Risa, is it just me or is this recipe somewhat chile deficient? =Mark At 06:40 PM 5/5/2003 -0700, RisaG wrote: >This was tonight's dinner - a Thai-Style Shrimp Salad. >I adapted it from a cookbook that was written to make >money for the SF Symphony that had no kaffir lime, >lemongrass or fish sauce in the recipe. I didn't have >anymore kaffir lime leaves left, had only dried >lemongrass and forgot about the fish sauce in the >cabinet. The only thing Thai-like was the flavor of >the lime and the use of chiles. It was very good >anyway. > >Here is my adaptation: > >@@@@@ >Thai-Style Shrimp Salad >| >Adapted from A Taste of San Francisco >| >Salad: >1 cup vegetable oil >juice of 1 lime >1 small ripe chile pepper, seeded & diced >1 tbsp cilantro, chopped >12 large shrimp, shelled & deveined >3 shiitake mushrooms, cleaned & sliced >handful snow peas, washed & trimmed >6 cups mesclun lettuces >Soy-Lime Dressing, see following recipe >grape tomatoes, halved >scallions, chopped for garnish >Soy-Lime Dressing: >1/4 cup soy sauce >1/2 tsp Splenda >1 tsp roasted sesame oil, Kadoya pref. >1 cup vegetable oil >1/2 cup rice wine vinegar >1/2 tsp hot chile, minced >1 tsp lime juice >| >For salad: Combine oil, lime juice, diced chile, and >chopped cilantro and marinate shrimp for 30 minutes. >Grill shrimp until cooked, 2-3 minutes. Toss mesclun >with just enough dressing to coat leaves and add >shrimp. Divide among 4 plates and garnish with >tomatoes, shiitake, snow peas, scallions and cilantro. > >For dressing: > >Whisk all ingredients together in small bowl. > >Serves 4 >Prep time: 20 minutes, plus marination time >cook time: 2-3 minutes > >Adapted from a recipe from Les Celebrites, Hotel >Nikko, San Francisco, CA. The hotel is owned by Japan >Airlines. Now called Cafe 222. > >Book was published in 1990, ISBN 0-385-26380-5 >Hardcover >| >_____ > > > >===== >RisaG > >Risa's Food Service >http://www.geocities.com/radiorlg >Updated 5/02/03 > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com