Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Award-winning Pork & Beef Larb
Hey everyone, I hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, Recipe of Homemade Pork & Beef Larb. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Pork & Beef Larb using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
I’ve got these 2 friends. One is Cambodian, the other is Laotian. I asked them, what makes your larb diff from the other?
They had no idea what larb is!! -____-
After I made this version, they took their first bite and immediately knew. They magically had an answer! 🙄 Let’s start with my recipe first, then I’ll make another post with their variations.
Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Pork & Beef Larb:
- 1 heaping handful of ground pork
- 1 heaping handful of ground beef
- Chicken broth
- 4-5 tbsp toasted rice powder
- 1 large shallot; thinly sliced
- 3 Kaffir lime leaves; thinly sliced
- 2 bunches green onions; chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 th cup lemongrass; minced
- 1 thumb-size knob of galangal; minced
- leaves Thai basil
- leaves Mint
- 2 tbsp red pepper flakes
- Lime
- Lettuce
- Fish sauce
- Padaek - fish sauce with thick consistency
- Sugar
- Peanuts
Steps to make Pork & Beef Larb
- Heat up the ground beef/pork with a little bit of chicken broth. (It helps break up the pieces). Drain excess liquid. Set aside to cool while you prep the rest of your ingredients.
- To make my life easier, I put 1 stalk of lemongrass and a knob of galangal in my magic bullet to finely mince (separately). Set aside. (You can replace galangal with ginger, but it will have a slightly diff taste.)
- Add a few tbsp of toasted rice powder to the meat and your shallots. The toasted rice powder gives it a more toasted taste with added crunch. Mix.
- At this stage, you wanna add in the juice of 2 limes, 2 tbsp sugar, 2 heaping tbsp of fish sauce, and 2 tbsp of Padaek. Padaek should be dark brown in color, and thick. These are the brands I used.
- Mix mix mix! Add in your lemongrass and galangal 1 tbsp at a time. Use gloves for better distribution. Keep tasting and adjusting the flavors as needed. Should be salty sour sweet.
- Add in your thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves (from Mom’s kaffir lime tree!), cilantro, green onions, and red chili flakes. Mix.
- Then your whole mint leaves (These were from Dad’s backyard!) and Thai basil. Mix and taste to adjust to your liking.
- Top with peanuts. Mix. Serve with lime wedges, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh thai chilis, and lettuce for wrapping. Enjoy!
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