TL;DR: This isn't your standard watermelon salad — it's what happens when Thai flavor intensity meets summer's sweetest fruit. The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen dropped this one mid-spring, and editors have been making it on repeat ever since. The play: pound lime, brown sugar, and sliced chiles in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin (say "boom" for maximum effect), then dress juicy watermelon chunks with fish sauce, peanuts, and a…

This isn't your standard watermelon salad — it's what happens when Thai flavor intensity meets summer's sweetest fruit.

The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen dropped this one mid-spring, and editors have been making it on repeat ever since. The play: pound lime, brown sugar, and sliced chiles in a zip-top bag with a rolling pin (say "boom" for maximum effect), then dress juicy watermelon chunks with fish sauce, peanuts, and a pile of fresh herbs. Savory, bright, portable — the kind of side that travels to barbeques, beach days, and bachelorette weekends without breaking a sweat.

This is the salad that converts skeptics. One editor made it four times before the recipe even published. Another brought it to impress visiting family. If it inspired repeat meals with off-season fruit, imagine what peak-summer watermelon will do.

Save this for your next cookout.

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