Thai Tuna Or Chicken And Fruit Salad With Dressing

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 lettuce leaves (use different kinds for color)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• 3 ounces canned tuna or 1 chicken breast half, fully cooked and shredded
• 1/3 cup sliced cucumber
• 1/3 cup drained mandarin orange
• 1/3 cup red seedless grapes, halves
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup chopped cashews or 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/2 fresh lime
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 serrano chilies, halved, seeded and cut into pieces
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce or 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 arrange 1/2 of the lettuce on a platter.
• 2 break up the remaining lettuce into bite size pieces and place on top of the lettuce on the platter.
• 3 sprinkle cilantro and mint over lettuce.
• 4 arrange tuna or chicken, cucumber, oranges, grapes on top; cover and refrigerate while preparing the dressing.
• 5 peel 1/2 a lime with a vegetable peeler.
• 6 place peel in a blender or small food processor; add garlic. chilies, lime juice, fish or soy sauce and sugar; process until well blended and garlic and chilies are finely chopped.
• 7 pour dressing over salad.
• 8 top with cashews or peanuts.