Thai Green Mango Salad Yum Mamuang 🥭🌶️
By RichardObradovic |
Salads |
Thai |
Mar 28, 2026 |
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Description
Yum Mamuang is a sharp and vibrant Thai salad made with shredded green mango, fresh herbs, chili, and a punchy lime fish sauce dressing. It is crisp, juicy, spicy, and sour with the kind of bright flavor that instantly wakes up the palate. 🌿
Hook ✨
Crunchy green mango, fiery chili, fresh herbs, and lime create a Thai salad that tastes loud, fresh, and completely addictive. 🥭
Ingredients
- Salad base
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- 🥭 400 g green mango, julienned (4 cups / 14 oz)
- 🧅 60 g shallots, thin sliced (½ cup / 2.1 oz)
- 🌿 20 g cilantro leaves (⅓ cup / 0.7 oz)
- 🌿 15 g mint leaves (¼ cup / 0.5 oz)
- 🥜 40 g roasted peanuts, roughly crushed (⅓ cup / 1.4 oz)
- 🌶️ 8 g red chili, thin sliced (2 chilies / 0.28 oz)
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- Dressing
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- 🥣 25 ml fish sauce (1½ tbsp / 0.85 fl oz)
- 🍋 30 ml lime juice (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
- 🍬 12 g palm sugar (2½ tsp / 0.42 oz)
- 🧄 8 g garlic, finely minced (2 cloves / 0.28 oz)
Preparation
- 1️⃣ Prepare the mango
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- Peel the green mango and cut it into fine julienne strips so the texture stays crisp and light. 🥭
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- 2️⃣ Slice the aromatics
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- Thinly slice shallots and red chili so they mix evenly through the salad. 🌶️
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- 3️⃣ Make the dressing
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- Mix fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, and garlic until the sugar dissolves and the dressing tastes sharp and balanced. 🥣
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- 4️⃣ Build the salad
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- Place mango, shallots, cilantro, mint, and chili in a large bowl. 🌿
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- 5️⃣ Add the dressing
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- Pour the dressing over the salad and toss gently until everything is evenly coated. 🍋
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- 6️⃣ Add peanuts
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- Sprinkle in the crushed peanuts and toss once more for crunch and nutty depth. 🥜
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- 7️⃣ Rest briefly
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- Let the salad sit 2 min so the dressing lightly seasons the mango without softening it too much. 🛋
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- 8️⃣ Serve fresh
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- Transfer to a plate and serve immediately while cold, crisp, and bright. 🍽️
Total Time
🕒 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 0 min
🛋 Rest: 2 min
⏰ Total: 17 min
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