Southeast Asian Cabbage and Shrimp Salad

Ingredients

• ¼ cup water
• 1 cup vertically sliced red onion
• 1 ½ pounds medium shrimp, cooked and peeled
• 1 English cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 6 tablespoons chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts
• Mint sprigs (optional)
• ½ cup fresh lime juice (about 6 limes)
• + 11 more ingredients
• • ¹/₃ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons minced seeded jalapeño pepper
  • 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh mint
  • 1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Salad:
  • 6 cups thinly sliced Napa cabbage
  • 1 ½ cups shredded carrot
  • 1 ½ cups loosely packed fresh mint leaves
  • Dressing:

To prepare dressing, combine first 8 ingredients, stirring with a whisk until sugar dissolves. To prepare salad, combine cabbage and next 5 ingredients (through cucumber) in a large bowl. Drizzle dressing over salad, and toss well to coat. Sprinkle with peanuts; garnish with mint sprigs, if desir...

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