Minced Fish Salad (koy Pa)

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 ounces skinless boneless red snapper (minced) or 12 ounces yellowtail red snapper (minced) or 12 ounces other -fleshed fish (minced)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, more as needed
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce, more as needed
• 1 tablespoon toasted rice powder (available in asian food markets) or 1 tablespoon uncooked sticky rice (toasted and ground to a powder)
• 3/4 cup green beans, thinly sliced crosswise
• 1 red chili, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 8 stems cilantro, half the leaves chopped and half left whole
• 8 stems mint, half the leaves chopped and half left whole
• 1 scallion, green tops only, sliced
• sliced cucumber, watercress, and additional cilantro, mint and green beans, for serving

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine fish, lime juice and fish sauce. mix well. cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 2 if necessary, drain fish. in a mixing bowl, combine fish mixture, rice powder, sliced green beans, chili, lemon grass, sliced garlic, minced garlic, cilantro, mint and scallion. toss to mix well.
• 3 to serve, place fish salad in a serving bowl. serve with cucumber, watercress and additional cilantro, mint and green beans offered separately.