Ingredients

• Juice of 2 limes (about 14 cup)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons chile paste, such as sambal oelek (see ShopSmart, right)
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 2 cups roasted peanuts or cashews, roughly chopped
• 23 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro (leaves and stems)
• 12 Bibb lettuce leaves (about 1 head)
• Half a medium fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into bite-size chunks (about 3 cups) (see page 274)
• Kosher salt

Directions

Cook's Notes:

Sambals are potent Indonesian condiments packed with chiles. There are different kinds, but the slightly tangy sambal oelek is a blend of hot red chiles, salt, vinegar or tamarind, and sometimes garlic. Other Asian chile pastes are suitable substitutes.

It is important to chop the nuts by hand-not in a food processor. Machine-chopped nuts will be overworked and pasty. The dish is so much better when the nuts have a distinct texture.