Thailand's second favorite dish and a perfect "10" on my "can't wait to eat it" foods list! 2 of the ingredients can be made ahead of time and well worth the effort, but this is an easy dish to make once you have the ingredients and you're ready to impress your guests. Larb can be made up of ground pork, ground chicken or ground beef, but my favorite is the ground pork! It's very good for you and involves lots of herbs. It has the sweet, salty, sour and savory all in one dish. You can eat it like lettuce wraps or top some rice with it.
Ingredients:
1lb. Ground pork, chicken or beef
3 T rice powder*
1 teaspoon roasted chili powder*
3 T fish sauce
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup red onion
3 green onions, chopped
1/2 bunch Cilantro
1/4 cup Mint leaves
1/2 bunch fresh parsley or Thai basil
Serve over chopped iceberg or romaine lettuce
or use cabbage leaves to use as wraps
*Rice powder can be easily made and stored ahead of time. Just pour in 2 cups of any type of rice into a large dry skillet and on medium heat stir until the rice turns golden brown. Then grind it in a grinder until it's almost powder, but still gritty.
The dish requires 3 Tablespoons per serving. It really makes a difference!
*Roasted chili powder is make the same way as the Rice powder above. Just add red Thai chili's to a large, dry skillet and roast them on medium heat until they are almost blackened. Then grind them up and store them next to the Rice powder in it's own container. Then you're always ready to eat your favorite dish!
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