The mango is often called the “king of fruits.” It has many health benefits – helps lower cholesterol, prevent certain cancers, promotes eye health, clears skin, improves digestion and boosts the immune system. Wow – we could all benefit from putting a little mango in our diets! Here’s a recipe that will help you do just that:
Green Mango Salad with Chicken and Shrimp
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 mangoes green, unripened, hard mangoes*
- 1 cup onion sliced very fine
- 1 cup fresh mint chopped
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1 Tbsp plus 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- sesame oil several drops
- 1/2 pound poached chicken shredded
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 pinch fresh ground pepper
- 1 tsp sweet Thai chili sauce
- 1/2 pound cooked shrimp sliced
- 2 Tbsp fried shallots
Instructions
- Cut the mango into thin julienned slices. Put in a bowl along with onion, mint, and 1 tsp sesame seeds.
- Whisk together vegetable oil, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil.
- Pour over mango mixture and stir.
- In a separate bowl, put chicken, salt, pepper and chili sauce. Stir to combine. Add to mango mixture along with shrimp and stir.
- Heat 1/2 T. vegetable oil and cook shallots until crispy.
- Top with remaining sesame seeds and fried shallots.
Notes
*If you have an allergy to latex, a reaction is possible when consuming green mangoes due to the anacardic acid.