Green Papaya Salad

So my brother came over today to make Green Papaya Salad. He and I are the only ones who eat it. (In fact, if it's in the refrigerator, Rachel makes a great show of covering her nose. She thinks it stinks. As does my brother's girlfriend.)

So...green papaya, prepare to meet thy doom!


The tiny Thai chilies and garlic gets mushed up together.


Lime juice, fish sauce and brown sugar gets added, while the peeled papaya waits in the background.

The papaya gets grated on the trusty Ben Rimmer, and the sauce gets tossed in along with a drained can of tuna. (The recipe calls for little dried shrimp, but my brother objects to using them because they still have their faces on.)


And it all gets tossed together. Yum!


The recipe:

Green Papaya Salad

1 green papaya, grated (about 1 lb.)
1 T. dried shrimp (we substitute tuna)
6 hot Thai chilies
4 garlic cloves (we use 2 - the time we used 4, you could have used the salad as a chemical weapon...and we like garlic a lot)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 T. fish sauce
4 t. brown sugar

Crush shrimp with chilies and garlic. Whisk in lime juice, fish sauce and sugar. Toss with grated papaya. Keep chilled.