This Green Papaya Salad Recipe is spicy, salty, sweet, and A LITTLE NUTTY

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + water

Soy sauce is easier to find and lower in calories.

palm sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides sweetness with a different flavor profile.

green papaya

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: cabbage

Zucchini can mimic the texture of green papaya.

Thai bird chilies

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: red pepper flakes

Jalapeños offer heat with more availability.

Peel the green papaya.

Chop the papaya making lots of incisions and rustic looking shreds until the seeds peek through.

Thinly slice the ginger into matchsticks.

Thinly slice the apple into matchsticks.

Thinly slice the cherry tomatoes.

Finely chop the garlic and chili peppers.

Juice one lime and mix it with rice vinegar, maple syrup, and soy sauce to create the dressing.

Pour the dressing onto the salad and mix well.

Toast the peanuts in a frying pan over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes.

Roughly crush the toasted peanuts and sprinkle them onto the salad.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Dietary

Allergens