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Green-Papaya Salad

Green-Papaya Salad
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Green-Papaya Salad a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 55 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up belacan, salt, lime juice, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet.

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Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
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Wrap belacan tightly in foil and bake 10 minutes. Open foil carefully and cool belacan to room temperature, about 15 minutes. Crumble belacan into mini food processor and finely purée with chiles and sugar.
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Soak shrimp in 1 cup hot water in a bowl until soft, about 10 minutes.
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While shrimp soak, stir together salt and 1 cup cold water until salt is dissolved, then add shallot and soak 5 minutes.
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Drain shallot in a sieve and pat dry.
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Drain shrimp in a colander and pat dry. Pulse shrimp in cleaned mini processor until finely ground.
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Peel, halve, and seed papaya (or cucumber).
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Cut into large pieces, then cut into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks with slicer.
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Stir together lime juice, sugar, and 1 tablespoon sambal belacan in a large serving bowl until sugar is dissolved.
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Add shrimp, shallot, and papaya, tossing to combine well.
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*Available at Southeast Asian markets and templeofthai.com.
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Sambal belacan keeps, covered and chilled, 3 months.
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DifficultyMedium
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score7
Dairy FreeGluten Free
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