Larb Gai (Spicy Minced Chicken Salad)
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Ingredients
- 400 g chicken mince
- 3 shallots, finely sliced
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 fresh lime
- 2 tbsp toasted rice powder
- 1 tsp dried red chilli flakes
- 15 g fresh mint leaves
- 2 spring onions, sliced
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 178 kcal
- Protein
- 21.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 8.5 g
- of which sugars
- 3 g
- Fat
- 5.8 g
- of which saturates
- 1.6 g
- Fibre
- 2.4 g
- Salt
- 1.96 g
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Method
- 1
Heat a dry pan over a medium-high heat and cook the chicken mince for 6 to 8 minutes, breaking it up as it cooks, until browned and cooked through with no pink remaining.
- 2
Take off the heat and stir in the shallots while the chicken is still warm.
- 3
Season with the fish sauce and a good squeeze of lime juice.
- 4
Stir in the toasted rice powder and chilli flakes.
- 5
Fold through the mint leaves and spring onions just before serving.
- 6
Serve with extra lime wedges, sticky rice and raw cabbage wedges or cucumber on the side.
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