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Thai Oyster Salad

Published 09/10/2015, updated 25/07/2019 9 Comments

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Thai Oyster Salad

I’m a huge fan of Thai salads, with their identifying hot, sour and sweet flavours. This Thai Oyster Salad known as Yam Hoi Nang Rom in Thai combines my love of that winning flavour profile with my love of oysters, what more can I ask for?

Thai cuisine is not just about the curries and the noodles, in fact, I’d go as far as saying that it is the salads that I am especially fond of. In our recent visit back, last month, I ordered 2 salads with every meal, because I couldn’t help myself! One thing I did notice though was that in Bangkok, they certainly preferred their salads wetter, with a little more sauce than you’d find say up north or in my home!

Generally speaking, Thai salads can be loosely classed into 4 categories, depending on how they’re prepared. There are always overlaps and these classifications and descriptions are not set in stone but to give you an idea:

Yam – where all the ingredients are mixed together, as in here

Tam –  the flavouring ingredients are pounded, the most famous is of course, som tam, green papaya salad

Lap – more commonly known as larb, with its distingushing feature being the toasted ground rice it’s finished with

Phla – quite similar to yam in flavour but does contain quite a bit of protein. It also tends to be heavier on thinly sliced herbs like mint and lemongrass. When you look at today’s recipe, it can just as easily fall into this category – go figure!

Thai street food

I didn’t manage to get to a floating market this last visit, given that we were only there a week and had other things to do. On all my previous visits, I used to love nothing better than to pop down to one of these markets and then treat myself to many of the delicious fresh offerings, and the oyster salad was definitely one of those treats!

The whole week was one gastronomical adventure for my husband and kids, who were tasting Thailand for the first time. The above picture shows you just a small example of the street delights that we savoured; these are glutinous rice stuffed with various fillings, wrapped in banana leaves, then grilled over a charcoal fire.

We did drag ourselves away from the food at times to do some sightseeing as well, as you can see from the picture below, The Grand Palace in Bangkok. Click to read more.

The Grand Palace

When I make this Thai Oyster Salad at home, it is always fairly spicy, except when entertaining of course, then I have no choice but to make it mild for the heathens! However, in Thailand, this salad is always made “Thai style”, that is, spicy! Needless to say, the spice level is easy to control, use some mild red chillies if you don’t like your food spicy.

I did another Thai oyster recipe not so long ago, Thai Style Grilled Oysters, with an accompanying video on how to shuck oysters. You’ll find the video on my YouTube channel here: How to Schuck Oysters. 

How would you serve this salad? The same way you would any other, perfect in summer but because of it complexity, it does very well during the colder months. I have been known to make half the portion here and just have it as my lunch, with nothing else, did I mention that I love this salad?

For more Thai recipes and the odd travel post, go on over to the Thai page.

If you have any comments, you can always reach me via email, just go to the Contact page or find me on Google+ and Facebook. xx

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Thai Oyster Salad

Thai Oyster Salad


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  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

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Dressing

  • 1–2 Thai birds eye chillies, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp palm sugar (or white)

The Rest

  • 20 oysters
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, thinly sliced
  • 3 red shallots, sliced
  • small handful coriander (cilantro) leaves
  • small handful mint leaves
  • 10 Thai basil leaves, left whole
  • half a small cucumber
  • large lettuce leaves to serve

Instructions

  1. Let’s start by making the dressing. Mix all the dressing ingredients together and leave aside for the flavours to develop while you get everything else ready.
  2. Cucumber – you can either julienne it or quarter it lengthwise, then slice the long sticks up.
  3. Coarsely chop the coriander and mint.
  4. Shuck the oysters (see link to video above), being careful to retain all that delicious liquor. Do this over a bowl to collect all those spills.
  5. Strain the oyster juices into the dressing we made earlier (the straining is in case you have bits of shell in).
  6. Finally get a large bowl and lightly mix everything together.
  7. Line 4 small plates with the lettuce leaves and pile the oyster salad onto the leaves, creating little mounds for the best effect.
  8. That’s it! Let me know what you think!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4

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Comments

  1. Ludmilla says

    30/09/2016 at 1:33 pm

    I love Thai salads and I love all the ingredients that you used to make this beautiful one!! Yummy!

    Reply
  2. Platter Talk says

    30/09/2016 at 12:40 pm

    Wow! What an interesting & exotic recipe along with those beautiful oysters & pictures. A floating market is somewhere that I’d like to shop, at least once in my life.
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Azlin Bloor says

      30/09/2016 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you! It’s a fantastic place for a visit!

      Reply
  3. Amy @ Pressure Cook Recipes says

    30/09/2016 at 12:30 pm

    Hi Azlin,
    HUGE fan of Thai food and oysters!!
    Thanks for the lovely recipe.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Amy

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    • Azlin Bloor says

      30/09/2016 at 3:35 pm

      Hi Amy! It’s a pleasure, you have a lovely weekend too! s

      Reply
  4. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    30/09/2016 at 12:02 pm

    You are making me miss Thailand so much! We loved the Grand Palace and there was some amazing food round there too.

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    • Azlin Bloor says

      30/09/2016 at 2:48 pm

      Haha, sorry! Yes, the grand palace was amazing!

      Reply
  5. David @ CookingChat says

    30/09/2016 at 11:32 am

    sounds like you’ve had some great trips there! I love Thai flavors too so would be up for trying this even though I’m not a huge oyster fan.

    Reply
    • Azlin Bloor says

      30/09/2016 at 2:48 pm

      I would love to see your spin on it! Maybe same flavours, different seafood?

      Reply

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