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Grilled Shrimp with Mango Salad

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Seafood Asian Main dish, Salads, Seafood, Shellfish, Low-fat 4 Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 Firm, not-quite-ripe mangoes
2 tb Thinly sliced shallots
6 tb Lime juice
3 tb Asian fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc mam)
1 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Minced garlic
1 ts Minced serrano chili
1 lb Shrimp
2 c Watercress sprigs, washed
1/2 c Fresh mint leaves, washed

INSTRUCTIONS

With a sharp knife, cut peel from mangoes.  Coarsley shred mangoes by
sliding them across a hand shredder.
In a bowl, mix shallots, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic and chili.
Add shredded mangoes, mix and set aside.
Shell and devein shrimp; rinse well.  Divide shrimp into 4 equal portions.
Thread 1 portion onto 2 parallel skewers (to keep shrimp from rotating
around skewer).  Repeat with remaining shrimp.
Place shrimp on a barbecue grill (med-hot) (if using gas grill close lid).
Cook shrimp, turning once, until opaque but still moist-looking in center
of thickest part, about 6 minutes.
With a slotted spoon, mound mango salad on a platter or 4 plates.  Lay
shrimp on salad, surround with watercress, and scatter with mint.  Then
evenly pour remaining dressing over the shrimp.
Per serving: 244 cal, 3.4g fat (13% of cal), 22 g pro, 597 mg sodium, 140
mg chol.
Reprinted from Sunset Magazine, July 1996.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #224
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 18:38:33 -0700
From: Julie Bertholf <jewel1@ix.netcom.com>

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