Larb gai salad
Ingredients
for 4 person
| 50 g | perfumed rice |
| 1 tsp | chilli flakes |
| sesame oil for frying | |
| 500 g | mince (chicken) |
| 1 stick | lemongrass, core finely chopped |
| 2 tbsp | fish sauce |
| 1 | lime, the whole juice |
| 1 cm | ginger, finely grated |
| 1 | spring onion, cut into rings, green into stripes |
| 1 | shallot, cut into thin rings |
| 200 g | celery, thinly sliced |
| 1 | cucumber, peeled, quartered in slices |
| ½ bunch | coriander, torn into pieces |
| ½ bunch | Thai basil |
| 4 | lettuce leaves |
How it's done
Rice
Without adding any oil, toast the rice in a non-stick frying pan, stirring constantly until golden brown. Blitz the rice and chilli flakes in a food processor, set aside.
Chicken
Heat the oil in the same pan, stir fry the chicken for approx. 5 mins., reduce the heat. Add the lemongrass, fish sauce, lime juice and ginger.
Vegetables
Mix the spring onions, shallots and celery in with the chicken, simmer for a further 2 mins.
herbs
Mix the cucumber, herbs and rice & chilli mixture in with the chicken salad. Serve on lettuce leaves.
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