Green Mango Salad with Meat

• 2 green mangoes, peeled, pitted, and julienned or diced (see illustration on page 119)
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 3 tablespoons corn, grapeseed, or other neutral oil
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 3 shallots, sliced
• 2 small fresh chiles, preferably Thai, stemmed and minced, or 2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 1/4 pound ground beef or pork
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup nam pla
• 1 tablespoon brown or palm sugar
• 3 tablespoons dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1. Toss the mango pieces with the salt and lime juice and set aside.
2. Put the oil in a large skillet and turn the heat to medium.
3. A minute later, add the garlic, shallots, and chiles and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
4. Add the meat and pepper to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until it loses its pinkness.
5. Stir in the nam pla and sugar and cook for 1 minute more.
6. Drain any excess oil from the pan, then add the beef mixture to the mangoes.
7. Mix well, garnish with the peanuts and cilantro, and serve.
8. Substitute 1 small smoked trout, skinned, boned, and broken into 1/2-inch pieces (it will fall apart as you handle it), for the meat.
9. Proceed as directed, cooking the trout only long enough to heat it through.

green mangoes, salt, lime juice, corn, garlic, shallots, fresh chiles, ground beef, black pepper, brown, peanuts, cilantro

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/green-mango-salad-with-meat-386097 (may not work)