Larb Chicken

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 lbs ground chicken
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1 red onion, finely sliced
• 1 teaspoon ground galangal
• 4 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 -4 crushed dried red chilies (amount to taste)
• 2 tablespoons ground toasted rice (instructions below)
• 8 leaves iceberg lettuce
• 12 mint leaves
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Recipe

• 1 to make toasted rice, place rice in a dry hot wok; swirl until golden brown, allow to cool, then grind in a mortar& pestle or spice mill.
• 2 heat the oil over medium heat in wok and add the chicken; stir-fry until cooked through.
• 3 drain chicken and place in mixing bowl, adding lemongrass, green onion, red onion, galangal, fish sauce, lime juice, chiles, and ground rice; mix well and set aside.
• 4 on a bed of lettuce leaves, arrange chicken mixture and garnish with mint and cilantro.
• 5 serve with steamed sticky rice or steamed jasmine rice, using small amounts of rice to pick up the larb.