Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad
A refreshing Thai-inspired salad featuring crisp long beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes tossed in a spicy-sour dressing made with chilies, garlic, and dried shrimp. Topped with crushed peanuts for added crunch.
Ingredients
- •2 pieces dried Thai chiles
- •3 cloves small garlic cloves
- •¼ whole lime
- •1 tablespoon palm sugar or granulated sugar
- •1 tablespoon dried tiny shrimp
- •9 pieces long beans
- •2 pieces kirby cucumbers
- •2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
- •2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- •6 pieces cherry tomatoes
- •2 tablespoons crushed roasted
- •2 tablespoons unsalted peanuts
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Place first 4 ingredients in a clay mortar and pound with a wooden pestle until mashed into a fine paste, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp; mash until pulverized and well combined, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, process in a mini-processor until finely chopped.)
7 min
- 2.
Add long beans to mortar; lightly crush with pestle to bruise. Add cucumber pieces, fish sauce, and lime juice. Mix well. Add tomatoes, lightly crush, and mix in. (Alternatively, place beans and tomatoes in a resealable plastic bag. Roll a rolling pin over bag to bruise vegetables; transfer to a bowl with the cucumber, fish sauce, lime juice, and chile dressing.) Let marinate for 10 minutes. Stir in peanuts.
15 min
