-
1
Mix the lemongrass, olive and sesame oil, garlic, shallot, lime juice, lemon grass, fish sauce and soy sauce together
-
2
Blanche the beans: set aside a medium sized pot of boiling water, add the French beans for 2 minutes, pull them out and dip them in to iced water (this will bring out a deep green color whilst maintaining crispness). Drain well
-
3
Using the boiling water, switch off the heat and add your noodles and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Drain well and allow to cool. Roughly cut the noodle strands
-
4
Combine all salad ingredients (the dressing, beans, noodles, herbs, nuts and seeds and fruit and vegetables)
-
5
Toss thoroughly
-
6
Heat a pan or wok
-
7
Add olive oil and cook the shrimp in small batches on high heat, allow shrimp to blacken on one side and then pull off the heat to avoid over cooking (after approx minutes)
-
8
Pearls of wisdom: Only cook shrimp when you are ready to eat. Cardinal rule: Don't over cook the shrimp
