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Prawn & cucumber salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Prawn & cucumber salad

8 ingredients 10 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Prawn & cucumber salad

With its Asian flavours, this cooling Thai-inspired salad really does the trick when you want a light, quick starter. By John Torode

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

502
Calories
38g
Protein
27g
Fat
34g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Cashew 1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts) 157
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Coriander 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

  • 20 large cooked prawns
  • 2 large cucumbers
  • small bunch coriander
  • 1 large red chilli , halved, deseeded and cut into large pieces
  • 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce
  • 1 lime , juice only
  • handful roasted cashews or peanuts, crushed

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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