Thai-Style Duck-and-Green-Papaya Salad

Name: Thai-Style Duck-and-Green-Papaya Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Asian fish sauce; 1 large carrot, cut into long strands on a mandoline; 3 Tbsps cilantro leaves; 2 Tbsps dried shrimp, chopped (optional); 340 grams boneless Pekin duck breasts each)—fat trimmed, skin scored in a crosshatch pattern; 1 garlic clove, chopped; 1 Tbsp granulated sugar; 680 grams green papaya, peeled and cut into long thin strands on a mandoline (see Note); 1 Tbsp light brown sugar; 3 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 3 Tbsps mint leaves; 4 smalls plum tomatoes, chopped; 1 Tbsp raw long-grain rice; 113 grams dried rice vermicelli, soaked in water for 20 minutes and drained; 1 Tbsp unsalted roasted peanuts; 4 servings Salt; 2 shallots, thinly sliced; 1 Thai chile, chopped

Need a dairy free and pescatarian side dish? Thai-Style Duck-and-Green-Papaya Salad could be an awesome recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 10g of protein, 87g of fat, and a total of 1038 calories. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have rice vermicelli, shrimp, cilantro leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a small skillet, toast the rice over moderate heat, tossing, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

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Toast

Rice

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Frying Pan

Transfer the rice to a mortar or spice grinder and let cool completely. Pound or grind to a powder.

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Rice

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Mortar And Pestle

In a large mortar (or food processor), pound the dried shrimp until coarsely ground.

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Dried Shrimp

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Food Processor

Mortar And Pestle

Add the garlic, chile and peanuts and pound coarsely.

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Peanuts

Garlic

Chili Pepper

Add both sugars and pound to a paste.

Add the tomatoes and pound to coarsely crush them. Stir in the lime juice and fish sauce.

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Fish Sauce

Lime Juice

Tomato

In a large bowl, toss the green papaya, carrot, shallots, cilantro and mint leaves.

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Green Papaya

Mint

Cilantro

Shallot

Carrot

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Bowl

Add the tomato dressing and toss well.

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Tomato

In a saucepan of boiling water, add the drained rice noodles. Cook until just al dente, about 30 seconds.

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Rice Noodles

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain and return the noodles to the saucepan. Fill the saucepan with cold water and swirl.

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Pasta

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain and repeat 3 times to prevent the noodles from sticking together.

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Pasta

Drain the noodles in a colander and lift them up a few times to release excess water.

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Pasta

Water

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Colander

Heat a medium skillet. Season the duck breasts with salt and add them to the hot skillet, skin side down. Cook over moderately high heat for 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to moderate and cook until the skin is browned and crisp, about 2 minutes longer. Turn the duck and cook until medium-rare, about 4 minutes longer.

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Duck Breast