🌿 Authentic Thai Larb Moo (Minced Pork Salad) — A Taste of Home from Isan 💛✨

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt + water

Soy sauce is easier to find and provides umami flavor.

ground pork

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

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

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lemon juice offers a similar acidity, and vinegar is often cheaper.

fresh mint

🥗Healthier: dried mint

💰Cheaper: mint extract

Dried mint provides flavor without the need for fresh herbs.

Heat the pan and add all the minced pork.

Add salt, fish sauce, and kaffir lime leaves to the pork.

Stir until the minced pork changes color to gray, about 2.5 minutes.

Break any clumps of meat while stirring until well distributed.

Cover the pan and simmer for 2 more minutes until well cooked and gravy is released.

Transfer the pork to a larger heat-resistant mixing bowl and let it cool.

Cut shallots into thin slices and set aside.

Cut off the white stems for the spring onions and chop the green leaves, setting them aside.

Add basil leaves, mint leaves, and cilantro leaves to the bowl and set aside.

Squeeze lime to get about 2 tbsp of lime juice, rolling it on the board before cutting.

Remove all of the kaffir lime leaves from the pork mixture.

Add shallots, basil leaves, mint leaves, spring onions, roasted ground rice, roasted ground chilli, and lime juice to the pork and mix until well combined.

Taste and adjust seasoning as preferred before serving.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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