A classic Thai dish, Yam Tua Poo is a chicken and bean salad with a coconut dressing. It’s unique and delicious!
“Yam Tua What??!” Hey, I didn’t name the dish. But all that matters is that it tastes good. And taste good it does! I had some leftover coconut milk, roasted chili paste, and lime juice that I needed to use, so I decided to make this classic bean dish from Thailand. Yam Tua Poo traditionally uses winged beans, but yard-long beans or green beans (used in this recipe) can be substituted. Wing beans can be found in most Asian supermarkets. This is a tasty Thai bean salad usually uses chicken, but other versions use pork or shrimp. Here’s a little trivia question for you. Are chopsticks used in Thailand? Well, they used to be, a long time ago. But modern-day Thai people don’t use chopsticks anymore. Chopsticks were used up until the time that King Rama V visited Europe and noticed people eating with utensils. Since that time chopsticks were no longer used in Thailand (unless while eating at a Chinese restaurant). What’s more, Thai people primarily eat with spoons. They really only use forks to help ladle the food onto the spoons. So why are chopsticks in the picture, you ask? Because they look cool. I apologize for being “culinarily incorrect” ;)
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