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Laotian
Lao Naem Khao
Allergens: Fish, Gluten, Nuts, Peanuts, Sulphites
Lao crispy-rice salad: broken fried rice with sausage and herbs.
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil
- Sugar 1 tbsp
- Fresh coriander 1 cup
- Fresh mint 0.5 cup
- Lettuce
- Lime
- Onion 1
- Shallots 1
- Spring onions 3
- Sausages 2 cup
- Fish sauce 2 tbsp
- Jasmine rice 3 cup
- Coconut 1
- Mixed vegetables
- Peanuts 0.25 cup
- Pickled onions 2
Method
- Slice the onion and shallots thinly.
- Let them soak in a ice water bath while preparing the rest of the meal.
- Grate the coconut.
- Put in a large bowl.
- Add the coconut in a large bowl.
- Add the rice.
- Using your hands, mix the coconut and rice together.
- Roll the mixture to form 2-inch rice ball croquettes.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a pot or pan.
- Beat two eggs and a large bowl.
- Dip the balls into the egg mixture.
- Then, drop the balls into the cooking oil.
- Allow the balls to turn a dark amber brown color.
- Deep fry until crispy, crunchy, and golden.
- Remove and set on paper towel to drain excess oil.
- Once cooled, break apart the rice balls and add into a larger bowl.
- Drain the onion and the shallots.
- Make sure you tear the pork sausage up into small pieces.
- You can use a knife too, but the traditional method is tearing.
- In the large bowl, add in the onion, shallots, sour pork sausage, pickled garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, cilantro, hot mint, regular mint.
- Top with peanuts.
- Serve with Lettuce, dry chilli, and other fresh vegetables.
- Preserving Naem Khao Recipe.
- Naem Khao can be kept in the refrigerator for 4 days.
- It can then be served chilled.
- It should not be frozen.
- Serving Naem Khao.
- Nam Khao is generally served with lettuce leaves and a variety of different herbs like hot mint, mint, basil, and perilla.