Vietnamese papaya salad beef jerky

While we were in San Jose to visit our relatives yesterday, I spotted a couple of places that sell Vietnamese Beef and Liver Jerky at the Vietnamese Grand Century Mall. I immediately thought of my papaya salad recipe and wonder how I can improve on the sauce; it has the right taste but I can't seem to get the saltiness just right; I think it needs to be just a tad lighter. So, I bought some Beef and Liver Jerky and got a few green papayas at an Asian grocery store nearby. Realizing that I…

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This super simple salad of green papaya and beef jerky carries an intense flavor punch from the jerky and the dressing. Great as a side dish or a light snack.

This spin on papaya salad combines fresh herbs and veg with chewy beef jerky and tangy nuoc cham.

Green Papaya Salad with Beef Jerky (Goi Du Du Kho Bo) is one of amazing Vietnamese Salad Recipes. With Vietnamese, this dish is absolutely popular for who like street food, because you can be easy to find this dish from the hawkers on the vendor or on the street.

As Tet (Vietnamese New Year) is approaching, I started thinking about the festival and all the food stands that we’ll be sampling from next weekend. Every year, I would get the same dish--green papaya salad with

My family is very fond of this salad, unfortunately we do not have access to good Vietnamese beef jerky in the Midwest. This recipe cal...

Vietnamese green papaya salad comes in two guises and one of them features earthy beef jerky and heady Thai basil (hung que). The other version of green papaya salad is southern Viet and has shrimp, pork and rau ram herb; the recipe is in Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. A northern Viet favorite, green papaya […]

Generations before me fled in droves from a war ravaged Việt Nam over 30 years ago following the fall of Saigon. The country was shrouded in panic and confusion during the final hours of the war as the Americans pulled out. In the midst of the mayhem, people in South Việt Nam scrambled to leave the country, which was the debut of a decade-long mass exodus. My mom and her family were among the fortunate ones who left by plane days before the borders closed after the south surrendered to the…

Green Papaya Salad with Beef Jerky (Goi Du Du Kho Bo) is one of amazing Vietnamese Salad Recipes. With Vietnamese, this dish is absolutely popular for who like street food, because you can be easy to find this dish from the hawkers on the vendor or on the street.