How to Make Delicious Laap Gai aka Minced Chicken Salad

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Laap Gai aka Minced Chicken Salad. Laap Gai translates to chopped chicken in the Lao language. Like all Lao food, it's not precious. It's actually a bit messy looking.

Known as larb gai in Thailand, the hot spiciness in this chicken salad recipe works really well with the crunchy veg, creating a perfect balance of flavour and heat.

Cook chicken with a little water.

In a bowl combine chicken, fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, ground roasted rice, green onions, coriander leaves, shallots, ground dried chillies and mint leaves.

You can cook Laap Gai aka Minced Chicken Salad using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Laap Gai aka Minced Chicken Salad

  1. You need 1 lb of Chicken Breast with Skin.

  2. It’s 1 bunch of Cilantro.

  3. Prepare 1 bunch of Green Onions.

  4. It’s 1 stick of Lemongrass.

  5. You need 3 of Kaffir Leaves.

  6. You need 10 of as needed Thai Peppers.

  7. Prepare 3 of Limes.

  8. You need 1 tsp of Crushed Red Chilli Pepper.

  9. It’s 3 tbsp of Roasted Rice.

  10. It’s 3 tbsp of Fish Sauce.

  11. You need 1 of as needed Salt.

Authentic chicken larb gai is typically made of ground chicken, fresh herbs with lime juice, padaek, and a toasted rice powder.

It is the national dish of Laos and has been adopted in regions like northern Thailand, which Larb gai literally means "minced meat chicken" in both Lao and Thai languages.

Laab Gai is a Thai minced chicken salad flavored with lime, fish sauce, herbs, and onion.

Due to inconsistencies in translation, Laab is often also spelled as Larb, Lahb, Larp, or Laap.

Laap Gai aka Minced Chicken Salad instructions

  1. Chop green onions, cilantro, and Thai chillies.

  2. Thinly slice kaffir leaves and halve limes.

  3. Preheat wok on medium high heat.

  4. Remove chicken skin and season with salt.

  5. Mince chicken breast thoroughly.

  6. Add minced chicken to preheated wok.

  7. Cook chicken breast until there is no more pink.

  8. Drain meat and add to a large mixing bowl.

  9. Pan fry chicken skin in skillet over medium heat until golden brown.

  10. Chop chicken skin and add over minced chicken.

  11. Sprinkle rice powder and crushed red chili pepper over minced chicken and mix.

  12. Add juiced lime and fish sauce over minced chicken and mix.

  13. Add green onions, cilantro, lemongrass and Thai peppers and mix.

She Simmers does a great job explaining the reasons for the inconsistencies and the basics of Laab Gai.

Basically its a minced chicken salad that is served warm and it's a very popular Thai salad recipe all over Thailand not just the north.

It is unusual in several ways but the most noticeable (apart from being warm) is the texture, is has a lovely grainy feel which is provided by the freshly ground Toasted Rice.

Thai/Laos style mince pork salad recipe Larb!

Sometimes it spells Larb, Laab, Laap.