Lahb Gkai
From watson2167 18 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 2
Ground beef, chicken or pork chopped onion, green chili, lime juice. Served with fresh cabbage.
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless chicken, chopped or ground shopping list
- 1 Tbs. peanut oil shopping list
- 6 cloves garlic, minced and pounded to a paste shopping list
- 1 stalk lemon grass (optional), trimmed and sliced into thin rounds or chopped shopping list
- 1 shallot, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 green onions (use white part only), finely chopped shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint leaves shopping list
- 2 small pieces dried galanga, toasted and then ground finely shopping list
- 2-4 tsp. ground roasted dried Thai chillies shopping list
- 3+ Tbs. fish sauce (nahm bplah), to taste shopping list
- juice of 2-3 limes, to desired sourness shopping list
- 1/2 to 1 tsp. sugar as need to balance flavors shopping list
- 2 Tbs. ground toasted rice shopping list
- An assortment of raw or lightly steamed vegetables and aromatic herbs, such as: sprigs of various tropical basils and mints, green beans/long beans, Thai eggplant, cabbage, and cucumber. shopping list
How to make it
- Cook the chopped or ground chicken in a little bit of oil in a wok until thoroughly cooked, breaking into small bits. Set aside.
- Prepare the garlic, lemon grass (if using), shallot, green onions and mint. Toast the galanga in a small dry pan over medium heat until the pieces are darkened and slightly charred. Let cool before grinding in a clean coffee grinder to a fine powder. Then roast a handful of whole dried Thai chillies in the pan, turning frequently until they are darkened and slightly charred. Grind into a fine powder.
- Toss the cooked chicken with the garlic, lemon grass, shallot, green onion, mint, ground toasted galanga and chillies, fish sauce and lime juice. Mix well. Taste and adjust flavors to desired sourness, hotness and saltiness. Add sugar only as needed to pull the flavors together. Toss the toasted rice powder into the mixture and serve salad at room temperature with a tray of assorted vegetables and herbs
The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
This is exactly how i make my lahp! yumyumyum. try with ground pork (lahp moo)which is even better!
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