Minced Fish Salad (Koy Pa)

"Adapted from 3 Nagas, Luang Prabang, Laos"
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 5mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 12 12 ounces yellowtail red snapper (minced) or 12 ounces other white-fleshed fish (minced)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, more as needed
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce, more as needed
  • 1 tablespoon toasted rice powder (available in Asian food markets) or 1 tablespoon uncooked sticky rice (toasted and ground to a powder)
  • 34 cup green beans, thinly sliced crosswise
  • 1 red chili, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 12 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 8 stems cilantro, half the leaves chopped and half left whole
  • 8 stems mint, half the leaves chopped and half left whole
  • 1 scallion, green tops only, sliced
  • sliced cucumber, watercress, and additional cilantro, mint and green beans, for serving
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directions

  • In a small bowl, combine fish, lime juice and fish sauce. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  • If necessary, drain fish. In a mixing bowl, combine fish mixture, rice powder, sliced green beans, chili, lemon grass, sliced garlic, minced garlic, cilantro, mint and scallion. Toss to mix well.
  • To serve, place fish salad in a serving bowl. Serve with cucumber, watercress and additional cilantro, mint and green beans offered separately.

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