Warm Thai Kale Salad
Description
Kale is sauteed with ginger, garlic, and lime juice and topped with peanuts and mint in this Thai-inspired salad similar to Thai beef salad.
Ingredients
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
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5 cloves garlic, minced
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1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
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2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
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4 carrots, thinly sliced
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3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
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8 leaves kale, stemmed and torn into pieces
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5 sprigs fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
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1 lime, juiced
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2 teaspoons fish sauce
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1/2 teaspoon lime zest, or to taste
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1 small cucumber, cut into matchstick-size pieces
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1/4 cup roasted peanuts
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4 sprigs fresh mint, roughly chopped
Directions
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Heat a heavy-bottom skillet over medium heat; add olive oil and swirl around in skillet. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until garlic and ginger are slightly browned and fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Stir carrots and celery into onion mixture; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add kale and cilantro; cook and stir until kale is slightly wilted, about 45 seconds. Stir lime juice, fish sauce, and lime zest into kale mixture until kale is evenly coated in lime juice.
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Serve kale salad topped with cucumber, peanuts, and mint.