Yee Sang, a dish symbolises Prosperity, Good Luck ,Great Health and all thing auspicious during Chinese New Year.

 

    

Yee Sang and Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year celebration will be incomplete (in my opinion...) if Yee Sang is not served within the 15 days of welcoming the Lunar calender..

Yee sang also known as Yusheng, Lau shang or Lo Hei and some may call this salad as Prosperity Toss Salad

What is Prosperity Toss Salad?

This dish symbolises Prosperity, Good Luck ,Great Health and all thing auspicious.

Some say it reflects our life journey that is fill with bitter, sad, sweet, happy memories.

 


Yee sang consists of fresh crisp vegetable like carrot, radish. tender and sweet cucumber, bittersweet of grapefruit, sourish and sharp taste pickled ginger and crunchy crips wonton chips.

It kind of reflect our life journey?
Don't you think so?

You are most welcome to elaborate or share your knowledge... educate me on this point  through my comment box below...

 

What is in Yee Sang | 魚生?

Homemade Yee Sang is made of few components like carrots, radish, cucumber, pickled ginger, salmon, grapefruit, seaweed, chinese five spice, sesame seeds, white pepper, honey and plum sauce.

A "How To" video and printable recipe can be found at the end of the post.

1. Carrot
 
2. Radish
 
3. Cucumber
 
4. Wonton Skins to make wonton chips
 
5. Grapefruit
 
6. Fresh salmon
 
7. Pickled ginger, plum sauce, honey and spice
 




8. Seaweed
 

How to Toss this Prosperity Salad?

And finally, get everyone in the household to toss and mix them up.

It will be a 'messy' experience as everyone will start tossing as high as they could for "Good Luck"!
 

Can I refrigerate leftover Yee Sang?

Yee sang is best eaten on the day it is made, right after tossing!

With fresh salmon as one of the ingredients, it is NOT advisable to keep for the next day. 

Even if you opt out salmon in your prosperity toss salad, the taste of soggy wonton chips is less desirable!

  

Home made Yee Sang

As you can see, it is so easy to make your own yee sang.
It saves you a lot money!!

Other Chinese New Year dish that you may wish to try!

1. Chinese New Year Cookies

Pineapple Tart
Biskut Samperit
Kuih Kapit
Coconut cookies
Kuih Bangkit

2. Chinese New Year delicacies

Bak Kwa
Kuih Bakul
Tang Yuan
Golden fried wonton

 

Video

What I wrote back in March 2013

The first time I ever had Yee sang was in the late 80's when I started to work in Kuala Lumpur.

From then on... I looked forward to have either company sponsored lunches or having a business lunches with either client or contractor, in some fancy restaurants, within that 15 days of Lunar celebration, where most of restaurants would serve Yee Sang... (I was on meagre pay...sob sob.. and a cheapskate... hehehe , so always hoping for free Lunches...yippee..)

It was (and still is...) time to be merry, happy and feasting...
Everyone wants to eat their way to good luck and prosperity ... I can tell you ... the only party that is happy, every time his cash till went... 'kerching...kerching...' is the restaurant owner...

Oh yes!!! Yee Sang came with a price tag... almost cut throat!!! Unfortunately...for 'almost' the past 9 years since moving Down Under... I had not had any "restaurant version" of Yee Sang...

 However, we chanced upon a box of pre-pack Yee Sang essentials minus the fish (of course) and with lots of what looked like preserved vegetables, in our local Asian grocer.
It was $10/ box. It was ok ~ taste wise but we weren't too keen on the colourful 'preserved' vegetables... so we thought that this year we will... at least... attempt to make our own... ... and it turned out to be fresh, crisp and scrumptious homemade Yee Sang 
Definitely a keeper...
 Have a lovely wonderful weekend...
 signing off with Love...


Don't forget to try Asian slaw too for your Chinese new year celebration.