Green Papaya Salad from Quick & Easy Thai by Nancie McDermott

Green Papaya Salad from Quick & Easy Thai by Nancie McDermott

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All over the Thai kingdom, this cool, sharp, spicy, crunchy, and crazy salad has folks lined up, waiting patiently for the som tum vendor. Stiff shreds of unripe papaya, wilted in a mortar by blows...

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons palm sugar or sugar
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons coarsely chopped fresh hot green chilies, such as Thai chilies, serranos, or jalapeños
  • 12 green beans or 3 Asian yard-long beans, trimmed to 1-inch lengths
  • 1½ cups shredded green papaya, or 1 cup shredded cabbage plus ½ cup shredded carrots
  • 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped garlic
  • 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped roasted, salted peanuts
  • 6 to 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 tablespoon dried shrimp (optional)

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