Thai Green Papaya Salad

A refreshing and vibrant Thai salad tossed with crunchy green papaya, lime juice, fish sauce, and peanuts.

15 min 2 servings Easy thai

Ingredients

• 0.5 pcs green papaya
• 8 pcs cherry tomatoes
• 2 clove garlic
• 2 pcs bird eye chili
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 pcs lime
• 1 tbsp palm sugar
• 2 tbsp roasted peanuts
• 4 pcs green beans

Steps

1. Peel the outer skin of 0.5 pcs green papaya using a vegetable peeler.
2. Grate the peeled green papaya into long, thin strips using a julienne peeler and set aside in a large mixing bowl.
3. Peel 2 clove garlic and place them into a mortar.
4. Add 2 pcs bird eye chili to the mortar with the garlic.
5. Pound the garlic and chillies together using a pestle until coarsely crushed.
6. Cut 8 pcs cherry tomatoes in 0.5 with a knife.
7. Cut 4 pcs green beans into 3 centimeter segments.
8. Add the halved cherry tomatoes and the green bean segments to the mortar.
9. Lightly bruise the tomatoes and beans in the mortar using the pestle.
10. Juice 1 pcs lime into a small bowl.
11. Add 2 tbsp fish sauce and 1 tbsp palm sugar to the lime juice, stirring until the sugar dissolves to make the dressing.
12. Pour the dressing from the bowl over the shredded green papaya in the large mixing bowl.
13. Transfer the contents of the mortar into the large mixing bowl with the papaya and dressing.
14. Toss all the ingredients together in the bowl using two large spoons until evenly coated.
15. Sprinkle 2 tbsp roasted peanuts over the top of the salad as a garnish.