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Thai-salad mince salad

  • serves 4

  • Preparation time: 20

  • Cooking time:

Ingredients

200g lettuce leaves
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cucumber, cut into 1cm slices
1/4 cup each of mint and coriander leaves
1 teaspoon peanut oil
500g turkey, chicken or pork mince
4 spring/green onions, finely sliced
1 large green chilli, seeded and sliced
2 teaspoons ginger, grated
2 tablespoons each lime juice, fish sauce and brown sugar

Method

1. Toss together lettuce leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and chopped herbs. Cover and chill.
2. Heat a non-stick frying pan over high heat, add oil and mince and cook for 4 min. Add spring/green onions, chilli and ginger and cook for a further 2 min. Stir through lime juice, fish sauce and sugar.
3. Divide the salad into bowls and top each with a portion of mince. Garnish with chopped chilli and serve with lime wedges.

Notes