Recipe: Yummy Lao chicken salad ( Lap kai)

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Lao chicken salad ( Lap kai). Larb (or Laab) is a Thai warm salad that can be made with ground chicken, beef, pork or turkey. Though we call it a salad with all of the freshness from. Laotian Chicken Salad (Larb Gai) is spicy, healthy & super refreshing, with a perfect balance of salty & sweet.

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Ingredients of Lao chicken salad ( Lap kai)

  1. It's 500 grams of minced chicken.
  2. It's 1/4 tsp of red pepper flakes.
  3. Prepare 1 of big shallot.
  4. You need 2 stick of lemongrass.
  5. Prepare 3 tbsp of lime juice.
  6. It's 2 tbsp of mint.
  7. You need 2 tbsp of fresh coriander.
  8. It's 1 small of lettuce or chinese cabbage.
  9. It's 2 of limes.
  10. Prepare 2 tbsp of grilled rice powder.
  11. You need 3 tbsp of fish sauce - nam pa.

Larb (Lao: ລາບ; Thai: ลาบ, RTGS: lap, pronounced [lâːp], also spelled laap, larp, lahb or laab) is a type of Lao meat salad that is regarded as the "unofficial" national dish of Laos. It is also eaten in the Isan region, an area of Thailand where the majority of the population is of the Lao ethnicity. Larp was generally translated as Laos chicken salad but it's unlike any chicken salad you are likely to have had before or since. I have adapted the recipe I was shown at my cooking class (at Tamnak Lao in Luang Prabang) to make it a little simpler but retaining the flavors.

Lao chicken salad ( Lap kai) instructions

  1. Mix the minced chicken, red pepper, shallots ans lemongrass.
  2. Heat a wok and cook the chicken mixture..
  3. Off the heat, add the fish sauce, the lime juice the grilled rice powder and the chopped herbs to taste.
  4. Serve with the lettuce, the lime and somme glutinous rice.

I also used some ground chicken that I had in the freezer; I might do better by this recipe next time and whack it up myself, instead. Citrusy, spicy, herbaceous, great food for a hot day. I chose to prepare the chicken version also called laab kai as kai is the Thai word for chicken. This spicy salad can be eaten warm or cold, with sticky It is very fragrant, tangy, fat-free and is perfect for the summer. The name of this dish varies: larb, laab, lap, laap, because Thais do not pronounce final.