Green Mango Salad with Prawn and Dried Whitebait

Name: Green Mango Salad with Prawn and Dried Whitebait (Gỏi Xoài Sống)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 50 g (1¾ oz) dried whitebait or dried anchovies; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 50 g (1¾ oz) dried whitebait or dried anchovies; 1 handful mint leaves, torn; 1 handful perilla leaves, torn; 1 teaspoon fried garlic; 2 tablespoons fried red Asian shallots; 2 green mangoes, peeled and julienned; 1 long red chilli, julienned; 1 long red chilli, julienned; 1 handful Vietnamese mint leaves, torn; dipping fish sauce, to serve; 10 cooked tiger prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined, halved lengthways; 10 cooked tiger prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined, halved lengthways; 4 tablespoons Aunty Nine’s salad dressing; 1 tablespoon roasted peanuts, crushed

Gỏi Xoài Sống

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Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

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WE DECIDED TO EAT DINNER ONE EVENING IN A RESTAURANT BY THE RIVER IN HOI AN. WE ORDERED A FEW DISHES AND THIS GREEN MANGO SALAD WAS ONE OF THEM. THE CHEF CAME OUT WITH A LONG BAMBOO POLE AND PLUCKED SOME GREEN MANGOES FROM THE TREE BESIDE US.

GREEN MANGOES ARE UNRIPENED MANGOES, THEY ARE OFTEN EATEN DIPPED IN SALT AND CHILLI, AND ARE ENJOYED FOR THEIR CRUNCHY TEXTURE AND SOURNESS. WHEN CHOOSING GREEN MANGOES, MAKE SURE THEY ARE NICE AND FIRM. I ALSO USE DRIED WHITEBAIT HERE, WHICH Y

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Asia
Vietnam
Hoian
Dinner
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia
Gluten-free

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