yield	Serves
Prep time	5 minutes
Recipe Tags	spicy salad prawn

Ingredients

300	g	prawns (washed, peeled, deveined and boiled in water until cooked (about 1 minute))
45	ml	fish sauce
90	ml	lime juice
40	g	chilli jam (also known as chilli in oil or nam prik pow) (น้ำพริกเผา))
40	g	lemongrass ( lower 1/3 only, thinly sliced )
6		shallots (thinly sliced)
15		small chillies (finely chopped)
10	g	coriander leaves (chopped)
20	g	mint leaves (chopped)
4		spring onions (chopped)
8		kaffir lime leaves (stem removed and shredded ( for garnish))

Instructions

Put the fish sauce, lime juice and chilli jam into a bowl and blend well. Then add the prawns and mix together. If it is too thick add a bit of water or stock. In a separate bowl mix all the remaining ingredients together. Add the prawn mixture and toss together. Serve immediately garnished with the kaffir lime leaves.