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Thai Lettuce Wraps (Larb Gai, Laab Gai)
- Time
- 20 min
- Makes
- 2
- Ingredients
- 17
- Rating
- 5.0 out of 5, from 76 ratings on RecipeTin Eats
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Ingredients
- 2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch (OR 2 tbsp uncooked rice (any rice is fine) (Note 1))
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 1/2 tbsp lime juice ((1 to 2 limes))
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp peanut oil ((or other high smoke point cooking oil))
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger (, grated or very finely chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (, large, minced)
- 1 lemon grass stalk (, white and very pale green part only, finely chopped (Note 2))
- 2 Thai or birds eye chilli (, deseeded and finely chopped (adjust to taste))
- 1 lb / 500g chicken mince ((ground chicken) OR pork)
- 1/2 red onion (, cut into 4 wedges then finely sliced)
- 1/3 cup coriander/cilantro leaves (, plus extra to garnish)
- 1/3 cup mint leaves (, plus extra to garnish)
- 3 tbsp crushed peanuts ((optional))
- 6 - 8 small to medium lettuce leaves ((I used baby cos / romaine) (Note 3))
- Extra lime wedges, chilli
Nutrition · per serving
238 g per serving
- Calories
- 351 kcal
- Fat
- 21.4 g
- Fiber
- 1.9 g
- Sugar
- 2.4 g
- Sodium
- 559 mg
- Protein
- 28 g
- Trans fat
- 0.1 g
- Cholesterol
- 130 mg
- Carbohydrate
- 13 g
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
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