Thai-Style Green Apple Salad

• 1 large sweet-tart green apple (such as Golden delicious or Johnny Tart), skin on
• 1 medium carrot
• 1/4 cup cilantro
• 5 large basil leaves
• 6 large mint leaves
• zest and juice of 1 lime
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1/2 Thai bird chili (or red serrano, or red jalapeno. You can use a whole one if you like it really spicy)
• 1 small shallot
• 1/4 cup dry roasted salted peanuts, chopped

1. Make a sauce using the lime juice and zest, brown sugar, fish sauce, minced Thai bird chili, garlic and shallot.
2. Chop the cilantro and chiffonade the mint and basil leaves. Peel and cut the carrot into rough matchsticks. Cut the apple into similar size matchsticks as the carrot. Combine into a large bowl and pour the sauce over. Let sit 10 minutes or so so the flavors blend. Top with chopped peanuts.

sweettart, carrot, cilantro, basil, mint leaves, lime, garlic, brown sugar, fish sauce, bird chili, shallot, peanuts

Taken from food52.com/recipes/77921-thai-style-green-apple-salad (may not work)