Thai-Style Squid Salad

Name: Thai-Style Squid Salad
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 300 g (10½ oz) squid, cleaned; 3 red shallots, finely sliced; ½ lemongrass stalk, tough outer leaves removed, finely sliced; 1 small handful of mixed coriander (cilantro), mint and Thai basil leaves; 1 kaffir lime leaf, cut into julienne; 4 wild green chillies, finely sliced; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; juice of 1 lime

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

I couldn’t resist including this salad as it’s another classic. Use spanking fresh squid to move it up to another level.

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz) squid, cleaned
3 red shallots, finely sliced

Asia
Thailand
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
South East Asia

Method

To make the dressing, pound the chillies and sugar in a mortar with a pestle to form a paste. Stir in the lime juice and fish sauce and check the seasoning.

To prepare the squid, cut off the tentacles and cut down the centre of the squid so it will open out flat. Score the inside with a crisscross pattern, then slice lengthways into 2</