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Hot and spicy Thai squid salad (Yam pra-muek)
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Hot and spicy Thai squid salad (Yam pra-muek)

17 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

This delicious spicy seafood salad combines the four elements of Thai cooking: salt, sweet, bitter and sour.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

514
Calories
6g
Protein
28g
Fat
67g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Squid not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 bird's-eye chillies
  • 1 garlic
  • 2 heaped tbsp palm sugar
  • 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
  • ½ lime, juice only
  • 400g/14oz baby squid
  • 1 garlic
  • 20 garlic chiveschives
  • 5 spring onions
  • 5 Thai shallotsshallot
  • 20 plum cherry tomatoes
  • ½ cucumber
  • large handful mint
  • handful Thai basil
  • thumb-sized piece of ginger
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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