Thai Chicken Salad "Lab"
4 servings
25 minutes
Lab is a national dish of Laos, but it is also very popular in Thailand, for example. It is made from different meats, fish, mushrooms - everything is quickly fried and seasoned with spicy sauces and lime juice. We made lab from minced chicken .
1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
2
Heat half of the oil in a pot over the highest heat.
- Peanut oil: 40 ml
3
Fry half of the minced meat, chopped lemongrass, and chili. Stir constantly and break up clumps, frying for 2-3 minutes.
- Ground chicken: 500 g
- Lemongrass: 1 stem
- Green chili pepper: 1 piece
4
Continuously stir and break up clumps, frying for 2-3 minutes. Then transfer the cooked meat to a clean ovenproof dish and repeat with the remaining oil, minced meat, lemongrass, and chili. If frying a large amount of meat at once, it will release a lot of moisture and start to stew.
- Peanut oil: 40 ml
- Ground chicken: 500 g
- Lemongrass: 1 stem
- Green chili pepper: 1 piece
5
Mix lime zest and juice, fish sauce, and sweet chili.
- Lime: 2 pieces
- Fish sauce: 1 tablespoon
- Sweet chili sauce: 1 tablespoon
6
Pour this sauce over the meat.
- Fish sauce: 1 tablespoon
- Sweet chili sauce: 1 tablespoon
7
Cut the onion into strips.
- Red onion: 1 head
8
Chop the cilantro.
- Cilantro: 30 g
9
Tear off the mint leaves if they are large, and chop them as well.
- Fresh mint: 15 g
10
Mix onion and greens into the minced meat.
- Red onion: 1 head
- Cilantro: 30 g
- Fresh mint: 15 g
11
Serve sprinkled with fried peanuts.
- Roasted peanuts: 40 g
