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Gỏi Tôm Bắp Cải (Cabbage Shrimp Salad)

Ingredients

Nuóc Cham (dressing)

  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 7 tbsp warm water
  • 2 tbsp lime juice (or one lime juiced thoroughly)
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce (more or less to taste)
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes OR
  • 2 red or green thai chiles, thinly sliced

Shrimp

  • 10-12 shrimp deveined and deshelled
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp salt

Salad

  • 1 small head cabbage julienned
  • 3-4 small carrots grated or peeled
  • 1 handful mint torn
  • 1 handful green onion tops rough chopped
  • 1 handful basil and/or thai basil torn
  • 1 handful cilantro if you like!
  • 1/2 cup dry roasted salted peanuts crushed

Instructions

Nuóc Cham (dressing)

  1. dissolve the sugar in the warm water

  2. add the lime juice, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes (or thai peppers) and stir/shake

Shrimp

  1. put the coconut milk, salt, and water into a pot on medium heat

  2. bring to a simmer and then take off the heat

  3. put the shrimp into the pot and cover for 4-8 minutes - shrimp should be firm to the touch and opaque when cooked

  4. strain shrimp and place in a container in the fridge to cool

Salad

  1. toss all the ingredients in a bowl!

Add it all together

  1. dress to taste with nuóc cham and serve cold