Recipe: Yummy Turkey Larb

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Turkey Larb. Larb: In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion, shallots, lemongrass, chile, and salt, to taste. Once cool, grind to a powder with the pestle.

Turkey Larb Add the turkey and season with salt. Larb, or laab, is a popular dish in northern Thailand and Laos, using the fresh flavours of lime and lemongrass with the brisk bite of chilli. In this laab recipe from Andy Waters, turkey mince is gorgeously prepared as a savoury Southeast Asian supper that's quick to fix up for a weekday evening. You can cook Turkey Larb using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Turkey Larb

  1. You need 1 lb of ground turkey.
  2. It's 3 tbsp of olive oil.
  3. Prepare 10 clove of chopped garlic.
  4. Prepare 1 medium of yellow onion.
  5. It's 1 bunch of cilantro.
  6. You need 1 cup of chopped fresh mint leaves.
  7. Prepare 1 bunch of green onions.
  8. It's 1/2 cup of rice powder (optional).
  9. Prepare 1/4 cup of crushed red pepper.
  10. Prepare 6 of limes (juice).
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup of fish sauce.
  12. It's 1 head of romaine or leaf lettuce.
  13. You need of cooked jasmine rice.

Serve the turkey larb up with sticky rice for an additional taste of the Mekong. Larb - aka laab, laap or lop - is a staple of Laotian and Northern Thai cuisine. It's made with ground meat or fish and seasoned with fresh herbs, chilies, lemongrass, toasted ground rice, lime juice, and fish sauce, and no matter which way you spell it this dish is savory. Turkey Larb Lettuce Wraps are officially going to be your new go-to weeknight meal.

Turkey Larb step by step

  1. Heat olive oil in pan and cook garlic and chopped yellow onion until soft..
  2. Add ground turkey to onions and garlic and cook throughly..
  3. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, rice powder, green onions, mint, cilantro, cayenne pepper and mix well..
  4. Serve on top of lettuce leaves and jasmine rice on the side. YUM!!!!!.

We've talked about this before - but it's worth repeating… ground turkey saves my life on a pretty regular basis. But if the balance is just a little off, things can go awry. At first glance, this recipe for Ground Turkey Laap from Food & Wine looked like it had everything I needed. There was lime juice, fish sauce, and even some chili heat. The recipe even had the ground toasted rice powder, which is a great touch.