Thai recipes Bean Thread Salad /Yum Woon Sen

Thai recipes Bean Thread Salad /Yum Woon Sen. thai salad and thai ingredients list.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup Large dried shrimp
• 2 ounce(60g)Mung bean thread noodles
• 4 medium raw prawns, shelled, deveined
• 3 tbsp Fresh lime juice
• 2 1/2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 3/4 tsp Sugar
• 1 Or 2 medium button, mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1 Celery stalk, thinly sliced (at an angle)
• 1 Green onion, sliced into 1 1/2-inch lengths
• 1 tbsp Coarsely chopped coriander leaves
• Red lettuce, washed and drained.

how to make:

1. Pound dried shrimp in a mortar to flatten them into soft, crumbly pieces. (They should still be in relatively whole pieces.) Set aside.

2. Soak the mung bean thread noodle in water for 1 hour, until soft. Using a strainer to hold the noodles, dip them into boiling for 1 second. Remove and immediately dip into ice water to stop the cooking. Drain well and set aside.

3. Using a strainer to hold the prawns, boil for 6 seconds until they turn pink. Drain well.

4. Combine prawns and lime juice in a medium bowl; let stand 1 minute. Add the dried shrimp, noodles, fish sauce, sugar, mush- rooms rooms, celery, green onions and coriander leaves.

From an article by Joyce Jue in the San Francisco Chronicle, 5/29/91(www.recipesource.com)