Here's the receipe:

1 green papaya
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon of chopped shallots
3-4 fresh chiles, seeded/sliced
2-3 strands of green chinese string beans or the green beans cut 3/4 lengths
2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
3 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts to garnish

Cut the green papaya in 1/2. Scrap out the seeds out. Shred the papaya with either a food processor or grater or a knife.

Put the garlic, shallots, red chiles and crush them together in a mortar. Then add the shredded papaya in small amounts at a time to blend in the flavors once it softens.

Add the chinese string beans or green beans and the tomatoes and crush them lightly until it's blended in.

Add the fish sauce, sugar and lime juice -- need to taste it once it's blended together to get the right taste so use small amounts. Transfer the salad to a plate, then sprinkle crushed peanuts on top of your papaya salad.

I used to eat this green papaya salad at Sabuy Sabuy that had pork and chopped fresh shrimp in it...and not much tomato but a crapload of chiles.
does this sound like a papaya salad dish anyone has had? I thought it was great, but can never find any recipes for it -- they all sound like the "non-meat" version or the traditional version here.

Here's the one that my aunt brought for me - importfood.com/media/cwki0101.jpg

And you can check this out too if you need this one in particular my Mom and Aunt showed me a different way by using the knife. It's a little hard to explain it but you can do it with a regular knife too.

I meant mandoline "slicers "not "slices".....