Thai peach salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 85.3
  • Total Fat: 4.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 169.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
  • Protein: 1.7 g

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Introduction

This is no ordinary peach salad -- we've taken the flavours of Thailand and married them with the best of Canadian seasonal produce. (from www. chatelaine.com) This is no ordinary peach salad -- we've taken the flavours of Thailand and married them with the best of Canadian seasonal produce. (from www. chatelaine.com)
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 tbsp (15 mL) brown sugar
    1 tbsp (15 mL) minced or grated fresh ginger
    1 large garlic clove, minced
    4 tsp (20 mL) freshly squeezed lime juice
    1 tsp (5 mL) fish sauce
    1 tsp (5 mL) hot chili-garlic sauce
    1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
    2 tbsp (30 mL) vegetable oil
    1 tbsp (15 mL) tosted sesame oil
    4 to 6 peaches or nectarines
    2 sweet peppers, preferably red
    8 cups (2L) mixed salad greens, preferably mesclun mix
    1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh coriander leaves (optional)

Directions

1. In a medium-size bowl, stir sugar with ginger, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, chili-garlic sauce and salt. Whisk in vegetable and sesame oils. Use right away or leave at room temperature up to half a day or refrigerate up to 3 days.
2. Just before serving, peel peaches. Halve, remove pits and thinly slice. Place in a bowl. Quarter peppers and remove seeds. Then thinly slice and add to peaches. Whisk dressing, pour over peach mixture and gently stir until coated. Toss in a large salad bowl with greens and coriander, if using.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SANDYIS.

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    WOW!
    The different flavors and textures within this salad really create an adventure for the taste buds. I loved
    the spicy and sweet tastes. I re-woked the recipe for a smaller serving. still working on the fish-sauce and I omitted the 1/4 tsp. of salt.
    - 11/9/07