Green Papaya Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (1- to 1 ¼-pound) green papaya
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• 2 ounce Asian-style beef jerky (optional), cut into fine julienne
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 to 3 small (1-inch) fresh Asian chiles such as bird or Thai, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled galangal
• or fresh ginger
• + 4 more ingredients
• • 4 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons Asian fish sauce
  • 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
  • Accompaniment: soft-leaf lettuce

1. Peel and seed papaya. Cut into large pieces and then julienne. Combine with tomato, jerky, garlic, chiles, and galangal in a large bowl. Stir together lime juice, fish sauce, and sugar in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved and toss with papaya mixture. 2. Mound salad on a platter and serve...

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