Green Bean Vermicelli Salad

Sweet, salty, spicy, and umami . This is the perfect appetizer, side dish to a bbq, or the main dish on a snack board ! Customize ingredients to your liking (:

What you’ll need:

Servings: 3-5

• 16oz long green beans

• 1 package dried vermicelli noodles (optional)

• 2 garlic cloves

• 1 tsp dried salted baby shrimp

• 2 large tomatoes (sliced) or 8oz baby tomatoes

• Thai chili peppers

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1 tsp shrimp paste

• 1 tsp crab paste

• 1 tsp fermented fish paste (optional)

• 2 tsps fish sauce

• 1-2 limes

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Instructions:

1. Prepare vermicelli noodles based off package instructions and let drain to the side if adding noodles.

1. Prep long green beans- Rinse, Pat dry . Remove ends and cut into 1-2in pieces .

2. Wash, dry tomatoes and slice into wedges . Set aside .

3. Place green beans into a mortar and gently smash until slightly broken thru

4. Transfer smashed green beans to a serving dish

5. To your mortar, add dry ingredients; garlic, dried baby shrimp, Thai chili peppers, & sugar . Use your pestle to smash contents until baby shrimp are completely disintegrated and contents turn into a paste .

6. Add in wet ingredients to mortar; shrimp paste, fish sauce, crab paste, fermented fish paste, tomatoes, and lime juice . Mix well with pestle until everything is well combined.

   • squeeze lime juice and taste to adjust

7. Add cooked vermicelli noodles and sauce into the same serving bowl with green beans . Using gloves, combine all contents together

8. Enjoy right away !