Papaya Som Tum
Crisp, tangy, and spicy green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, and crushed peanuts. A 5-minute Thai street-food classic that tastes like you spent an hour pounding in a mortar.
- Total time
- 10 min
- Servings
- 2
- Calories
- 145
- Protein
- 6g
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Ingredients
- 1 medium green papaya, peeled and julienned
- 1 whole lime (juiced)
- 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 whole Thai bird's eye chili, sliced
- 1 cup long beans or green beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
- ¾ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts, crushed
Instructions
- 1
Pound chili and long beans in a mortar and pestle 3 times to crack and bruise them.
- 2
Add papaya and tomatoes, lightly toss and pound 2 more times—papaya should stay crisp.
- 3
Pour lime juice and fish sauce over the salad.
- 4
Toss everything together until the flavors blend and the papaya begins to soften slightly.
- 5
Top with crushed peanuts and serve immediately on a plate or in a bowl.
Tools you’ll need
- mortar and pestle
- knife
- cutting board
- bowl or serving plate
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