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Pè Thee Thoke (String Bean Salad)

Pè Thee Thoke (String Bean Salad) is a traditional Myanmar (from Burma) recipe for a classic salad of string beans in an onion, garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, vegetable oil, peanut and dried prawn base that is typically served as an accompaniment. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Myanmar version of: String Bean Salad (Pè Thee Thoke).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating:

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Pè Thee Thoke (String Bean Salad) a Classic Myanmar recipe for a salad of string beans in an onion, garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, vegetable oil, peanut and dried prawn base that is typically served as an accompaniment.

Rather than being the European string beans, the beans used in this recipe are Asian string beans, which look rather like over-long French beans. If you cannot get the Asian beans, then I would recommend substituting French (green) beans in this recipe.

Ingredients:

1kg string beans (or French beans)
4 onions, sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves, chopped
4 tbsp fish sauce
4 tbsp lime juice
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
4 tbsp blanched peanuts, pounded to a paste (or peanut butter)
2 tbsp dried shrimp, pounded in a mortar
2 tbsp sesame seeds

Method:

Wash the spring beans, then place in a pan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Continue cooking for about 4 minutes, or until crisp-tender then drain and turn into a bowl of cold water to prevent any further cooking. Drain, cut into thin rounds and set aside.

Heat the oil in a pan and use to fry the onions and garlic until crisp (about 6 minutes).

Turn the sliced string beans into a large bowl and mix with the fish sauce, lime juice, turmeric, peanut paste, dried shrimps and sesame seeds. Toss to combine, then divide between four plates, garnish with the fried onions and serve.

As well as string beans, this dish can also be made with cauliflower, broccoli, grated carrot, beansprouts, cucumber or even asparagus.

Typically, this salad is served as an accompaniment to a meat, chicken or fish curry.