Lao Mixed Salad with Peanuts and Fried Shallots

Name: Lao Mixed Salad with Peanuts and Fried Shallots
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 medium cucumber, peeled and sliced; 2 larges garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 large hard-cooked egg, peeled and halved; 1 teaspoon honey; 113 grams packed cups mesclun salad; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps chopped salted peanuts; 1 large shallot, thinly sliced and separated into rings; 2 mediums tomatoes, sliced; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil, plus more for frying; 170 grams bunch watercress , thick stems discarded; 1 Tbsp white vinegar

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Lao Mixed Salad with Peanuts and Fried Shallots a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 96 calories, 6g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet. If you have vegetable oil, tomatoes, salt and pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes.

Instructions

Separate the egg yolk from the white. Thinly slice the white.

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Egg Yolk

Put the egg yolk in a blender, add the vinegar and honey and blend until smooth. With the blender on, slowly pour in the 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons of oil. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Egg Yolk

Vinegar

Honey

Cooking Oil

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Blender

In a medium skillet, heat 1/4 inch of oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the shallot rings and fry over moderate heat, stirring a few times, until golden brown and crisp, about 3 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the shallot rings to paper towels to drain.

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Shallot

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Add the garlic to the hot oil and fry, stirring a few times, until golden, about 1 minute.

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Garlic

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Transfer the garlic to the paper towels.

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Garlic

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Paper Towels

In a large bowl, drizzle the tomato and cucumber slices with 1 tablespoon of the dressing and toss gently. Arrange the slices around a platter.

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Cucumber

Tomato

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Bowl

Add the mesclun, watercress and sliced egg white to the bowl, top with the remaining dressing and toss well. Mound the salad on the platter, garnish with the peanuts and the fried shallot and garlic and serve.

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Watercress