Green Papaya Salad
Thai green papaya salad – the best salad ever with shredded green papaya, long beans and tomatoes. So yummy!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Additional Time5 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Thai Recipes
Cuisine: Salad
Keyword: Green Papaya Salad
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 209kcal
- 1 clove garlic
- 1-2 red Thai bird's eye chilies
- 2 tablespoons dried shrimp
- Thai palm sugar to taste
- 1/4 cup roasted peanuts
- 6 oz (170g) green papaya strands
- 6 cherry tomatoes I used grape tomatoes
- 1/3 cup long green beans cut into 1-inch (2.5cm) lengths
- fresh lime juice to taste
- fish sauce to taste
Pound the garlic and bird's eye chilies until they form a smooth paste.
Add the dried shrimp and pound until the pieces are broken up, but not completely pulverized.
Add the palm sugar (cut into small pieces), maybe 2-3 teaspoons at first. More more to taste later.
Add the peanuts and lightly pound until they are broken into tiny pieces, but not to the point where they form a thick paste.
Add the green beans and crush them with the mortar until they're splitting and lightly bruised.
Add the papaya and tomatoes and pound on them to bruise them. You want to crush the tomatoes so they release their juices and give their flavor and color.
Add a couple of teaspoons of fish sauce and a couple of teaspoons of lime juice to the mix.
Have in one hand a large spoon to help flip things over in and scrape down the sides of the mortar while your other hand pounds away with the pestle.
Keep pounding and flipping for a few seconds, add more fish sauce, lime juice, or palm sugar as needed.
Dish out and serve immediately.
Serving: 2people | Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 169mg | Sodium: 613mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g