Lunch: carrot, lime, cilantro salad with chilli paste..

[Paul F.]

A buddy of mine put me onto this recipe after he accidentally bought a SECOND 5lb bag of carrots, and was trying to use them up at an accelerated rate...

Juice of one lime.
Zest of one lime.
1 tsp of chilli garlic sauce (or korean chilli bean paste...)
1 tsp-ish fish sauce
4-5 shredded carrots
3-4 shredded jalepenos
A couple tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro (coriander) leaves.
Salt and pepper to taste.

Had this for a late lunch 30 minutes ago and I'm still sweating... Spicey goodness! :-D

[vision63]

I would say that at minimum, that combo is "flavorful."

[Paul F.]

It's surprisingly good...
And the fish sauce does not add any "fishiness" at all, despite what it may smell like in the bottle.

[mrbigstuff]

Needs some tamarind paste or some other sweetener, methinks.

[Paul F.]

mrbigstuff wrote:
Needs some tamarind paste or some other sweetener, methinks.

That would be a good addition!

[Carm]

Sounds good.
I've only done lime or lemon and tajin. Nice bitter/spicy flavor.