🌶️ Larb Moo

Name: Larb Moo
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thailand · Isan
Ingredients: 500 g minced pork; 3 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1–2 tsp chili flakes; 3 shallots, thinly sliced; Large handful of mint; 2 tbsp toasted rice powder; Cabbage, long beans and cucumber to serve

Origin: Thailand · Isan

240kcal

per serving · 200 g

120kcal

per 100 g

28 gProtein14 g / 100 g

10 gFat5 g / 100 g

10 gCarbs5 g / 100 g

Larb moo is the pork version of the Isan minced-meat salad. Minced pork is tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, chili, sliced shallot, mint and toasted ground rice for a dish that is tangy, herby and fiery. It is eaten at room temperature with sticky rice, raw cabbage, long beans and cucumber.

Diets

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

Keto-friendly5 g carbs per 100 g

✓

High protein14 g protein per 100 g — 47% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: ground pork, fish sauce

Not veganbecause of: ground pork, fish sauce

Contains porkbecause of: ground pork

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Fish

What it is made of

ground porklimefish saucechili peppershallotminttoasted rice powder

Recipe

4 servings25 min

Ingredients

500 g minced pork
3 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
1–2 tsp chili flakes
3 shallots, thinly sliced
Large handful of mint
2 tbsp toasted rice powder
Cabbage, long beans and cucumber to serve

Method

Cook the pork in a pan with a splash of water, breaking it up, until no longer pink, 5–6 minutes.
Remove from the heat and season with lime juice, fish sauce and chili.
Fold in shallots and mint.
Add the toasted rice powder and toss well.
Serve with raw vegetables.

How to make it lighter

Use lean minced pork and pour off the pan fat.
Fill up on the raw vegetables and keep sticky rice to a small ball.
Taste before adding all the fish sauce — it is very salty.

History

Larb comes from the Lao culinary tradition shared by Laos and Isan, the northeastern region of Thailand. Larb moo is one of the most popular versions in Thailand and is a staple of Isan street stalls.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →