CUCUMBER CARROT SALAD

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Categories Salad Leafy Green Vegetable Side No-Cook Quick & Easy Cucumber Hot Pepper Carrot Summer Gourmet Fat Free Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (preferably naam pla)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 fresh Thai or serrano chili, or to taste, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves)
2 seedless cucumbers, quartered lengthwise, seeded, and cored
1 carrot, shredded coarse
soft-leafed lettuce for serving

Steps:

In a bowl stir together garlic paste, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and chili until sugar is dissolved.
Thinly slice cucumbers crosswise and add to garlic mixture with carrot. Toss salad well. Salad may be made 4 hours ahead and kept chilled, covered, but cucumber will wilt and give off liquid.
Serve salad in lettuce "cups."

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