Pad thai salad

Serves: 4
Course: Dinner
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Prep Time: 15 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 red pepper, halved and sliced
  • ½ small red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 4 spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally (or half a red onion)
  • 4 carrots, peeled
  • 1 cucumber, halved, deseeded and thickly sliced
  • One kohlrabi, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 50g fresh coriander, roughly chopped (and a few mint leaves if you have them)
  • 150g dry roasted peanuts
  • Optional: 4 nests of noodles, cooked
  • FOR THE DRESSING:
  • 1 tbsp smooth peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp light olive oil
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • Juice of 1/2 a lime
  • 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seed oil
  • 1 pinch chili flakes

1. First make the dressing. Place all the dressing ingredients into a high-sided jug and blitz with a hand-held blender or process in a blender until smooth. Set aside.

2. Place the sliced red pepper, thinly sliced cabbage, kohlrabi and spring onion into a bowl. Peel the carrots into ribbons and add to the bowl along with the cucumber and coriander. Mix gently to combine. Fold in the cooked noodles if using.

3. Just before serving coat the vegetables with the dressing, just enough to make the mixture glisten. Sprinkle generously with the peanuts and a little extra coriander.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer