Green Papaya Salad Ala Bobby Flay Recipes

Steps:

• Place garlic, chile, soy sauce, lime juice, honey, and oil in a mini food processor and process until smooth. Place beef in a small baking dish, pour the marinade over, and turn to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the grill to medium-high. Remove the beef from the marinade and season it with salt and pepper. Grill meat until charred and cooked to medium-rare doneness, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from grill and let rest 10 minutes before slicing into 1/4-inch thick slices.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the shallot, chiles, mint, vinegar, sugar, and fish sauce. Set aside. In another bowl, toss the lettuce leaves and watercress together and then arrange the mixture on a platter.
• Combine the papaya and carrots in a medium bowl. Evenly distribute the papaya mixture over the lettuce. Drizzle with a few tablespoons of the dressing. Arrange the steak on top and drizzle steak with some more dressing. Garnish with chopped peanuts and cilantro.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Add the string beans and cook for 2 minutes. Remove and plunge into cold water to stop further cooking.
• Drain well and cut each bean in half.
• Halve the tomatoes lengthwise and remove the seeds. Slice the halves into 1/8-inch strips.
• Roughly chop all but 2 tablespoons of peanuts.
• In a bowl toss papaya with the beans, tomatoes, chopped peanuts, fish sauce, lemon and lime juices, sugar, garlic, red pepper flakes and 3 tablespoons cilantro.
• Garnish with remaining peanuts and cilantro.

Steps:

• 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the green and yellow beans. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
• 2. Remove from the pot in a sieve and then put into a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain the beans and cut each bean in half and set aside.
• 3. Cut the tomatoes in half and cut length wise. Remove the seeds. Slice into 1/4-1/8 inch strips.
• 4. Rough chop all but 2 tbsps. of the roasted peanuts.
• 5. In a large bowl toss the papaya, beans, tomatoes and chopped peanuts.
• 6. In a small bowl mist the fish sauce, citrus juices, sugar, garlic, red pepper flakes and 1 tbsp. of chopped cilantro.
• 7. Pour over the green papaya mixture.
• 8. Serve with the rest of the peanuts and cilantro on top.
• 9. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine garlic, chiles, and green beans into a mortar and pound roughly. Add the papaya and pound again, to bruise the ingredients. Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar and pound again. Ad the tomato and pound to combine. Stir in the chopped peanuts and serve.
• If you don't have a mortar and pestle, you can make a version of this in your blender or food processor: coarsely chop the garlic, chile peppers, and green beans. Mix in the papaya, and pulse a few times. Mix in the tomato, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Pulse to combine; salad should still have texture. Transfer to a serving dish and stir in the peanuts.

Steps:

• In a mortar, roughly pound the garlic and chillies.
• Add the beans and pound, then the shrimps and pound again until crushed.
• Add the sugar, fish sauce and lime juice and stir together.
• Add the tomatoes and press with the pestle to bruise the tomatoes.
• Add the peanuts and the papaya and stir until well mixed in.
• Serve cold in a round dish lined with lettuce leaves and sprinkle coriander leaves on to of the salad.

Steps:

• In a blender or mortar, blend or pound garlic, salt, peanuts, chilies, sugar and shrimp (if using) into a paste. Transfer to a large bowl and mix in lime juice and fish sauce. Use a spoon (or the mortar) to lightly crush tomatoes and beans (if using), then add to bowl and mix lightly.
• Peel and coarsely grate or shred papaya, discarding seeds and inner membrane. There should be 4 to 6 cups.
• Add papaya to bowl and lightly but thoroughly toss together. Taste for seasoning. Mound in a bowl (if desired, line bowl with lettuce leaves beforehand). Sprinkle with peanuts and serve.