Yee Sang Prosperity Salad | Chinese New Year | Easy Chinese Recipe

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 the vegetables by peeling and julienning them using a julienne peeler.

Cut the grapefruit or pomelo into segments, avoiding the white pith.

Deep fry wonton wrappers for texture.

Cut the salmon and king fish into strips for the salad.

Make the dressing by combining plum sauce, soy sauce, five-spice powder, sesame oil, honey, lemon juice or lime juice, and peanut oil.

Combine all the prepared ingredients in a large bowl and toss them together.

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