Gado Gado (Indonesian Ginger Peanut Vegetable Salad)
A Traditional Indonesian dish with a gingery peanut lime sauce. Great way to get all your veggies. I have also substituted almond butter and chopped almond for this recipe and it is also yummy!
Ingredients
- cooked rice (White or brown with ½ tsp tumeric Fresh spinachYellow rice (white or brown rice with 1/2 tsp. of turmeric)Hard boiled eggs sliced or chopped
- fresh spinach
- assortment of veggies such as: Broccoli steamed, fresh green beans steamed, red and green cabbage finely shredded, thin slices of carrot lightly steamed or raw, mung bean sprouts, chopped red onion
- hard boiled eggs sliced or chopped
Peanut Sauce dressing
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 heaping tbsp finely grated ginger
- 1 heaping tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1½ cups hot water
- 4 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- crushed red pepper to taste
- chopped peanuts.
Instructions
- Choose your favorite veggies. They can be cooked or raw - or some of each. Arrange everything on a platter in the following order. 1) Bed of fresh spinach on bottom 2) Yellow rice on the spinach 3) an assortment of veg. on the rice 4) hard boiled eggs on the veg. 5) Sprinkle chopped peanuts on top
Peanut Sauce Dressing
- Put sauce ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. If it's too thick, add a little extra water. Serve at any temperature, drizzled over gado gado.
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