Name: Spicy crab and green papaya salad on lettuce leaves
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 250 gm picked cooked spanner crab meat; ½ green papaya, cut into julienne on a mandolin; Handful each torn Thai basil and coriander; 12 baby gem or cos lettuce leaves; Green chilli dressing; 1 garlic clove, crushed; Juice of 3 limes, or to taste; 1 tbsp fish sauce, or to taste; 2 small green chillies, thinly sliced; 3 tbsp crushed light palm sugar, or to taste

Spicy crab and green papaya salad on lettuce leaves

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for spicy crab and green papaya salad on lettuce leaves.

Serves 6

Prep

25M

This dish works equally well served individually as an appetiser on lettuce cups or all arranged together on a platter.

Ingredients

250 gm picked cooked spanner crab meat

½ green papaya, cut into julienne on a mandolin

Handful each torn Thai basil and coriander

12 baby gem or cos lettuce leaves

Green chilli dressing

1 garlic clove, crushed

Juice of 3 limes, or to taste

1 tbsp fish sauce, or to taste

2 small green chillies, thinly sliced

3 tbsp crushed light palm sugar, or to taste

Method

Main

1.Drain crabmeat well in a sieve, then transfer to a bowl, add papaya and herbs, season well to taste and refrigerate until required.

2.For dressing, combine garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, chillies and palm sugar in a bowl and check seasoning (it should taste salty, sour, spicy and sweet).

3.Drizzle dressing over crab mixture and toss to combine. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter, top with spoonfuls of crab mixture and serve.