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Spicy lemongrass chicken larb
Photo: Lily Banse

Spicy lemongrass chicken larb

20 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Larb is a spicy Thai salad using fried chicken. Quick and easy to make, it's a great supper dish or lunchtime treat.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

637
Calories
38g
Protein
18g
Fat
75g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • 1 tbsp crushed roasted chillies
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp rice wine
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 lime
  • 1 small bunch Thai basil
  • 1 small bunch coriander
  • 50g/1¾oz roasted ground glutinous rice
  • 1 tbsp roasted red chillies, crushed
  • chicken skin (from the thighs), cut into strips about 1½cm/½in wide
  • bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes
  • sea salt
  • ground white pepper
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ cucumber
  • few sprigs Thai basil
  • few sprigs coriander

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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