Spicy Tuna Salad With Young Ginger and Lemongrass Recipe

Name: Spicy Tuna Salad With Young Ginger and Lemongrass Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 (5-ounce) cans of solid white tuna in soybean oil; 2 small stalks of lemongrass, sliced very thinly (see here for more details); 2 large shallots, peeled, halved, and sliced thinly lengthwise; 1/4 cup of fresh young ginger, cut into fine matchsticks; 2 to 3 fresh bird's eye chilies, cut into thin slices; 2 to 3 large limes; 3 tablespoons fish sauce, more or less to taste; 1/2 cups dry-roasted peanuts, preferably unsalted; Lettuce leaves

Note: I prefer tuna in soybean oil (not olive oil) in this recipe. Unlike most versions of American-style tuna salad, there's no mayo in this, so some fat will help keep the salad moist and more palatable. I also prefer solid white tuna steaks over the chunk light variety.

My Thai: Spicy Tuna Salad with Lemongrass and Young Ginger

Spicy Tuna Salad With Young Ginger and Lemongrass Recipe

Prep 15 mins

Active 15 mins

Total 15 mins

Serves 2 servings

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2 (5-ounce) cans of solid white tuna in soybean oil
2 cups lemongrass
2 shallot shallots
1/4 cup ginger
3 pepper chilies
3 lime limes
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1/2 cups dry roasted peanuts
1 leaves lettuce

Drain off most of the oil that comes with the tuna, retaining a few tablespoons to keep the salad moist. Place tuna in a mixing bowl and flake it with a fork.
Add lemongrass, shallots, ginger, and chilis to tuna. Juice up one lime and add the lime juice to the tuna bowl along with one tablespoon of fish sauce. Mix everything together and adjust seasoning as necessary with more lime juice and fish sauce. (If you use salted roasted peanuts, you may want to go easy on the fish sauce; you can always add more.)
Add peanuts to the tuna mixture; toss everything together lightly. Serve on lettuce leaves as an appetizer or with rice as a main dish.

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My Thai: Spicy Tuna Salad with Lemongrass and Young Ginger

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
668	Calories
31g	Fat
57g	Carbs
53g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2
Amount per serving
Calories	668
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31g	39%
Saturated Fat 5g	24%
Cholesterol 44mg	15%
Sodium 2702mg	117%
Total Carbohydrate 57g	21%
Dietary Fiber 10g	37%
Total Sugars 12g
Protein 53g
Vitamin C 101mg	507%
Calcium 174mg	13%
Iron 10mg	53%
Potassium 1808mg	38%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.