- Dairy free
- Egg free
- Lactose free
- Soy free
- Shellfish free
- No added sugar
- High in protein
- 1 serve veg or fruit
Gather friends and family this Lunar New Year to toss this vibrant yee sang salad together. Serve with a plum sauce dressing for good fortune and prosperity.
- Serves6
- Cook time5 minutes
- Prep time15 minutes
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Ingredients
- Vegetable oil, to shallow fry
- 15 wonton wrappers, cut into thirds
- 200g smoked salmon slices
- 4 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled, cut into segments
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled into ribbons
- 1 carrot, cut into batons
- 1 red capsicum, seeded, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced pickled ginger
- 1/4 cup (35g) peanuts, toasted, coarsely chopped
- 1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted
Dressing
- 1/3 cup (80ml) plum sauce
- 2 tbs lime juice
- 2 tsp sesame oil
Nutritional information
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Method
Step 1
Add enough oil to a medium frying pan to come 1cm up the side of the pan. Heat over medium heat. Cook wonton pieces, in batches, turning, for 1 min or until golden brown and puffed. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel.
Step 2
To make the dressing, combine the plum sauce, lime juice and oil in a small jug.
Step 3
Arrange the salmon, radish, grapefruit, spring onion, cucumber, carrot, capsicum and ginger on a serving platter. Sprinkle with peanuts and sesame seeds. Serve with dressing.
Recipe tip
Wonton crisps can also be cooked in the air fryer for a reduced-fat version for 3-5 mins at 180ºC in a single layer.
To easily cut carrots into thin batons, try using an Asian vegetable peeler.
COOK. STORE. SAVE.
Use it up: Save leftover plum sauce to serve with sticky pork chops, baked chicken drumsticks and BBQ skewers.
Yee sang: A Lunar New Year tradition
Ring in the Lunar New Year by serving up this fun and bright yee sang recipe at your dinner table to signify abundance, prosperity and good fortune. While you’ll find global variations of this dish, our version features smoked salmon, fresh veggies and crispy wonton wrappers with a sweet and tangy dressing. Meaning ‘raw fish’ in Cantonese, it is also known as yusheng in Mandarin or lo hei, which translates to ‘tossing good fortune’.
The salad comes together when all the ingredients are tossed together. With chopsticks in hand, gather your guests around the salad and vigorously mix everything by tossing the ingredients high in the sky while making wishes for the New Year. It is most commonly served at Lunar New Year celebrations alongside other favourites including lobster yee mein, char siu pork and money bags.
The essential ingredients you need for a prosperity toss salad
The beauty of this salad is how simple it is to prepare. Beyond the frying of the wonton wrappers, which are often used to make wontons and dumplings, there is little to no hands-on cooking involved. Yee sang ingredients include smoked salmon, pickled ginger, peanuts and sesame seeds. You will also need a few fresh fruits and veggies like radish, grapefruit, spring onions, cucumber, carrot and capsicum. The dressing is made with store-bought plum sauce, lime juice and sesame oil.
Each ingredient of this Chinese New Year salad toss is essential in creating a delicious and well-balanced dish. Smoked salmon represents abundance and prosperity, and the vibrant colours of the radish, capsicum and grapefruit feature the auspicious colour of red. The use of fried wontons and peanuts adds crunch, the veggies bring freshness, and the dressing beautifully marries the dish together with the sweetness from the plum sauce and the tartness from the lime.
Loved as a condiment for dipping and in stir-fries, try our homemade plum sauce recipe for that added touch of authenticity.
Looking for more ideas? Celebrate with our golden selection of Lunar New Year recipes. There are traditional dishes and modern takes on Chinese favourites, plus easy dishes that are a breeze.
The best way to serve a prosperity salad
To make a statement on your dinner table, serve your New Year’s prosperity salad on a beautiful large platter. Carefully arrange each ingredient into individual sections. When you’re ready to serve, sprinkle with peanuts and sesame seeds and pour over the plum sauce dressing.
Provide each guest with a pair of chopsticks so everyone can get involved in the salad tossing. Once tossed, set aside salad servers or a communal pair of chopsticks so guests can help themselves.
FAQs
Yee sang (prosperity toss)
- Serves6
- Cook time5 minutes
- Prep time15 minutes
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil, to shallow fry
- 15 wonton wrappers, cut into thirds
- 200g smoked salmon slices
- 4 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled, cut into segments
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced diagonally
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled into ribbons
- 1 carrot, cut into batons
- 1 red capsicum, seeded, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced pickled ginger
- 1/4 cup (35g) peanuts, toasted, coarsely chopped
- 1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted
Dressing
- 1/3 cup (80ml) plum sauce
- 2 tbs lime juice
- 2 tsp sesame oil
Description
Gather friends and family this Lunar New Year to toss this vibrant yee sang salad together. Serve with a plum sauce dressing for good fortune and prosperity.
Method
Step 1
Add enough oil to a medium frying pan to come 1cm up the side of the pan. Heat over medium heat. Cook wonton pieces, in batches, turning, for 1 min or until golden brown and puffed. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel.
Step 2
To make the dressing, combine the plum sauce, lime juice and oil in a small jug.
Step 3
Arrange the salmon, radish, grapefruit, spring onion, cucumber, carrot, capsicum and ginger on a serving platter. Sprinkle with peanuts and sesame seeds. Serve with dressing.