*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

                           Thai Cucumber Salad

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Thai                             Salads
                Ceideburg 2

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2                    Cucumbers
   3      tablespoons   Round -- thin red chile
                        slices (with seeds)
   3      tablespoons   Chopped red onions
   2                    Heaping tablespoons dried -- shrimp, ground to a
          in            a mortar or food -- processor (should be
  -2                    tablespoons powder).
   3      tablespoons   Fresh lime juice
   1 1/2  tablespoons   Fish sauce
   2      tablespoons   Sugar
   1      tablespoon    Peanut oil
     1/4  cup           Crushed roasted or fried -- peanuts

Peel cucumbers.  Cut off the ends; cut them in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds.  Slice them thinly into half moons.  Add the cucumbers to a bowl with the chiles and onion.  Add the ground shrimp, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar and peanut oil; toss well.

 Allow to sit or serve immediately sprinkled with the peanuts.

 Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; January 21 1991.

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