DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Bok Lahong
Cambodian green-papaya salad with fish sauce, dried shrimp, herbs and peanuts.
About Bok Lahong
Lara Dunston’s Cambodian bok lahong combines green papaya with carrot, cucumber and cherry tomatoes. Its dressing includes fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar, with shrimp paste offered as an optional addition.
Garlic, shallots and bird’s-eye chillies bring aromatic heat. Dried shrimp and roasted peanuts add savoury and nutty notes, while basil leads the fragrant herbs, with mint and coriander as additions.
The salad retains crunch and body, with herbs, dried shrimp and peanuts across its surface. Sticky rice and barbecue chicken are optional accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Crustaceans, Peanut.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bok Lahong
Lara Dunston’s Cambodian bok lahong with carrot and cucumber.
- GarlicAromatic
- Bird’s-eye chilliesSeasoning
- Purple shallotsAromatic
- Fish sauceSeasoning
- Liquid palm sugarSweetener
- Fresh lime juiceLiquid
- Shrimp pasteSeasoning · Optional
- Dried shrimpsProtein
- Green papayaBase
- CarrotBase
- CucumberBase
- Cherry tomatoesBase
- Fresh basilAromatic
- Fresh mintAromatic · Optional
- Fresh corianderAromatic · Optional
- Roasted peanutsTopping
- WaterLiquid
- Sticky riceAccompaniment · Optional
- Barbecue chickenAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bird’s-eye chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Purple shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader shallot link for purple form.
- Fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Exact fish species and full product formula unprovided.
- Liquid palm sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader palm-sugar link for ready liquid branch; separate solid-sugar dissolution water excluded.
- Fresh lime juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Shrimp paste (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Explicit optional shrimp paste; exact species/full blend unknown.
- Dried shrimps: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Salad and garnish allocations consolidated; species/full prepared formula unprovided.
- Green papaya: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected actual carrot/cucumber source variant; not an assertion that every basic Cambodian papaya salad includes these.
- Cucumber: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cherry tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh basil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Basil essential in actual method395; exact variety unprovided.
- Fresh mint (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative395 describes mint and coriander as additional nice herbs; retained optional within selected fragrant-herb mix.
- Fresh coriander (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative395 additional herb alongside essential basil; leaves/sprigs retained without invented extra species.
- Roasted peanuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanut source-confirmed. Salad and garnish allocations consolidated.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit dried-shrimp soaking393 only; herb-washing395 does not name medium; ready liquid sugar branch uses no inferred dilution.
- Sticky rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional serving297 chosen over eating salad alone; exact prepared rice formula unprovided.
- Barbecue chicken (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional home/eatery accompaniment297 selected over pork; full marinade, seasoning and preparation formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cambodia
- CambodiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cambodian Cuisine
- Khmer CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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