Green-Papaya Salad

Serves: 5

Ally Shanahan

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

47

Spice

49

Sweetness

51

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2.5 tsps

Sugar

3 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Make sambal belacan: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F

2

Wrap belacan tightly in foil and bake 10 minutes

3

Open foil carefully and cool belacan to room temperature, about 15 minutes

4

Crumble belacan into mini food processor and finely purée with chiles and sugar

5

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F

6

Wrap belacan tightly in foil and bake 10 minutes

7

Open foil carefully and cool belacan to room temperature, about 15 minutes

8

Crumble belacan into mini food processor and finely purée with chiles and sugar

9

Make salad: Soak shrimp in 1 cup hot water in a bowl until soft, about 10 minutes

10

While shrimp soak, stir together salt and 1 cup cold water until salt is dissolved, then add shallot and soak 5 minutes

11

Drain shallot in a sieve and pat dry

12

Drain shrimp in a colander and pat dry

13

Pulse shrimp in cleaned mini processor until finely ground

14

Peel, halve, and seed papaya (or cucumber)

15

Cut into large pieces, then cut into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks with slicer

16

Stir together lime juice, sugar, and 1 tablespoon sambal belacan in a large serving bowl until sugar is dissolved

17

Add shrimp, shallot, and papaya, tossing to combine well

18

Soak shrimp in 1 cup hot water in a bowl until soft, about 10 minutes

19

While shrimp soak, stir together salt and 1 cup cold water until salt is dissolved, then add shallot and soak 5 minutes

20

Drain shallot in a sieve and pat dry

21

Drain shrimp in a colander and pat dry

22

Pulse shrimp in cleaned mini processor until finely ground

23

Peel, halve, and seed papaya (or cucumber)

24

Cut into large pieces, then cut into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks with slicer

25

Stir together lime juice, sugar, and 1 tablespoon sambal belacan in a large serving bowl until sugar is dissolved

26

Add shrimp, shallot, and papaya, tossing to combine well

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*Available at Southeast Asian markets and templeofthai

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*Available at Southeast Asian markets and templeofthai

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