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Pork Larb Lettuce Cup
Larb is ground meat salad from either Lao or Thai. You can use ground beef, chicken or pork. ground pork is pan-cooked, then stirred together with a fish sauce and honey. Wrap it with lettuce and fresh herbs. Toasted rice powder is gives the dish nutty flavor and crunch. It’s a great appetizer or light meal.
Pork Larb Lettuce Wrap
Course Main, appetizersCuisine AsianDifficulty: EasyServings
2
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
20
minutesTotal time
30
minutesIngredients
1/2 pound ground pork
2 TBS diced onion (or green onion)
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 cup herbs (mint, cilantro, and thai basil)
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp fish sauce
1/2 head ice burg lettuce (washed separated)
1 TBS roasted rice (optional)
salt and pepper
Directions
- Heat mid size frying pan over med heat and add some oil. Cook onion and ground pork until done.
- Add honey, fish sauce and salt pepper. Set aside.
- Cook rice (grain) over slow heat and when the rice becomes white, remove from the heat. Cool it. Put the rice in the spice mill and grind fine.
- Wash lettuce and other herbs. Pat dry well.
- In a bowl, put the ground pork and put rice over. Wrap the pork with lettuce and add herbs to eat.
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