| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables | Thai | Cooks, Home, Ideal | 4 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 3 | Duck breasts to give | |
| approximately 720g | ||
| in weight | ||
| 10 | g | Fresh coriander leaves |
| 10 | g | Fresh mint leaves |
| 3 | Stalks lemon grass | |
| 2 | Fresh red chillies | |
| 2 | Cloves garlic | |
| 1 | 4 cm piece fresh root ginger | |
| 1 | Lime, juice of | |
| 3 | T | Light soy sauce |
| 2 | T | Vegetable oil |
| 2 | T | Light soft brown sugar |
| 1/2 | Cucumber | |
| 2 | Or 1 large ripe firm mango | |
| 1 | Red chilli – optional |
INSTRUCTIONS
Peel the mango slice into long segments and discard the stone. Neatly arrange the slices on the base of a large round serving dish and set aside. Score the cucumber skin slice the cucumber into thin rounds, cover and set aside. Prepare the ingredients for the dressing. Halve, seed and chop the chillies. Roughly chop the garlic. Peel and chop the ginger. Put them all into a bowl with the lime juice, soy sauce, oil and sugar. Heat a chargrill or non-stick frying pan on top of the stove. To prepare the duck: remove nerves and score the skin. Place the duck, skin side down, on the hot dry pan and cook for 3 to 5 minutes each side, pressing down to flatten. Meanwhile chop the coriander, mint leaves and the lemon grass. Remove the duck from the pan and leave it to rest. Put the dressing ingredients in a blender and finely liquidize. Slice the duck thinly and place the slices into a bowl. Add enough dressing to moisten well, add the coriander, mint and lemon grass. Toss together Serve the duck piled on the centre of the mango slices. Neatly arrange the cucumber between the mango and the warm duck salad. Garnish if you wish with an extra decorative split chilli and serve the remaining dressing separately. DISCLAIMER(c) Copyright 1996 - SelecTV Cable Limited. All rights reserved. Carlton Food Network http://www.cfn.co.uk/ Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 305
Calories From Fat: 120
Total Fat: 13.5g
Cholesterol: 4.2mg
Sodium: 515.1mg
Potassium: 166.4mg
Carbohydrates: 33g
Fiber: 8.2g
Sugar: 5.9g
Protein: 14.4g