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Chicken Larb

HB-5793 · Hand-built original · Thai

Chicken Larb — the dish itself.
Served with its “pairs well with” suggestions: sticky rice, papaya salad, grilled meats.

The minced-meat salad of the northeast: lime, mint, shallots and toasted rice powder.

ThaiSalad20 minServes 4211 kcalGluten-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeDiabetic

Main ingredient: chicken mince

Pairs well with: sticky rice, papaya salad, grilled meats

Servings:4quantities adjust to match

Ingredients

  • 17¾ oz chicken mince
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 3 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted rice powder
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • a handful of mint leaves
  • 4 spring onions, sliced
  • cabbage wedges and cucumber, to serve
  • sticky rice, to serve

Method

  1. Heat the water in a wok or pan to a simmer. Add the chicken mince and poach for 4 minutes, breaking it up finely, until just cooked. Tip everything, with its cooking liquid, into a bowl.
  2. While the chicken is still warm, season it off the heat with the lime juice, fish sauce, chilli flakes and toasted rice powder.
  3. Fold in the shallots, spring onions and mint leaves.
  4. Serve at once with the cabbage wedges, cucumber and sticky rice.

Prep: 10 min · Cook: 10 min · Total: 20 min

Nutrition (per serving, where published)

211 kcalCalories
24.2 gProtein
9.6 gCarbs
9.4 gFat
2 gSaturates
1.6 gFibre
2.7 gSugars
666 mgSodium
103 mgCholesterol
565 mgPotassium
34 mgCalcium
1.4 mgIron
1 servingServing

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data

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