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Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 firm green mangos, peeled and julienned
• 1 cucumber, peeled and julienned
• 1 small daikon, peeled and julienned
• 2 shallots, thinly sliced
• 1/4 c. cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 1 c. shrimp, cooked and roughly chopped
• 1 lime, juiced
• 3 T fish sauce
• 1 clove of garlic
• 2 Thai chilis, sliced
• Cilantro
• Thai basil
• Mint
• Chopped peanuts

Directions

Combine mangos, cucumber, daikon, shallots, tomatoes and shrimp into a large salad bowl. In a separate bowl, combine lime juice and fish sauce. Add garlic and chilis to bowl and crush in the sauce. Add finely chopped cilantro, Thai basil and mint to the salad...

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