Green Papaya Salad

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (2 lb) medium papayas, remove the skin,split,seeded and cut in very thinly julienne strips
• 1/2 lb lamb loin (boneless)
• 1/2 lb of shelled and deveined shrimp
• 3 teaspoons of chopped coriander
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh asian basil or 3 tablespoons mint
• 1/2 cup of chopped roasted peanuts
• 1 clove garlic, crushed or minced
• 1 fresh limes, juice of or 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 4 tablespoons water
• 1 hot red chili pepper, minced (optional)
• shrimp crackers
• 1 hot red chili pepper, finely julienned (optional)
• fish sauce, dip

Recipe

• 1 wash the shrimp with salted cold water.
• 2 drain and set aside.
• 3 boil water in a medium sauce pan.
• 4 when the water begins to boil put the piece of lamb in the sauce pan and simmer over medium heat for at least 30 minutes until cooked through.
• 5 drain and set aside.
• 6 when it's cool, julienne cut into long thin 2-inch strips.
• 7 in another sauce pan, boil water.
• 8 when the water is boiling, put the shrimp in and cook for 5 minutes.
• 9 drain the shrimp, split in half and set aside.
• 10 soak the shredded green papaya in a large bowl of cold water with 1 teaspoon of salt.
• 11 let it sit for 10 minutes; then rinse and drain it well.
• 12 use a cheesecloth to squeeze out the water from the shredded papaya.
• 13 add lamb, shrimp (save a few shrimp to decorate the top of salad), fish sauce dip, and toss.
• 14 to make fish sauce dip simply combine the ingreidents listed and mix well.
• 15 to serve: put the salad on a plate and arrange the cooked shrimp on top, sprinkle the top with coriander, and basil or mint, and chopped peanuts.
• 16 guests can use shrimp crackers to scoop up the salad to eat.
• 17 a second method of serving: use finely shredded beef jerky instead of lamb and shrimp.
• 18 the rest of the preparations are the same.