This is my favorite way to make seafood salad. We have the bouncy shrimp, snappy squid, crunchy celery, juicy tomatoes. And, the dressing brings it all together! All you need is 15 minutes!
For the seafood salad: 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined ½ pound squid 1/4 pound ground pork (or chicken) 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved ½ small onion, thinly sliced 3 stalks Chinese celery, chopped 4 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
For the dressing: 3 tablespoons fish sauce 2 large limes 1 tablespoon palm sugar 1 medium finger hot pepper (or bird’s eye chili), minced 2 cloves garlic, minced
This is my favorite way to make seafood salad. We have the bouncy shrimp, snappy squid,
crunchy celery, juicy tomatoes, and the dressing brings it all together.
It's sweet, sour, spicy, and so refreshing. All you need is 15 minutes.
In a bowl, mix in the fish sauce, lime juice. Don't throw away the lime peels.
You can use them to make tea.
Clean your kitchen counters. You can also use it as a fridge refreshener.
And palm sugar. You can also replace it with other types of sugar.
Whisk until dissolved.
Then add the finger hot pepper. You can also use bird's eye chili.
And garlic.
Mix well.
In a pot over high heat, bring water to a boil.
Add the squid.
And deep in the shrimp.
You can also add other types of seafood.
And cook for about 1 minute until completely cooked through.
Remove and drain.
In the same pot over high heat, add the ground pork.
You can also replace it with ground chicken.
And fish sauce.
Boil it until completely cooked through for about 3 minutes.
Remove and drain.
In a mixing bowl, add the onion.
Grape tomatoes.
You can also replace them with other types of tomatoes.
Squid.
Shrimp.
Ground pork.
And the dressing.
Toss it together.
Lastly, add the Chinese celery.
And cilantro.
Toss again.
This seafood salad has many dimensions of flavors and textures.
They all coexist together harmoniously.
It's like a happy family.
Although everyone has different personalities,
we are all complementary of each other.
Happy cooking and enjoy!
