How to Cook Yummy Larb Moo (Minced Pork Spicy Salad)

Larb Moo (Minced Pork Spicy Salad). For a vegetarian Larb, substitute meat with mushroom -"Larb Hed". In Thailand, larb moo (ลาบหมู) is normally eaten along with a plate of Thai sticky rice and accompanied by a plate of som tam (green papaya salad ส้มตำ). How to make authentic Larb Moo.

Loads of fresh herbs, juicy meat, crunchy Meat salad might not sound very appealing, but it's incredible. Add the shallots and stir-fry for a minute. Larb is a heavily seasoned meat salad that's garnished with freshly chopped herbs and khao khoua — toasted ground rice. You can cook Larb Moo (Minced Pork Spicy Salad) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Larb Moo (Minced Pork Spicy Salad)

It's 250 g of Minced pork.
Prepare 2-3 Tbsp of crushed toasted rice.
It's Half of red onion (finely chopped).
You need 1 of Lime.
It's 1-2 Tbsp of fish sauce.
It's 1/4 Tsp of sugar or to your taste.
You need of Crushed chilli flakes to your taste.
It's of Coriander.
It's of Mint.
It's 200 ml of water.
You need of Dried chillies (optional).

For vegetarians or vegans, mushrooms are often used to replace meat. The flavor of the Thai larb is citrusy, salty, and little bit of spicy. If you like spicy Thai food, chances are you will love larb. It's a one-dish meal or it can be served with rice.

Larb Moo (Minced Pork Spicy Salad) step by step

Making Crushed toasted rice by dry toast the rice then crush it in mortar & pestle..
Prepare all ingredients.
Optional: toast dry chillies in a little oil until they smell nice. Don’t burn them..
Add minced pork & water into the sauce pan and cook the pork until it’s just cooked. Or you can add minced pork into the boiling water. It won’t take long to cook and don’t cook it too long as the pork will be tough. When it’s cooked turn off the heat. Then drain the water out of the pan and leave only around 2 Tbsp of cooking water in the pan with the pork..
Add lime juice, fish sauce, pinch of salt, sugar and crushed toasted rice. Mix them..
Add red onion, chilli flakes, coriander, mint and toasted dry chillis in the pan. Mix them together..
Now it’s ready to be served..

We like this version with beanthread noodles. While doing the course in Thailand, I realized that, in this kind of cooking, there's an unmatched ability to balance flavors without compromising the taste of the individual ingredients. Experience authentic Thai flavors in this Thai larb recipe (larb moo. Another easy Thai recipe that you can make at home. This simple Larb salad is light, refreshing and served with lots of veggies.