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1. Thai Papaya Salad
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Thai Papaya Salad For 4 people
Shrimp 20 pieces (any type of shrimp) Squid 1 piece (about 300 – 400g) Green papaya 1 fruit (about 1kg) Long beans 200 g Tomatoes 5 fruits Thai shrimp paste 300 g (or three-striped crab) Lemons 4 fruits Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Garlic 4 cloves (minced) Chili 3 fruits (2 minced/ 1 sliced) Coriander a little (Vietnamese coriander/ cilantro/ sawtooth coriander) Sugar 4 teaspoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh shrimp
- For the Thai papaya salad, you can use any type of shrimp that you like.
- You should choose live shrimp that are active, or select shrimp with fresh shells, translucent meat, and where the head and body are tightly attached to each other.
- Avoid choosing shrimp that have been dead for a long time, have a foul smell, opaque meat, and where the head and body can be easily separated.
- You should not buy shrimp that have been pre-processed but lack labels or packaging, as they may be shrimp that have been treated with chemicals.
How to choose fresh squid
- For this papaya salad, you should choose large cuttlefish or squid to accompany it for the best taste.
- Choose squid that have off-white, bright flesh, thick meat, and have a certain degree of elasticity when pressed.
- Pay attention to the squid’s head and body being firmly attached, and when sniffed, it should have the characteristic smell of seafood.
- Avoid choosing squid that feel soft when pressed, have lost elasticity, and have a strange smell, as they may be squid that have been dead for a long time or soaked in chemicals.
How to choose safe, crunchy green papaya
- You should choose the duck-billed papaya as it is the best, with heavy fruit, green skin, and the part of the skin closest to the stem having a yellow color like that of a duck’s bill.
- Fresh, newly harvested papaya will have a layer of sap at the tip of the stem and some spots on the skin will also have sap attached.
- When pressing on the skin, the papaya is very hard, and when held, it feels heavy, indicating that it is a good, crunchy papaya.
- Avoid buying green papaya with withered skin, a dry stem tip, or if pressing on it feels soft.
Tools needed
Mortar and pestle, pan, chopsticks, knife, plate,…
How to Prepare Thai Papaya Salad
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Prepare the Ingredients
After purchasing the squid, clean the insides, rinse, and use a knife to make small diagonal cuts on the squid’s body to create a dragon scale pattern, then cut into bite-sized pieces.
Remove the shrimp’s shell and rinse them clean, then let them drain.
Boil the shrimp and squid over medium heat for about 5 – 7 minutes (starting from when the water boils). Once the seafood is cooked, remove it, let it cool, and then peel the shrimp.
Peel the papaya, remove the seeds, and rinse it thoroughly. Then shred it; to make the papaya crisper for the salad, soak it in a bowl of ice water for about 5 – 10 minutes, then remove and let it drain.
Cut the green beans into pieces about 2 finger lengths long, and pick the tender stems and whole leaves of the herbs. Wash all the ingredients thoroughly and set them aside separately.
Rinse the tomatoes and cut them into wedges. Chop the herbs finely.
In a pan, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and the remaining minced garlic, then sauté the garlic until fragrant. Then add Thai shrimp paste, stirring quickly over medium heat for about 5 minutes, adjusting the seasoning to taste for your family, then turn off the heat.
Cut the lime, remove the seeds, and squeeze out the juice, then season it into the mixture of ingredients: 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of warm water (about 60 degrees), and 4 teaspoons of sugar. Mix well until the ingredients blend together, then add the chopped chili and 1/2 of the minced garlic.
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Pound the papaya
Put shredded papaya, green beans, tomatoes, and Thai shrimp paste into the mortar with the mixed lemon juice that has been seasoned, then use a pestle to pound evenly for about 5 minutes.
Once the green beans and papaya are lightly crushed and starting to soften, add all the boiled shrimp and squid. Next, use your hands to mix and squeeze for another 5 minutes.
Finally, add all the chopped coriander and mix well once more before enjoying.
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Final Product
Plate the Thai papaya salad, and you can add shrimp and squid if you like. The salad has an eye-catching color and an irresistible aroma. The crunchy and delicious papaya, soaked in a harmonious blend of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors, will make everyone in the family love it more and more. Fresh and sweet shrimp and squid are truly hard to resist.
2. Thai Papaya Salad (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Thai Papaya Salad (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN) Serves 2 – 3 people
Papaya 1 fruit Tomato 1 fruit Green beans 5 fruits Culantro 6 leaves Dried shrimp 1 teaspoon Garlic 7 cloves Chili 4 fruits Sugar 8 tablespoons Fish sauce 6 tablespoons Lime juice 2 tablespoons Shrimp 100 gr Salted crab 100 gr
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How to make Thai Papaya Salad (Recipe shared from TikTok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Prepare the ingredients
Choose a papaya that is slightly ripe and has a light pink color. After purchasing, wash it clean, peel it, then shred it. Cut the green beans into segments, wash and cut the tomatoes into small pieces, and wash and cut the cilantro into sections. Peel the shrimp, wash them, and then boil them until cooked.
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Make the Thai dressing
Add 7 cloves of garlic, 4 chili peppers, and 8 tablespoons of sugar into a mortar and pound until fine. Then transfer the mixture into a bowl, add 6 tablespoons of fish sauce and 2 tablespoons of lime juice into the bowl, and stir well.
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Mix Thai papaya salad
You put the green beans, tomatoes, and coriander into a large bowl and use a pestle to lightly pound, then add the papaya and continue to mix and pound. Next, add the prepared dressing and dried shrimp, then mix and pound evenly so that the dressing absorbs well. Now, plate the salad and add some peanuts, crispy pork, boiled shrimp, and pickled crab to serve alongside.
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Final Product
The Thai papaya salad is visually appealing with irresistible fragrance. The crunchy and delicious papaya absorbs the flavors of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet, blending harmoniously with the creamy and nutty taste of peanuts, along with the salty flavor of salted crab that makes it more enjoyable with each bite. Wishing you success in making it!
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