LADY AGA’S THAI SALAD RECIPE
June 7th 2011 Posted at Recipes
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AGA BARBY SUMMER OUTDOOR DINING COLLECTION
This is just a wonderful impressive dish. Fill each crunchy web lettuce leaf with the mixture and cover with the remaining lettuce to serve. It really is a delicious tasty dish with all the lovely Thai fragrant ingredients. Its quick, easy and looks great!
PREPARATION TIME
Approx 20 mins
For a healthier option use turkey mince and dry fry.
Approximate cost £4 – £6
All YOU NEED
Serves 4 people as a starter
500 mgms of pork or turkey mince.(turkey low fat option)
Olive oil (enough to fry mince)
1 lemons quartered
Web lettuce rinsed and leaves left whole
1 red chili finely chopped
2 finely chopped spring onions
Chopped lemon grass. ( 1whole stalk)
Seasoning to your taste
3 cloves of finely chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon of Nan Pla ( fish sauce)
1 teaspoon of soy sauce sauce (add more should you prefer)
Handful of fresh coriander
HOW TO PREPARE THIS LOVELY DISH
Fry the mince thoroughly on the hot plate of the AGA, add garlic and chili for 2 mins, remove from heat and allow to cool, add chopped lemon grass, seasoning, soy sauce, nan pla, add the the chopped coriander and leave a little for decoration.
Mix and scoop on to individual lettuce leaves, cover with remaining leaves and top with lemons ….to be squeezed on each portion!
Your guests can use their hands to fold their own filled lettuce leaf in to a parcel pick up and eat!
You will love this dish its fresh fragrant and tastes just divine!
Enjoy!