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Sour, sweet, and refreshing, these salads are perfect for summer. The recipes are also very simple to make. Your family members will surely love them. Check them out and give them a try!
How to Make Salad 1: Green Mango and Pig Ear Salad
Ingredients for Salad 1:
- Pig ears: 1-2 pieces;
- Carrot: 1 piece;
- Green mango: 1 fruit;
- Basil, cilantro;
- Fish sauce, sugar, salt;
- Peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, finely crushed.
Steps to Make Salad 1
Step 1: Wash pig ears thoroughly with diluted salt water, boil until cooked, adding a small spoonful of vinegar while boiling. Avoid overcooking to maintain crispiness. Once cooled, drain and slice thinly.
Step 2: Peel green mangoes and carrots, then julienne them into thin strips.
Step 3: Clean and finely chop basil and cilantro, then drain. Cut into 1 cm pieces.
Step 4: Prepare the dressing mixture in proportion: 2 parts sugar, 1 part fish sauce to 1 part water. Mix until sugar dissolves completely, then add fish sauce. Since green mangoes are already tangy, no need for additional vinegar or lime. Finely dice chili peppers. Toss mangoes, chilies, carrots, and pig ears with the dressing mixture.
Step 1: Prepare the salad by mixing húng quế and rau răm onto a plate with pig ear salad, then sprinkle some peanuts and sesame seeds on top.
Step 2: Before consuming, mix basil and cilantro onto the pig ear salad, then sprinkle some peanuts and sesame seeds on top.
Step 3: Recipe 2: Cucumber, Carrot, and Shrimp Salad
Step 4: Ingredients for Recipe 2:
- Cucumbers: 1 to 2 pieces;
- Small carrot: 1 piece;
- Shrimp: 100g;
- Lean meat or pork belly: 100g;
- Lime juice: 1 teaspoon;
- Good quality fish sauce: 2 teaspoons;
- Filtered water: 2 teaspoons;
- Sugar: 2 teaspoons;
- Salt: 1 teaspoon;
- Roasted peanuts, finely crushed.
Steps to Make Recipe 2
Step 1: Julienne the carrots, marinate with half a teaspoon of salt, mix well, and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Then, squeeze the carrots with nylon gloves to remove excess water, leaving them slightly dry.
Step 2: Wash the cucumbers thoroughly, leaving the skin on. Slice them into small pieces using a knife, marinate with half a teaspoon of salt, mix well with your hands. Squeeze out excess water from the cucumbers until they are dry.
Step 3: Peel and devein the shrimp, then boil until cooked. Once cooked, slice the shrimp into bite-sized pieces.
Step 4: Mix fish sauce, filtered water, sugar, and lime juice together, adjust the seasoning according to your preference. Mix the carrot, shrimp, cucumber, and meat in a large bowl, pour the sauce over the salad, toss well. You can add herbs like mint or basil, finely chopped, into the salad. When serving, sprinkle crushed peanuts on top of the salad.
Final Product of Recipe 2
Recipe for Making Beef Jerky and Jicama Salad
Ingredients Needed for Making Beef Jerky and Jicama Salad:
- Jicama: 1 piece;
- Carrot: 1 piece;
- Dried beef: 100g;
- Peanuts: 50g;
- Coriander, basil;
- Lime, chili, vinegar, seasoning.
Steps to make Recipe 3
Step 1: Julienne the jicama and carrot, mix with vinegar and salt. After about 2 minutes, drain the excess liquid. Toast the peanuts then crush them.
Step 2: Prepare the salad dressing by mixing salt, lime juice, sugar, and sweet and sour sauce. Then, mix the jicama, carrot with the prepared dressing, add dried beef, toasted peanuts, coriander, and basil.
Step 3: Mix the jicama, carrot with vinegar and salt, finely crush the toasted peanuts. Shred the dried beef into small pieces, mix with jicama, carrot, and peanuts. You can add coriander and basil to the salad.
Make a refreshing salad with green mango and dried beef
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