Smoked turkey and green mango salad

Name: Smoked turkey and green mango salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 20 cocktail portions or serves 4 as an appetizer
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 3 oz (100 g) smoked turkey, diced; 1 tablespoon minced coriander leaves (cilantro); 2 tablespoons minced shallots; 1 tablespoon minced green onions (scallions); Few drops of olive oil; ½ cup (80 g) raw cashew nuts; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1 teaspoon lime juice; 20 fried shrimp crackers (krupuk) or pappadams or other crisp wafers, to serve; 1 red finger-length chili, deseeded and minced; 1 bird’s-eye chili, minced; 1 unripe mango (about 5 oz/150 g), peeled and sliced into thin shreds to yield ½ cup (75 g)

Preparation info

Makes 20 cocktail portions or serves
4
as an appetizer

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Asian Tapas

By Christophe Megel and Anton Kilayko

Published 2010

About

Like green papaya, green mango makes for cooling summer salads, lending them a slightly fruity note. Smoked turkey and freshly roasted cashews work fabulously here with the essentially simple line-up of flavors—lime, chili, shallots and coriander.

Ingredients

1 unripe mango (about 5 oz/150 g), peeled and sliced into thin shreds to yield

Asia
Summer
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the shredded mango, minced chili, bird’s-eye chili, green onion, shallots, coriander leaves, diced turkey, lime juice and mayonnaise in a mixing bowl, and toss to mix well.
Dry-roast the cashew nuts in a skillet over low heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add a few drops of the olive oil to coat the nuts and make them shiny. Finely chop the cashe