Green Papaya Salad

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

  1. Combine garlic
  2. chiles
  3. and green beans into a mortar and pound roughly. Add the papaya and pound again
  4. to bruise the ingredients. Stir in fish sauce
  5. lime juice
  6. and sugar and pound again. Ad the tomato and pound to combine. Stir in the chopped peanuts and serve.
  7. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle
  8. you can make a version of this in your blender or food processor: coarsely chop the garlic
  9. chile peppers
  10. and green beans. Mix in the papaya
  11. and pulse a few times. Mix in the tomato
  12. fish sauce
  13. lime juice
  14. 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

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