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Portia de Rossi's Spicy Mango & Carrot Salad

Source of Recipe

Portia de Rossi from TV Guide


Recipe Introduction

"Let's see. What would an Australian actress, living in Los Angeles, playing icy Boston lawyer Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal, consider her favorite food? "It's a toss-up," laughs Portia de Rossi. "Either really yummy sushi or Thai food. No," she says with a laugh, "it's Thai. I absolutely love the peanut sauce." For anyone familiar with de Rossi's homeland, her answer is anything but surprising. In Australia, Thai restaurants outnumber both Chinese restaurants and Italian — including pizza places!"

List of Ingredients

Dressing:
1/4 cup fresh lime juice 50 mL
2 tbsp fish sauce 25 mL
1 tsp palm sugar or light brown sugar 5 mL
1 large clove garlic, minced
2 fresh hot chilies (or more to taste), chopped & seeded
1/2 tsp salt or 1 tsp (5 mL) dried shrimp powder 2 mL

Salad:
2 cups grated carrots 500 mL
2 green mangos, peeled & grated
2 tomatoes, chopped & seeded
leaf lettuce
1/2 cup chopped peanuts 125 mL



Recipe

Dressing: Combine lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, chopped chilies and salt, mixing well.
Salad: In a bowl, mix together grated carrots, mangoes and tomatoes; toss together with dressing. This can be prepared ahead of time to this point and stored, covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 day.

To serve, line platter with lettuce and mound the salad in the centre; garnish with chopped peanuts.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.


Per 6 servings (without lettuce): 164 calories, 5.5 g protein, 7 g fat, 23 g carbohydrate. Per 8 servings (without lettuce): 123 calories, 4 g protein, 5 g fat, 18 g carbohydrate.