Thai Spicy Mackerel Salad Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4 – 6

Ingredients:

• 5 large short-bodied mackerel
• 10-15 broken hot chilies
• 7 finely sliced shallots
• 1/2 cup shredded young ginger
• 5 finely slice lemon grass stems
• 2 table spoons finely sliced kaffir lime leaves
• 1 cup horapha* sweet basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons ground roasted peanuts
• 2-3 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• Fresh vegetables: Chinese cabbage, yard-long beans, cabbage, spring onions, coriander greens

How to cook Thai Spicy Mackerel Salad:

• Fry the mackerel golden brown and remove the meat.
• Toss with the meat the lemon grass, ginger, shallot, chilies, kaffir lime leaf, sweet basil leaves, fish sauce, and lime juice.
• Just before serving, sprinkle with the ground peanut, and serve with the fresh vegetables.

Notes:
The Thai name for Spicy Mackerel Salad recipe is Yam Pla Thu.
This recipe is delicious, simple, and really easy to cook.

Comments:
*Horapha, kaphrao, maenglak are varieties of sweet basil. Horapha seems to be the nearest to the sweet basil used in European tomato dishes and Italian pesto. Horapha is used here as a vegetable and for flavouring.

This recipe for Thai Spicy Mackerel Salad serves/makes: 4 – 6

Main Ingredient: Mackerel
Preparation Method: Salad
Cuisine: Thai