Larb Gai

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Ingredients

1 kg chicken mince{free range where possible}

2 tbls peanut oil

1 bunch coriander, roots chopped and leaves saved for garnish

5-6 kaffir lime leaves

4 shallots

5 garlic cloves

1 finger size knob ginger

1 cup chicken stock

2tbls fish sauce

1 tbls tamari

1 tbls palm sugar

1/2 red onion

3 chilli's chopped

lime wedges to garnish

1 cup jasmine rice

How to!

1. firstly slice your shallots, ginger, coriander roots and garlic and fry in a wok or pan with oil until nice and translucent.

2. Add your chicken mince and fry till your meat is browned and cooked, this should only take 7 or so minutes.

3. Add your chicken stock, fish sauce and tamari, sweeten to desire with your palm sugar and remember to get a nice balance of salty, sweet, spicy and pungent.

4. Cook for a further 5 minutes but remember to turn the heat down.

5. Once most of your stock is evaporated, add your sliced red onion, chilli and coriander leaves.

6. In a dry pan toast your jasmine rice until nicely roasted and all the rice is brown. Transfer to a mortar and grind to a fine powder.

7. add the rice to your larb and serve with lime wedges and sticky rice.

Enjoy xo