Green Papaya Salad

Ingredients

• 8 ounces string beans
• 3 plum tomatoes
• 1/2 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts
• 2 large green papayas (1 pound each) peeled, seeded and julienned
• 1/4 cup Thai fish sauce
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves

Directions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the string beans and cook for 2 minutes, plunge into cold water. 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.