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Som Tam Thai
Also known as: ส้มตำไทย
Thai green-papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, dried shrimp and roasted peanuts.
About Som Tam Thai
Som Tam Thai is the sweeter Thai-style branch of pounded green-papaya salad. This profile follows chef Jiradet Netwong's complete classic version from a MICHELIN-recognised Isan restaurant, without fermented fish paste or pickled crab.
Lime and fish sauce give the dressing its sharp salty-sour balance, while palm and brown sugars round the edges. Bird's-eye chilli and garlic bring heat and aroma; roasted peanuts and dried shrimp add nutty and savoury depth.
The salad is a loose tangle of crisp pale-green papaya and orange carrot with bruised long beans and softened cherry tomatoes. Light pounding leaves the vegetables crunchy while coating them in a glossy dressing, with peanuts and dried shrimp visible on top.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Crustaceans, Peanuts.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Som Tam Thai
Jiradet Netwong's Classic Som Tam Thai.
- Red bird's-eye chilliesFresh heat
- Cherry tomatoesJuicy acidity
- Long beansCrunchy vegetable
- Shredded green papayaCrisp salad base
- LimeFresh sourness
- Thai garlicPungent aromatic
- Fish sauceSalty savoury dressing
- Palm sugarMellow sweetness
- Brown sugarSharp sweetness
- Dried shrimpSavoury garnish
- Roasted peanutsNutty body and garnish
- CarrotCrisp colour and texture
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Red bird's-eye chillies:
- Cherry tomatoes:
- Long beans: . The yardlong-bean route records the source's long beans
- Shredded green papaya:
- Lime:
- Thai garlic: . The broader garlic route preserves the source's Thai garlic form
- Fish sauce: . Named fish sauce retains Fish; exact commercial formula remains product-dependent
- Palm sugar:
- Brown sugar:
- Dried shrimp: . Named dried shrimp retains Crustaceans; species and prepared-product formula are not supplied
- Roasted peanuts:
- Carrot:
Origins & food traditions
The MICHELIN Guide records chef Jiradet Netwong's complete classic som tam Thai from a MICHELIN-recommended Khon Kaen restaurant and distinguishes it from fermented-fish and crab branches. The green-papaya-salad reference independently describes som tam Thai as the Thai branch and records peanuts, dried shrimp and palm sugar as its distinguishing additions.
Countries
- Thailand
- ThailandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Thai Cuisine
- Isan Cuisine
- Isan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.