Burmese Salad Recipe – minus Tea Leaves
Based on the Tea Leaf Salad at Burma Superstar in San Francisco
Ingredients 1/4 cup dehydrated chickpeas
8 cups thinly sliced hearts of romaine (about 2 heads)
1/4 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
1/4 cup toasted sunflower seeds
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 lemon
1 T Large Crystal Sea Salt
1 tomato, diced
1 yellow or orange bell pepper, diced
Servings:
4
Directions
Step 1
Heat up 4 T of oil in a skillet, and fry the garlic until golden brown. Remove the garlic with a slotted spatula and set it aside to drain oil.
Step 2
In a small skillet over medium heat, toast the peanuts for about 5 minutes, remove and let cool. Don’t burn! If you burn them, throw them away and start over.
Step 3
Place romaine in a serving bowl
Step 4
Dice the tomatoes into ¼ inch cubes
Step 5
Dice the bell pepper into ¼ inch cubes
Step 6
Arrange the dehydrated chickpeas peanuts, sunflower seeds, crispy garlic, tomato and bell pepper in pie shaped clusters on top of the romaine
Step 7
Right before service squeeze the lemon on top of the salad and sprinkle the salt over the salad
Step 8
Toss and serve
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