Ginger Salad (Jin Thoke)
"Recipe source: Saveur (April/May 2003)"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (114.8 g)
- Calories 442.6
- Total Fat - 32.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 0.1 mg
- Sodium - 25.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 36.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.7 g
- Sugars - 14.5 g
- Protein - 7.6 g
- Calcium - 93.5 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 25.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In as glass or ceramic bowl toss the ginger and 1 teaspoon salt together; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours, stirring every 8 hours. Rinse ginger, drain well, and put into a clean glass or ceramic bowl. Add lime juice and mix with your fingers until ginger is well coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours, stirring every 8 hours. Soak peas in a small bowl of water for 8 hours.
Step 2
Drain ginger, then slice into long strips. Put ginger into a clean glass or ceramic bowl and set aside. Drain peas, throughly dry with paper towels and set aside.
Step 3
Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. Add shallow and fry, stirring constantly with a slotted spoon, until lightly golden and crisp (6-8 minutes). Transfer shallots with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Fry garlic in the hot oil, stirring constantly, until just beginning to turn golden around the edges (1-2 minutes), then transfer to paper towels to drain. Fry peas in the hot oil, stirring constantly, until golden (4-5 minutes), then transfer to paper towels to drain, setting wok with oil aside. Set shallots, ginger, and peas aside separately to cool completely.
Step 4
Add fish sauce, peanuts, sesame seeds, and fresh chiles to bowl with ginger. Add fried shallots, garlic and peas and 2 teaspoons of the frying oil, season with salt, and toss. Adjust seasoning.
Step 5
Serve at room temperature.
Tips
No special items needed.