Thai-Style Crab Salad in Papaya

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons asian fish sauce 
• 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves fresh chopped
• 0.5 cup bell pepper green chopped
• 4  accompaniment: lime wedges 
• 0.5 pound lump crab meat picked over
• 2 small papayas ripe halved lengthwise seeded
• 0.5 cup bell pepper red chopped
• 0.3 cup rice vinegar (not seasoned)
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1.5 teaspoons serrano chile fresh minced ( 1; including seeds)
• 3 tablespoons sugar 
• 2 tablespoons water 

Equipment

• bowl
• whisk

Directions

1. Whisk together vinegar, sugar, water, fish sauce, and salt in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add bell peppers, chile, cilantro, and crab and toss gently to combine.
3. Serve crab salad mounded in papaya halves.