Laab - Thai Ground Meat Salad
photo by Lise S.
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 3 teaspoons dry white rice
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil (if using chicken)
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 lb ground beef
- 6 shallots, sliced
- 4 scallions, sliced (green onions)
- 3 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1⁄2 cup fresh mint leaves or 1/2 cup cilantro leaf
- ground red pepper
directions
- Dry roast the rice in a skillet until browned, then pound or process to a coarse powder and set aside.
- Brown the ground meat with the garlic- If using ground chicken, saute the garlic for a minute in oil first.
- Add shallots, scallions, mint leaves and roasted rice powder.
- Stir fry until the shallots become limp.
- Remove from heat.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Let chill slightly.
- Serve with rice, cellophane noodles or wrapped in lettuce leaves.
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I grew up in South Bend, Indiana and love the wholesome, comfort food of the midwest. Nothing beats a whole baked chicken, butter bisquits, fresh, grilled sweet corn and homemade apple pie. But I have always had a craving for exotic foods as well. I love Japanese, Indian and Tex-Mex and I am an accomplished Thai chef, having apprenticed in the home of a college friend for four years. I cut recipes from Real Simple and Food & Wine magazines and love to experiment with combining this recipe with that. I am a fan of ethinicgrocer.com for hard to find items. As much as I love trekking to Chinatown for exotic Asian spices, its much easier to shop online. Glad I found this site.