Incredibly Fragrant & Delicious Thai Larb Recipe!

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce is lower in calories and provides umami flavor.

ground meat

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground chicken is often less expensive.

Toast sticky glutinous rice until golden brown and fragrant.

Grind the toasted rice in a mortar until fine.

Heat oil in a frying pan and add pork, breaking it up as it cooks.

Chop lemongrass finely and add it to the cooking pork.

Stir the pork and lemongrass together, ensuring nothing sticks to the pan.

Chop garlic and add it to the pork mixture, stirring well.

Add finely chopped red onion to the pan and mix it in with the pork.

Add three bird's eye chilies to the mixture, adjusting quantity for spice preference.

Pour in lime juice, balancing the flavors of salty, sour, and sweet.

Add fish sauce and palm sugar to the mixture, stirring until the sugar dissolves.

Taste the mixture and adjust with more fish sauce or lime juice as needed.

Stir in the toasted rice to complete the dish, ensuring it balances the sharp flavors.

Serve the larb mixture, optionally garnishing with more toasted rice, coriander, and mint.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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