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March 17, 2017
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Hi guys!
Recently I’m so so obsessed with this easypapaya salad!!! (I just had for lunch yesterday and made it again for today’s lunch!! lol)
It is so refreshing and satisfying!
Also very light on your tummy!
Doesn’t require to cook to complete this beautiful dish and I don’t even need a main dish when I have my easy papaya salad!
The seasoning for papaya salad is very simple, yet I highly recommend you to get those from your local Asian grocery store. You can also find these ingredients from online! Just click the pictures away to get it! 😉
Also dried shrimp adds great flavor to papaya salad! It’s not the must item, but definitelymakespapaya salad amazing!
If you have regular size mortar and pestle, you can definitely use it to make this papaya salad recipe! Just make the dressing in the mortar and toss vegetables in a mixing bowl, that will totally work!
But if you are obsessed with Thai cuisine like me, it might worth to get a this huge Thai/Lao style mortar and pestle! Every time I use these, it makes feel like a pretty bad ass Thai cook! lol
You can find green papayaeasily at your local grocery stores. But if you can’t find it where you live, you can use regular cucumber- just peel and seeded, the shred. 😉
Hope you give this delicious and easy papaya salad at home!!
Don’t forget to servepapaya saladwith Sticky Rice, theycomplete each others!
I know you are gonna LOVE it!!
Easy Papaya Salad
- Author: Seonkyoung Longest
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic
- 2 to 3 Thai chili
- 2 Tbs palm sugar
- 2 Tbsfish sauce
- 1/2 tsp shrimp paste (optional)
- 2 Tbs dried shrimp
- Fresh juice from 1 juicy lime (approximately 2 1/2 Tbs)
- 8 to 10 oz shredded green papaya (approximately 1/2 of medium size green papaya)
- 2 oz long beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 4 oz cherry tomatoes, halved or regular tomatoes cut into bite sizes
- 2 Tbs roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Add garlic and chili in a mortar (possible Thai style mortar); pound and grind by using a pestle.
- When garlic and chili is nicely pounded, add palm sugar, fish sauce, shrimp paste and dried shrimp. Pound and grind until palm sugar has dissolved. Make sure pounding dried shrimp so we can get as much flavor out from it. Please be careful not to pounding too hard, other wise the spicy dressing might splash on your face or eyes.
- Finally, add lime juice and give it a good mix.
- Now, it’s time for papaya and long beans. Holding pestle on one hand and spoon another hand. Using both of your hands, toss with spoon from bottom of mortar and gently pound with pestle.
- When papaya and long bean’s volume shrink down, then add tomatoes and roasted peanuts. Do “toss and pound” one last time.
- Transfer to a serving plate, garnish with some more peanut if you desire. Serve as a side dish on your dinner table or enjoy as a main meal with sticky rice!
Notes
If you have regular size mortar and pestle, you can definitely use it to make this papaya salad recipe! Just make the dressing in the mortar and toss vegetables in a mixing bowl, that will totally work!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
Easy Papaya Salad
- Author: Seonkyoung Longest
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic
- 2 to 3 Thai chili
- 2 Tbs palm sugar
- 2 Tbs fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp shrimp paste (optional)
- 2 Tbs dried shrimp
- Fresh juice from 1 juicy lime (approximately 2 1/2 Tbs)
- 8 to 10 oz shredded green papaya (approximately 1/2 of medium size green papaya)
- 2 oz long beans or green beans cut into 2-inch pieces
- 4 oz cherry tomatoes, halved or regular tomatoes cut into bite sizes
- 2 Tbs roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Add garlic and chili in a mortar (possible Thai style mortar); pound and grind by using a pestle.
- When garlic and chili is nicely pounded, add palm sugar, fish sauce, shrimp paste and dried shrimp. Pound and grind until palm sugar has dissolved. Make sure pounding dried shrimp so we can get as much flavor out from it. Please be careful not to pounding too hard, other wise the spicy dressing might splash on your face or eyes.
- Finally, add lime juice and give it a good mix.
- Now, it’s time for papaya and long beans. Holding pestle on one hand and spoon another hand. Using both of your hands, toss with spoon from bottom of mortar and gently pound with pestle.
- When papaya and long bean’s volume shrink down, then add tomatoes and roasted peanuts. Do “toss and pound” one last time.
- Transfer to a serving plate, garnish with some more peanut if you desire. Serve as a side dish on your dinner table or enjoy as a main meal with sticky rice!
Notes
If you have regular size mortar and pestle, you can definitely use it to make this papaya salad recipe! Just make the dressing in the mortar and toss vegetables in a mixing bowl, that will totally work!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
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11 comments
Brad AlsobrookMarch 17, 2017 at 1:39 am
That looks yummy……Is Green Papaya just an un-ripe papaya or is it a totally separate fruit? Have you tried Red Boat Fish Sauce?
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SeonkyoungMarch 27, 2017 at 4:31 am
It’s un ripe papaya. 🙂 I haven’t used red boat fish sauce yet, I’m planing on purchasing one soon though!
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SeonkyoungOctober 17, 2018 at 8:56 pm
I got it from local Asian grocery store! 😀 You can also purchase online here! http://amzn.to/2mOMyjH
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VictoriaJanuary 21, 2020 at 5:48 am
Is it raw beans or I should boil them first?
Thanks
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SeonkyoungJanuary 29, 2020 at 9:53 am
I do like raw long beans, however you can blanch them according to your preferred taste!
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GloryaOctober 28, 2019 at 6:51 am
nice recipe! looks very delicious
I’m a papaya lover. I think I want to try your recipe!
oh yes, did you know papaya leaves can overcome fluency disorders in digestion? check here: http://news.unair.ac.id/tag/daun-pepaya/
thanks for sharing!
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ashokAugust 31, 2021 at 10:55 pm
Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
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zekeJune 30, 2022 at 8:37 pm
thank you for sharing the recipe, i hope your article gets a lot of visitors
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SidraDecember 23, 2023 at 3:31 pm
I love, love, LOVE this recipe. Everyone who has ever tried it has liked it more than any restaurant version.
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SeonkyoungJanuary 24, 2024 at 3:21 am
I’m beyond happy to hear that Sidra!! You are an amazing cook!!
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