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Prepare for your tastebuds to be tantalised with this Thai Green Papaya Salad! Som Tam delivers so many flavours at once. Sweet, sour, salty, spicy. Yum!

Prepare for your tastebuds to be tantalised with this Thai Green Papaya Salad! Som Tam delivers so many flavours at once. Sweet, sour, salty, spicy. Yum!

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28 · Authentic recipe and step-by-step video tutorial for the classic Thai green papaya salad by Pailin Chongchitnant, author of the Hot Thai Kitchen Cookbook

Ingredients

Seafood
  • 1 heaping tbsp Shrimp, small dried
Produce
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1/2 cup Grape tomato halves or a small tomato, wedges
  • 2 Long beans
  • 1 1/2 cups Papaya, green
  • 3 tbsp Peanuts, roasted
  • 2 tsp Tamarind
  • 1 Thai chilies
Condiments
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp Lime juice, fresh
Baking & Spices
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Palm sugar, packed
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Recipe: Thai Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

In Thai, Green Papaya Salada is called Som Tam, which means to “pound the sour”. Crispy, fresh, sweet, spicy, sour and umami (natural, please!), check the recipe for this flavourful Thai dish.

Thai Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam Thai)

4 · How to make Thai green papaya salad (Som Tam Thai) with unripe green papaya - a simple savory, spicy, and slightly sweet

Ingredients

Seafood
  • 1 tbsp Shrimp paste
Produce
  • 1 Carrot
  • 8 Cherry or grape tomatoes
  • 1/2 oz Cilantro
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 3 1/2 oz Green beans
  • 1 Lime
  • 1 lb Papaya, green
  • 2 tbsp Peanuts, toasted
  • 1 Thai red chili
Condiments
  • 1/2 tsp Fish sauce
  • 2 tsp Tamarind paste
Baking & Spices
  • 1 tsp Palm coconut sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
Green Papaya Salad

17 · This salad is great for making ahead. It will keep for 1 to 2 days in the fridge. Wait until you are ready to serve the salad to mix in the chopped mint and toasted sunflower seeds. Recipe adapted from the Green Papaya Salad in Cameron Stauch's Vegetarian Viet Nam.

Ingredients

Produce
  • 1 Bird's eye chili pepper
  • 1 Carrot, large
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1/3 cup Mint, loosely packed leaves
  • 1 Papaya, medium green
  • 1 Persian cucumbers
  • 2 tbsp Shallots
Condiments
  • 1 tbsp Soy sauce
Baking & Spices
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 3 tbsp Maple syrup or sugar
Oils & Vinegars
  • 1/3 cup Rice vinegar
Nuts & Seeds
  • 4 tbsp Sunflower seeds, toasted
A simple Mexican Papaya Salad using ripe papaya with cucumber, red onions, jalapeño over greens with a Cilantro Lime Dressing. Easy and delicious, Vegan and Gluten-free. #papaya #papayasalad

13 · A simple Mexican Papaya Salad using ripe papaya with cucumber, red onions, jalapeño over greens with a Cilantro Lime Dressing. Easy and delicious, Vegan, and Gluten-free. Serve grilled chicken or fish, Mexican Tofu or sliced avocado.

Ingredients

Produce
  • 2 large handfuls Arugula
  • 1 pinch Chili flakes or aleppo
  • 1/3 cup Coriander
  • 1 tbsp Jalapeno
  • 1 tbsp Lime, zest
  • 1/2 Papaya, cubed (about 3-4 cups), large ripe
  • 1/4 cup Red onion
  • 1 tbsp Scallion
  • 1 Turkish cucumbers, small
Condiments
  • 2 tsp Honey
  • 4 tbsp Lime juice
Baking & Spices
  • 3 tbsp Olive or avocado oil
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
Nuts & Seeds
  • 1/4 cup Coconut, toasted
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How to Make The BEST Green Papaya Salad - This authentic Thai Som Tum recipe makes a delicious salad with crunchy and sweet unripened papaya, beans, and vibrant seasonings. It's ready in under 30 minutes and is perfect o make ahead. Serve as a refreshing appetizer or side dish this summer!

4 · Authentic Thai Som Tum recipe makes a crunchy, tangy, and sweet Green Papaya Salad that's perfect for summer! Enjoy as an appetizer or light side dish.

Ingredients

Produce
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Lime
  • 1/2 cup Long beans
  • 1 Papaya, green
  • 3 tbsp Peanuts, dry roasted
  • 1 Plum or roma tomato
  • 2 Thai bird chiles
Condiments
  • 3 tbsp Fish sauce
Baking & Spices
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
Other
  • 4 5 scallions (green and white ends separated)
Thai Papaya Salad

The Thai green papaya salad recipe (Som Tum) is a highly flavorful salad made from green unripe papaya lightly pounded with garlic, Thai chilies, tomatoes, and green beans. The sweet, tangy, and sour taste comes from fresh lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar. It's one tasty and healthy salad that comes out of Thai food!

If you are wanting a Thai spicy green papaya salad recipe that's taken from your favorite Thai restaurant, read this to get the details on how to make it!

1 · 15 minutes · Thai spicy green papaya salad is additive and deliciously refreshing. This cornerstone dish made by the Thai community provides a punchy balance between umami, spicy, sweet, salty, and sour.

Ingredients

Meat
  • 1 Pork crackle, rinds
Seafood
  • 1/2 cup Shrimp, dried
Produce
  • 1 Cabbage
  • 1 Carrot
  • 15 Cherry tomatoes
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1/2 Lime
  • 1 cup Long beans, green
  • 1/2 cup Peanuts, roasted
  • 1 Thai basil
  • 3 Thai bird eye chiles
  • 1 Unripened papaya, green
Refrigerated
  • 2 Thai/kermit egg plants, wedges
Condiments
  • 2 tbsp Fish sauce, filtered
Pasta & Grains
  • 1 Sticky rice
Baking & Spices
  • 1 tbsp Palm sugar
Other
  • 1 tablespoon of MSG (optional)

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