Larb is one of my favorite summer foods. Light and tangy, this chicken is great on its own or served as part of a rice or noodle bowl.
Larb is a minced meat salad from Thailand. Flavored with lime juice, fish sauce, chile and a touch of sugar, it has that whole spicy sweet and sour thing going on!
Topped with peanuts, it is the perfect filling for lettuce wraps or the star when placed on a bed of greens or rice. You will love it!
I know this ground chicken larb isn’t an easy sell when it comes to its name. Really Hollywood does a much better job promoting second rate actors.
But after one bite, you will love me. I promise. This is a great dish. Now if one could just think of a better way to promote it.
A minced meat salad, often thought to be from Thailand; it is actually the national dish of Laos. Frankly, I don’t care where it’s from, as long as I can eat it.
This is a great summer dish and so easily prepared. It is perfect to keep in your fridge for something healthy and easily snacked on. I even caught someone spooning it onto a tortilla chip!
Dice up a few mangoes or cucumbers for a side salad, and one has a perfect meal on a hot summer’s day!
Feel free to use any ground meat in this dish. You could use already ground chicken, beef, pork or turkey if you want to skip the food processor, but I like grinding the chicken with all the spices in the food processor. Easy and quick!
This dish has lots of salty tanginess and frankly, makes the best lettuce wrap I’ve had in awhile.
Larb often contains toasted rice in the dressing. To me that is just one more step, and truthfully I didn’t feel it was necessary.
Want more herbs? Besides cilantro, mint is also good as are scallions or thinly sliced onions.
This larb recipe tasted great straight out of a container that sat in the fridge for a few days. Nothing was lost in translation!
Add a squirt of sriracha and a few ground peanuts, and you may not need air conditioning any more!
A Few More:
Goi Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Salad)
Poached Chicken with Pineapple Salad
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Larb, Thai Chicken Salad
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 20 Minutes
- Yield: 4 - 6 Servings 1x
- Category: Salads
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: Thai
Description
Larb is an amazing ground chicken salad with lime juice, lemongrass, and chiles. Topped with peanuts and cilantro, this is one salad I can’t get enough of!
Ingredients
Dressing:
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons (packed) light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 shallot, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemongrass paste
- Zest from one lime
- 1 small red Thai chile, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 8 small iceberg lettuce or hearts of romaine leaves
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts
- Sriracha, to taste
- Cilantro leaves and stems, roughly torn
Instructions
Chef Mimi
Saturday 20th of May 2023
Just printed this! I Cannot wait to make it.
Abbe
Tuesday 23rd of May 2023
Enjoy it Mimi. I love having this in the fridge all summer long!
Juliana
Sunday 9th of August 2020
Like how you marinated the chicken...sounds delicious with all the Thai inspired ingredients...great for the hot days...thanks for reposting it. Have a wonderful week ahead Abbe!
Healthy World Cuisine
Saturday 8th of August 2020
Your delicious larb salad needs a 10 star rating but the max it shows me is only 3... all of our favourites in one delicious dish. Hoping your weekend is going well. Take care
Balvinder
Saturday 8th of August 2020
Its one of my favorite too. I wonder why I haven't posted this yet. Yours look really delcious.
John / Kitchen Riffs
Thursday 6th of August 2020
Yeah, the name does leave a bit to be desired, but this dish definitely deserves top billing. Star stuff, this. :-)