Magical Thai tamarind salad

Easy Thai in no time

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Serves

2 - 4

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Take whatever you have in the fridge, plus a few key ingredients and we will transport you to Thailand in a couple of quick and easy steps. Magic!

A few key ingredients create the flavours of a Thai salad. But what you make the salad with is up to you. You can make this with left over BBQ steak or whatever protein you like. As for the salad component... we've suggested some options, so just shop your fridge for salad goodness.

This recipe is courtesy of jennyskitchen.co.nz

Take whatever you have in the fridge, plus a few key ingredients and we will transport you to Thailand in a couple of quick and easy steps. Magic! A few key ingredients create the flavours of a Thai salad. But what you make the salad with is up to you. You can make this with left over BBQ steak, or whatever protein you like. As for the salad component... just shop your fridge for salad goodness.

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Jenny's Kitchen Tamarind Chutney
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Ingredients

  • 500g Quality Mark beef steaksi

    cooked and sliced
  • 2 Tbsp Jenny's Kitchen Tamarind Chutney

Dressing
  • 1 Tbsp sweet chili sauce

  • 2-4 Tbsp lemon juice

    or lime juice
  • 1 garlic clove

    minced
  • 1-2 tsp fish sauce

  • cucumber

Salad Ingredient Ideas
  • cucumber

    peeled into ribbons, cut into sticks or diced
  • tomato

    cut into wedges or diced
  • lettuce

    shredded or roughly chopped
  • spring onion

    finely chopped
  • carrots

    shredded into ribbons or grated
  • avocado

    cut into wedges or diced
  • mung bean sprouts

  • sweet corn kernels

Optional Extras
  • roasted unsalted peanuts

    chopped
  • rice noodles

    cooked and cooled

Method

1

Toss half of the chutney through the protein, reserving the rest for the dressing.

2

Mix the remaining chutney with the dressing ingredients, excluding the herbs and chilli.

3

Place the salad ingredients in a flat dish and toss through the dressing.

4

Place protein over the top of the salad and sprinkle with coriander, mint, fresh chilli and peanuts or crispy noodles if you're using them.

Nutrition Information per Serving (412g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves with ~1 cup of salad ingredients per serve. It does not include the optional peanuts and noodles to serve.

Energy
1579kJ (377 kcal)
Protein
39.8g
Total Fat
13.9g
Saturated Fat
3.3g
Carbohydrate
18.7g
Dietary Fibre
8.3g
Sodium
479mg
Iron
4.3mg
Zinc
6.5mg
Vitamin B12
1.0µg