Cucumber and pineapple salad with spicy fish sauce dressing
J. Kenji López-Alt · ♥ 1.8K likes · 48.4K views · 9 min video
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- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 whole green Thai bird chilies
- ¼ cup turbinado sugar
Pound the garlic, Thai chilies and sugar to a paste in a mortar and pestle.
Pounding the garlic, chili and sugar paste
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
Add the fish sauce and grind in a circular motion so the sugar dissolves.
- 2 tbsp lime juice
Add the lime juice, taste, and adjust the balance of sour, salty, hot and sweet.
- pineapple
- cucumbers
- red onion
Trim and halve the cucumbers and cut into chunky discs; add to the pineapple in the bowl with the red onion.
- cilantro
- basil leaves
Pull the cilantro, roughly chop and add; add the basil leaves.
- dried shrimp
- fried shallots
Roughly chop the dried shrimp and add, with the fried shallots.
Dried shrimp and fried shallots
- unsweetened shredded coconut
- oil
Toast the shredded coconut in a skillet with a little oil over medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
Toasted coconut and the toss