Description
Cucumber can replace the green papaya in this salad.
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 Thai green chiles
- 6 green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 large unripe papaya, peeled and cut into thin strips
- 1 tomato, halved and seeded
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Combine garlic
- chiles
- and green beans into a mortar and pound roughly. Add the papaya and pound again
- to bruise the ingredients. Stir in fish sauce
- lime juice
- and sugar and pound again. Ad the tomato and pound to combine. Stir in the chopped peanuts and serve.
- If you don’t have a mortar and pestle
- you can make a version of this in your blender or food processor: coarsely chop the garlic
- chile peppers
- and green beans. Mix in the papaya
- and pulse a few times. Mix in the tomato
- fish sauce
- lime juice
- and sugar. Pulse to combine; salad should still have texture. Transfer to a serving dish and stir in the peanuts.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 6