Laab Gai
Isaan minced chicken salad with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce, and fresh herbs — fiery and bright.
- prep 15 min
- cook 10 min
- total 25 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Thailand
Ingredients
- 500 g ground chicken
- 2 tbsp sticky rice
- 3 shallots
- 4 spring onion
- 30 g mint
- 20 g cilantro
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 3 lime
- 2 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tsp sugar
- 8 cabbage leaves
Steps
- Toast dry sticky rice in a pan until deeply golden, grind to a coarse powder.
- Cook chicken in a dry pan, breaking it up, with 3 tbsp water until just cooked through.
- Off heat, add sliced shallots, scallion, and chili flakes.
- Toss with lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, mint, and cilantro.
- Add rice powder last, scoop with cabbage leaves.
≈ 300 kcal · 28 g protein · 12 g carbs · 14 g fat — per serving, estimate