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Larb Chicken

Here's how you make Larb Chicken
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 lbs ground chicken
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onion
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 1 teaspoon ground galangal
  • 4 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 -4 crushed dried red chilies (amount to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons ground toasted rice (instructions below)
  • 8 leaves iceberg lettuce
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: To make toasted rice, place rice in a dry hot wok; swirl until golden brown, allow to cool, then grind in a mortar& pestle or spice mill.

  • Step 2: Heat the oil over medium heat in wok and add the chicken; stir-fry until cooked through.

  • Step 3: Drain chicken and place in mixing bowl, adding lemongrass, green onion, red onion, galangal, fish sauce, lime juice, chiles, and ground rice; mix well and set aside.

  • Step 4: On a bed of lettuce leaves, arrange chicken mixture and garnish with mint and cilantro.

  • Step 5: Serve with steamed sticky rice or steamed jasmine rice, using small amounts of rice to pick up the larb.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Toasted rice powder- you can buy this already ground in Asian markets if you want to skip making it from scratch.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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