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Spiced Simple Mango Slaw

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by Kitchen Butterfly

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Picnic Dish

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chili Pepper Recipe

This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mangoes
jvcooks's Testing Notes: Kitchen Butterfly's Mango Slaw was simply delicious! The yin and yang of the sweet mango and mint, paired with the spicy green chili and garlic, ‘popped’ in your mouth with every bite. This...
Kitchen Butterfly's Mango Slaw was simply delicious! The yin and yang of the sweet mango and mint, paired with the spicy green chili and garlic, ‘popped’ in your mouth with every bite. This slaw is great on its own or served alongside grilled meats and fish.

Recommendation: The mint and coriander paste makes enough to use two mangos in this recipe.

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Kitchen Butterfly's Notes: Honestly, when I win the next food52 contest :-), this will be the 'best thing I've made this year'. Friends, husband, neighbours attest to this. Simple and stunning. Tasty.....too...
Honestly, when I win the next food52 contest :-), this will be the 'best thing I've made this year'. Friends, husband, neighbours attest to this. Simple and stunning.

Tasty.....too. - Kitchen Butterfly

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Serves 1-2

1 large just-ripe mango, washed then peeled with a vegetable peeler Ask a question about this ingredient

50 g fresh coriander leaves, washed and snipped with a pair of scissors Ask a question about this ingredient

25 g fresh mint leaves, washed and snipped with a pair of scissors Ask a question about this ingredient

1 - 2 peeled garlic cloves Ask a question about this ingredient

1 small green chili pepper Ask a question about this ingredient

Salt, to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

Caster sugar, to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

Optional: Sliced/shredded iceberg lettuce Ask a question about this ingredient

Optional: Quartered cherry tomatoes, to garnish Ask a question about this ingredient

Slice the mango thinly and then julienne. Gnaw on the stone like a baby with a bone. If you're Nigerian.
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Using a mortar and pestle or in a food processor, make a paste of the coriander and mint leaves, garlic cloves, green chilli, salt and sugar. Taste the paste and adjust flavours - it should be sweet, slightly salty with a touch of green heat.
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Stir the paste into the mango julienne. Check and adjust seasoning again with more sugar and salt. Refrigerate and serve with meats, or as a salad, piled on top of the shredded lettuce, if using and with a garnish of tomato quarters
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13 Comments on Spiced Simple Mango Slaw

gingerroot added 16 days ago

This sounds delightful, KB. We (those who grow up in Hawaii) also gnaw on mango stones.

melissav added 10 months ago

Yeah for this recipe! I've been looking for some new mango recipes and this seems amazing. Our house is literally overflowing with mangos right now. It is mango season in South Florida and almost everyone has a mango tree or knows someone who does. Friends have been dropping off bags of mangos at our house and coworkers are coming in to work with boxes full to leave in the breakrooms. There is only so many smoothies and bowls of mango cubes you can eat before you need to spice it up a little. Definitely giving this a try this week.