Spicy Recipe ∶ Yam Taeng (Spicy Cucumber Salad)

This recipe is based on the same flavors as 'Som Tam' (green papaya salad). Packed with flavor; use this salad as a side dish and serve with Thai glutinous rice.

Ingredients

• 3 cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and grated
• 3 tablespoons crushed dried shrimp
• ⅓ pound long beans, sliced thin and mashed
• 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 5 Thai chilies, sliced thin
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• juice of 1 lime, or more to taste
• 3 tablespoons roasted peanuts, chopped

Cooking Directions

1. Toss the cucumbers, dried shrimp, beans, and tomatoes together in a bowl.
2. Stir the Thai chilies, palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice together in a small bowl; pour over the cucumber mixture. Toss to combine. Adjust seasoning to your taste. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the mixture to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories347.2
• carbohydrateContent57.9 g
• cholesterolContent7.8 mg
• fatContent4.5 g
• fiberContent10.2 g
• proteinContent22.5 g
• saturatedFatContent0.8 g
• sodiumContent625.1 mg
• sugarContent4.3 g