Another variety to the salad recipes you already have in your list. This Yam Taeng or Spicy Cucumber Thai Salad is a vegetable salad of different flavors and ingredients combined in a single bowl.
Yam Taeng is a Thai veggie salad composed mainly of cucumber, dried shrimp, Thai chilies and fish sauce. This salad offers variety of taste, color and texture in a bowl making your bowls extraordinary.
Ingredients
- Cucumber: As the main ingredient, makes this salad a bit crispy but tender.
- Dried Shrimp: Gives flavor to this salad.
- Long Beans: Additional vegetable.
- Cherry Tomatoes: Extra veggie and flavor.
- Thai Chili: Makes this spicy.
- Palm Sugar: Sweetness balances the overall flavor.
- Fish Sauce: To season.
- Lime Juice: Gives more acidic taste.
- Roasted Peanuts: Adds to crunch and flavor.
Preparation
- Mix: In a medium bowl, toss the toss the sliced cucumbers, dried shrimp, beans, and cherry tomatoes; In a small bowl, combine the Thai chilies, palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice.
- Combine: Toss the two mixture together. Season to taste.
- Serve: Sprinkle the crushed peanuts then serve.
Tips and Variations
This may originally be spicy but can come as plain by removing the Thai chillies.
Storage
- In the fridge: In an airtight container, place the salad then put in the fridge. This is best for 2-3 days.
- Freeze: Freezing this is not advisable for the cucumber will lose the crunch.
Yam Taeng (Spicy Cucumber Thai Salad)
Print RecipeIngredients
- 3 cucumbers - sliced, julienne or grated
- 3 tbsp dried shrimp
- 300 g long beans, thinly sliced and mashed
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 5 cherry tomatoes,cut in half
- 5 Thai chilies, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
- 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed
- 1 lime, juiced
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, toss the toss the sliced cucumbers, dried shrimp, beans, and cherry tomatoes; In a small bowl, combine the Thai chilies, palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice.
- Toss the two mixture together. Season to taste.
- Sprinkle the crushed peanuts then serve.
