Ingredients
1/2 cup thinly sliced shallots
1/2 cup thinly sliced garlic
1 lb grilled chicken or leftover pork, thinly sliced
1 cup coarsely shredded carrot
cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
1 cup thilnly sliced red onion
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/2 cup frersh mint leaves
2 heads butter lettucve
1 recipe Thai salad dressing:
-1/2 cup fresh lime juice
-21/2 T. fish sauce (Nam Pla)
-31/2 T brown sugar or maple syrup
-2 small dried thai chilies or thinly sliced serranos
-1 large clove garlic, crushed
Dry-reasted chopped peanuts for garnish.
Preparation
Whisk dressing ingredients together in a small bowl.
In a small skillet, heat 1 cup of oil until hot but not smoking, and fry shallots until crisp and golden, 1-2 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Fry garlic in 2 batches until crisp and golden about 1 minute. Drain on paper towels.
In a loarge bowl, toss together pork or chicken, carrot, tomatoes, onion, cilantro and mint. Add 1/2 cup of dressing and toss.
Line a platter with lettuce and arrange meat mixture on top. Sprinkle with fried shallots and garlilc and garnish with peanuts. Serve remaining dressing on the side.
Serves 6
