Homemade Yee Sang

Celebrate Lunar New Year with this authentic Yee Sang recipe — a vibrant prosperity toss salad. A colourful lou sang dish symbolising abundance and good fortune.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Peel mandarins. Separate the pulp from the skin. Be gentle and try not to break the juice sacs.

Step 2

Peel and grate carrot with a 1.6 mm julienne slicer or julienne peeler.

Step 3

Peel and grate white radish with a 1.6 mm julienne slicer or julienne peeler. Squeeze the sliced radish with your hands to take out the excess water. Then let it sit in more paper towels until you are ready to assemble the salad.

Step 4

Peel and grate cucumber in the same way as the white radish. If using a julienne peeler, try avoiding the seeds as that part contains a lot of water.

Step 5

Wash the coriander leaves well and roughly tear or chop off leaves.

Step 6

Prepare jellyfish. (Alt. konnyaku noodles) Drain the liquid, mix in the packet seasonings and leave aside for assembly.

Step 7

Squeeze out liquid from packaged ginger and let it dry on paper towels.

Step 8

On a small pan, toast the crushed peanuts for about 2 minutes until there is a nutty aroma. Set aside.

Step 9

If your sesame seeds are not pre-toasted, toast the sesame seeds for about 2 minutes until there is a nutty aroma. Set aside.

Step 10

Slice the salmon into very thin slices, about 5 mm. Set aside in the fridge until assembly.

Step 11

In a small microwave-safe bowl, add the plum sauce, Chinese 5 spice powder, white pepper, sesame oil, hoisin sauce and lemon juice. Mix until combined.

Step 12

Microwave on high for 1 minute.

Step 13

Start from the outer edge of the platter, work your way around the rim and then start moving towards the centre. Leave a place in the centre of the platter for the salmon.

Step 14

Each in two separate piles, assemble the ingredients to include white radish, cucumber, jellyfish, carrot, coriander, mandarin pulp and pickled ginger.

Step 15

Place a ⅓ of the dressing into a bowl for guests who may like more sauce, leaving the remaining ⅔ for the prosperity toss. Just as you're about to do the toss, pour the dressing all over the salad.

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