Avocado San Choy Bau
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10-12
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Thai Avocado Salad
3 unripe avocados
280ml fresh lime juice
130ml fish sauce
20g shaved palm sugar
3 – 4 small red chillies (finely chopped)
Avocado Prawn Filling
250g prawns (cooked, deveined and chopped)
200g water chestnuts (chopped)
2 firm-ripe avocados (diced)
20g coriander (roughly chopped)
180g fresh Italian tomatoes (diced)
10 iceberg lettuce cups (trimmed)
Garnish
45g shallots (deep fried)
Coriander sprigs
- To make the avocado salad, peel and coarsely grate the unripe avocados into a bowl. The unripe avocados should be hard, such that when being grated will sound like grating carrot.
- Whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar and chilies. Taste and adjust the ingredients to obtain the harmony of hot, sour, salty and sweet. Pour over grated avocado and toss well. Cover and leave for 15 minutes.
- To make the avocado prawn filling, put chestnuts, firm-ripe avocado, coriander and tomatoes in a bowl and toss. Spoon equal quantities of prawn mixture into each lettuce cup and top with a generous amount of avocado salad. Garnish with shallots and sprigs of coriander.
Note: To serve as a roll up, substitute the lettuce cups for softened rice paper rolls.
Kate McGhie – Chef and Food Writer, Melbourne; Chief Judge Restaurant & Catering Australia
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