Papaya Salad

Elle Flynn
Thai Green Papaya Salad
Prep Time 20 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Thai

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large clove garlic crushed
  • 1 Tbsp dry-roasted salted peanuts
  • 2 Thai chilies or serrano chilies sliced
  • ½ tsp raw sugar
  • 1 Tbsp dried shrimp
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce to taste
  • 2 Roma tomatoes chopped
  • ½ pound long beans cut into 1½-inch lengths
  • 1 medium green unripe papaya

Instructions
 

  • In a blender or nut chopper, blend garlic, salt, peanuts, chilies, sugar, and shrimp into a paste. Transfer to a large bowl and mix in lime juice and fish sauce. Add tomatoes and beans to bowl and mix lightly.
  • Peel and coarsely grate papaya, discarding seeds and inner membrane. There should be 4 to 6 cups.
  • Add papaya to bowl and lightly but thoroughly toss together. Taste for seasoning. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve.

Notes

This recipe has been altered.  The original can be found here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012589-som-tum-green-papaya-salad
Keyword chilis, chillis, green papaya, lime juice, papaya, papaya salad, peanuts, Thai, tomatoes

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