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Thai Long Bean Salad (Som Tum Tua)
Easy Thai long bean salad with fresh vegetables and a gluten-free dressing. Light, healthy, and ready in just 15 minutes!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1 clove garlic
- 4 dried chilies (to taste)
- 10 yardlong beans (cut into 1-inch sizes)
- ½ tbsp palm sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp fermented fish sauce
- 1 tbsp tamarind paste
- ½ lime (sliced)
- 2 small tomatoes (halved)
Instructions
- 1
Slice the long beans into medium-sized pieces, chop the tomatoes into small chunks, and cut the lime in half.
- 2
Crush the garlic and dried chilies with a mortar and pestle.
- 3
Add the long beans, pounding until they start to burst open so they can soak up the dressing.
- 4
Mix in the fish sauce, fermented fish sauce, tamarind paste, and palm sugar. Pound until palm sugar is completely dissolved.
- 5
Squeeze in fresh lime juice, throw in the peel, followed by the tomatoes. Give it all a gentle but good mix and serve your spicy long bean salad immediately. Enjoy!