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Salads from around the world — ChefEdit's Salads recipe collection across multiple cuisines. Researched from many cited sources with smart scaling and regional substitutes.

8 recipes
Panzanella
tuscany beginner
Panzanella

Panzanella

Panzanella is a bread salad flavored by tomatoes, not a tomato salad with bread scattered through it. The dish lives or dies on stale, dr...

60 min · 10 ingredients · 138 sources
Caprese Salad
campania beginner
Insalata Caprese

Caprese Salad

Caprese has nowhere to hide: bad tomatoes and rubbery mozzarella cannot be fixed with dressing. The structure is tomato juice, milk-rich ...

20 min · 6 ingredients · 121 sources
Crispy Catfish with Green Mango Salad
central chef
ยำปลาดุกฟู

Crispy Catfish with Green Mango Salad

This dish lives or dies on the fish texture. The catfish must be cooked dry, pounded to fibers, spread in hot oil, and left alone until i...

95 min · 14 ingredients · 51 sources
Yum Woon Sen (Thai Glass Noodle Salad)
central beginner
ยำวุ้นเส้น

Yum Woon Sen (Thai Glass Noodle Salad)

Yum woon sen lives or dies on noodle texture and dressing balance. The noodles should be clear, springy, and seasoned through, not swolle...

30 min · 18 ingredients · 72 sources
Nam Tok Nuea (Isaan Grilled Beef Salad)
isaan standard
น้ำตกเนื้อ

Nam Tok Nuea (Isaan Grilled Beef Salad)

Nam tok nuea is grilled beef sliced thin and dressed while still warm with fish sauce, lime, dried chili, shallot, mint, and khao khua (ข...

45 min · 14 ingredients · 60 sources
Larb Moo (Spicy Thai Pork Salad)
isaan standard
ลาบหมู

Larb Moo (Spicy Thai Pork Salad)

Larb moo lives or dies on roasted rice powder ข้าวคั่ว. It gives the salad its toasted grain aroma, sandy grip, and slight thickening; wi...

25 min · 14 ingredients · 66 sources
Som Tum Pla Ra (Spicy Green Papaya Salad with Fermented Fish)
isaan standard
ส้มตำปลาร้า

Som Tum Pla Ra (Spicy Green Papaya Salad with Fermented Fish)

Som Tum Pla Ra is the Isaan branch of green papaya salad: sharper, saltier, funkier, and less sweet than central Thai som tum. The dish l...

25 min · 13 ingredients · 72 sources
Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)
central beginner
ส้มตำไทย

Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)

Som tum Thai is not a slaw with Thai dressing. It is a bruised salad: garlic and chilies crushed first, beans and tomatoes cracked enough...

25 min · 11 ingredients · 63 sources