Green Papaya Salad

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 8 ounces string beans
• 3 plum tomatoes
• 1/2 cup roasted unsalted peanuts
• 2 large green papayas -(1 lb ea) peeled, seeded, and julienned
• 1/4 cup Thai fish sauce
• 1/4 cup freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 cup freshly-squeezed lime juice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons red-pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup roughly-chopped cilantro leaves

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the string beans and cook for 2 minutes, plunge into cold water. Drain well and cut each bean in half. Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and remove the seeds. Slice the halves into 1/8-inch strips. Roughly chop all but 2 tablespoons of peanuts.

In a bowl toss papaya with the beans, tomatoes, chopped peanuts, papayas, fish sauce, lemon and lime juices, sugar, garlic, red pepper flakes and 3 tablespoons cilantro. Garnish with remaining peanuts and cilantro.

This recipe yields 4 servings.