Yusheng Recipe (aka Yee Sang or Chinese Prosperity Toss Salad)

raw fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: cooked chicken

Tofu offers a vegetarian option while cooked chicken is more budget-friendly.

sweet plum sauce

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: sugar syrup

Honey provides a natural sweetness while sugar syrup is more economical.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salted water

Soy sauce is a vegetarian alternative, and salted water is a basic substitute.

crushed peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: chopped almonds

Sunflower seeds are nut-free, and chopped almonds are often cheaper.

Prepare all vegetables by shredding or slicing them thinly.

Arrange shredded carrots, daikon radish, cucumber, and jicama on a large platter.

Scatter crushed peanuts in a circular direction over the salad.

Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over the salad.

Add half of the dressing made from lime juice, sweet plum sauce, and sesame oil, leaving the rest for the dining table.

Drizzle a tiny amount of sesame oil over the salad before serving.

Gather everyone around the table and toss the salad together.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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