Local Low Budget Larb
Larb is a delicious, fresh Thai dish. But my mom customized the recipe so that you could get ingredients from your local grocery story - and not have to worry about going to an international market. I like to just eat this with steamed rice.
Ingredients
Dressing
1/4 cup lime juice
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp sugar
Salad
1 lb ground chicken, pork, or beef (cooked, unseasoned)
1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
6-7 sweet red peppers, or 2 bell peppers, thinly sliced julienne
3 stalks of celery, thinly sliced julienne
1/2 tbsp garlic powder
2 tbsp toasted rice powder *(see below to make your own)
1 tbsp red chili flakes or chopped Thai chili
Instructions
*Make your own rice powder: Spread 1/3 cup of uncooked jasmine rice on a baking sheet and roast at 400 until golden brown. That’ll be around 10 minutes but keep an eye on it! Then grind into a fine powder in a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder.
Combine dressing ingredients until the sugar is dissolved
Toss in a large bowl with remaining ingredients
Best served slightly warm, don’t reheat.
