Five Ways to eat Laab

Laab can be served as an appetizer, side dish or eaten as a meal depending on how you serve it. Read on for more ideas.

Many of ingredients in this recipe can be found at your local Asian grocer or check in the "Asian" section of your supermarket.

Like other dishes in Southeast Asian cooking, Laab combines savory flavors with fresh herbs, lime juice and toasted ground rice.

Creative ways to eat and serve Laab

Hello all!I know it has been a long time since I’ve posted something – but I’m back for now, until life gets in the way again.If you love to eat Laab, I hope this blog will inspire you to try new ways to eat this popular Asian dish.

Laab also known as Larb or Larp, is the national dish of Laos. It is a meat salad flavored with fish sauce, roasted ground rice, lime juice and fresh herbs.You can pretty much use any meat of your choice, but it is most often made with beef, chicken or pork. Read on for a very basic and simple recipe for chicken laab, as well as a few different ways to eat and serve.

Ingredients

6 cups of cooked ground chicken

2 jalapenos

2 stalk green onions

2 cups of cilantro

1 packet of Laab powder

2 tbs of fish sauce

1 lime (juice)

1 tbs of chopped Thai chili pepper

½ tsp of salt

Optional: shredded carrots, red onion

*Makes about 8 servings

Directions

Step 1:In a bowl, mix together the chicken, laab powder, fish sauce, lime juice, chili pepper and salt.

Step 2:Add remaining ingredients to your meat mix: jalapenos, green onion, cilantro, carrots,  red onion.

Step 3:  Add additional ingredients to your liking.   Mix thoroughly.

Laab with Rice

Laab Salad

Laab Roll

Laab Roll with Rice

Laab Lettuce Wraps

Enjoy!