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🍽️ Thai Crab Meat Salad

146 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 300 g small bell peppers (1 red, 1 green, 2 small bell peppers)
• 1 large shallot
• 1 kg small papaya (3 small papayas)
• 30 g ginger (1 piece)
• 1 red chili pepper
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 0.25 tsp salt
• 350 g crab meat
• 0.5 bunch cilantro

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the bell peppers.
2. 2. Remove the stems and seeds from the bell peppers.
3. 3. Cut the bell peppers into quarters.
4. 4. Cut the pepper pieces into approx. 5 mm cubes.
5. 5. Peel the shallot.
6. 6. Finely chop the shallot.
7. 7. Peel the papaya.
8. 8. Remove the seeds from the papaya.
9. 9. Cut the papaya flesh into approx. 5 mm cubes.
10. 10. Peel the piece of ginger.
11. 11. Cut the ginger into smaller pieces.
12. 12. Press the ginger through a garlic press to extract the juice.
13. 13. Collect the ginger juice in a small container.
14. 14. Halve the chili pepper lengthwise.
15. 15. Remove the seeds from the chili pepper.
16. 16. Rinse the chili pepper.
17. 17. Finely chop the chili pepper.
18. 18. Place the ginger juice in a bowl.
19. 19. Add the vinegar.
20. 20. Add the fish sauce.
21. 21. Add the sugar.
22. 22. Add the salt.
23. 23. Add 2 tablespoons of water.
24. 24. Stir the mixture until the sugar has dissolved.
25. 25. Continue stirring until the salt has dissolved.
26. 26. Check the crab meat for small shell fragments.
27. 27. Remove any shell fragments from the crab meat.
28. 28. Place the prepared crab meat in a large bowl.
29. 29. Add the cut pepper cubes.
30. 30. Add the cut papaya cubes.
31. 31. Add the chopped shallot.
32. 32. Add the chopped chili pepper.
33. 33. Pour the dressing mixture over the ingredients.
34. 34. Gently mix all ingredients with a spoon.
35. 35. Wash the coriander plant.
36. 36. Shake the coriander dry.
37. 37. Pluck the coriander leaves from the stems.
38. 38. Keep the tender stems attached to the leaves.
39. 39. Halve the remaining papaya.
40. 40. Remove the seeds from the papaya halves.
41. 41. Place the coriander leaves inside the papaya halves.
42. 42. Fill the salad into the papaya halves.
43. 43. Serve the salad immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 146
• Protein: 19 g · Fett/Fat: 2 g · Carbs: 12 g