This is just a basic Thai style salad made with a mix of cabbage, other vegetables and a peanut & lime dressing. The dressing can be used on the salad or you can toss it with noodles for a pasta salad. Photo to come.
Recipe
Thai Style Peanut Salad
This is a basic Thai style salad with peanut & lime dressing.
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 7 cups shredded cabbage use a mix of red & napa
- 1 cup sliced peppers red, yellow & orange
- ½ cup sliced carrots
- 1 large English cucumber peeled and sliced
- ½ cup red onion thinly sliced
- ½ cup peanuts, honey roasted or lightly salted
- ½ cup chopped cilantro (optional)**
- Dressing
Peanut & Lime Dressing
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh peeled and minced ginger
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce or Texas Pete's
- 1 tablespoon white rice vinegar
Instructions
- Make the dressing first. Put all of the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
- Mix together all of the vegetables. Toss with about half of the dressing before serving.
Notes
Someone in our family has the cilantro-soap gene so we have to serve it on the side.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
AK says
I love shirataki noodles! I've learned to both rinse and chop them before cooking, though. Off topic but impt: you looked GREAT on Oprah, never once lost your cool even when O was doing her I'm-so-stupid act. And fyi I live near, know your fellow Bake-Off friend Karen T, she said this week she 's ready to start blogging - she'll be great, yes?!!
Anna says
Hi AK,Nice to hear from you! Karen and I talked about you at the Bake-Off. Thanks for the compliments about the O show. It was fun.
Anna says
Stefoodie, the smell is similar to fish. It had a mild fish sauce smell to it.
abi says
Considering that I love peanut butter, I am excited about making these for a party on Saturday. Suggestions for other vegetables? I was thinking red bell pepper and carrots. Also, I'm going to try out the lemon cookies. Thanks for the recipe!What I really mean to comment about was the 'stinky' quality of the noodles. It has me wondering about a way to pre-cook or rinse the awful soy noodle bowl from last week. Food for thought, certainly.
Anna says
Abi, I hope you like them. Maybe you should make a test batch before you make it for party goers. I thought they were really tasty, but they are a little different than regular noodles. The sauce is definitely good. As for add-ins, I think blanched broccoli pieces and/or snow peas and carrots would be good. Have you tried using baking soda on the bowl?
tg says
do you add the cellphone before or after the peanut butter? har har
Anna says
tg, I thought the cell phone would make it more Asian.Ali, what do you mean by "those kinds" of noodles? Have you tried the shiratakis already or do you just mean thin noodles in general?
Alicat says
oo awesome, my husband loves the peanut sauce with those kinds of noodles. I will have to make this one too. :o)