4 thai toss salad Recipes

whole chicken, cut into large pieces, cucumber, tomato cut into wedge, red or green chiles, seeded , cut into matchstick shreds, red onion or white onion, thinly sliced, heaping tbsp fine matchstick shreds of fresh ginger, garlic cloves, minced, fresh lime juice, thai or vietnamese fish sauce, sugar, salt, or more to taste, peanut oil, more sa-te oil or chinese chile oil, fresh cilantro leaves, roasted , unsalted peanuts for garnish

beef flank steak or 1 lb beef sirloin steaks or 1 lb beef tenderloin (good quality), white pepper, fish sauce, fresh lime juice, palm sugar, garlic, minced, sugar, fresh lime juice, fish sauce (to taste), shallots, minced, serrano peppers , chilis very finely minced or ground to paste, stalks lemongrass , remove outer stalk and slice very thin or grind, toasted rice powder (ground fine ), fresh tender salad greens (i use the bagged spring mix) or 1 lb bibb lettuce, red onion , thinly slivered, scallions or 1 bunch green onion, cut to 1/2 inch, cucumber, peeled & seeded cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced, tomatoes or grape or wedges tomato, lemon , cut in half lengthwise and very thinly sliced (toss into salad for garnish/flavor), fresh mint leaf, roughly chopped, sticky rice

green figs 12 small balls of fresh mozzarella, mizuna or arugula 1 bunch thai basil or purple mint, fruity extra-virgin olive oil coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, lemon juice, wash the figs and remove the little stems with a paring knife., mozzarella from their liquid. wash the greens ., place the mizuna or arugula and basil or mint, without any coarse stems, in a medium bowl and toss with the olive oil., pile in the middle of two dinner plates . with your thumbs gently pull each fig in half and lay them open-side up around the plates., arrange the cheese around as well. sprinkle with a little extra olive oil, a few drops of lemon juice, and the coarse salt. you can grind over some pepper if you like.