How to make delicious and tender mango salad with sea snails, the most detailed at home

How to prepare Mango Salad with Snails

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  Cleaning and boiling snails

  Soak the snails in salted water for about 1 hour to allow them to expel all the sand, then rinse thoroughly with clean water several times and let them drain.

  Next, to remove the fishy smell from the snails, prepare a pot of boiling water, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of white wine, and boil for about 30 minutes.

  How to clean snails, removing sand

  • Method 1: Soak the snails in diluted lemon juice for about 1 hour to allow them to expel all the sand, then rinse thoroughly with clean water several times.
  • Method 2: Soaking in water with a few slices of chili for about 1 hour is also an effective method, the spiciness of the chili will help the snails expel the sand.

  

  
• 2

  Preparation of other ingredients

  While boiling the snails, prepare the vegetables to save time.

  Peel the mango, wash it clean, and shred it finely with a peeler. Remove the roots from the onion, peel it, cut it in half, and slice it thinly.

  Peel the garlic, wash the chili with water, and remove the stem. Wash the Vietnamese coriander and slice it finely.

  Then add the garlic and chili into a mortar with 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar powder, and 3 tablespoons of sugar, and proceed to pound them into a paste. Add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and mix well for the seasoning to combine.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Extracting and cutting the snails

  After boiling the snails, take them out and rinse them with clean water, then use a chopsticks to extract the snail meat. Next, use a knife to scrape around the meat clean, then cut off the intestines of the snails.

  Tip: To avoid the snails becoming bitter and ruining the dish, you should clean the intestines before cooking.

  When the snails have cooled down after washing, the salad will not taste good. You should blanch the snails in boiling water for 30 seconds, then slice them into thin, bite-sized pieces.

  

  

  
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  Mixing the salad

  Add to a bowl of mango in layers including onion, snail, the ground spice mixture, water mint, and half the amount of peanuts, then mix well to let the snails absorb the seasoning.

  Finally, just put the salad on a plate and garnish with the remaining peanuts and fried onions on top. The dish is complete.

  

  

  
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  Finished Product

  The finished dish of mango salad with snails has an eye-catching color, the snail meat is chewy combined with a slight sour taste from the mango, and a hint of spiciness from the onion, along with the crunchy aromatic flavor from the peanuts. The dish will be more delicious when served with crackers or rice paper.