Laos Foods Recipes

Lap Lao is the national food dish of Laos. It is like a salad dish with meat and Thai Lao herbs tossed together. You can make Lap Chicken, fish, and shrimp. The mint and the Ground Toasted Sticky Rice are the two ingredients that must be in all lap Lao dishes. Salad Recipe: Lap Lao Beef 1 cup thinly sliced beef that is barbecued to medium rare ¼ cup thinly sliced tripe (optional) ½ teaspoon chopped galangal 1 chili chopped 1 tablespoon chopped green onions 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro 2 tablespoon chopped mint 1 kaffir lime leaf ½ teaspoon chopped lemongrass 2 -3 tablespoon fish sauce 2 -3 tablespoon squeezed lime ½ teaspoon MSG (optional) 1 tablespoon Ground Toasted Sticky Rice Serve Lap Lao beef with sticky rice or Khao Chow which is jasmine rice . A lot of chopping is involved but the hard work is worth it. Also watch the Lap Chicken video.

These spring roll appetizer are so easy to make and very healthy because it is not deep fried. Fill the rice paper with anything you want. Also see wet rice paper spring rolls In my video, you’ll see that I made a vegetarian spring roll filled with lettuce, carrots, avocado, green onions, long green beans, snow peas, mint, cilantro, and baby mixed greens. Traditional spring rolls are filled with sin khao bune (vermicelli noodles), pork, herbs and banana blossoms. Instructions on how to make Spring Rolls: 1. Place a damp cloth over a flat surface. 2. Submerge a rice paper into hot water for less than 4 seconds. 3. Place the soft rice paper on to the damp cloth 4. Fill rice paper with vegetables and arrange neatly. 5. Roll the rice paper while tucking in vegetables . 6. Fold in the sides and finish rolling. 7. Roll and complete two rotations. lf the spring rolls are made prior to serving, place the damp cloth over the spring rolls to keep the rice paper moist. Garnish the sp

The Spring Roll Dipping Sauce recipe is a popular Thai Lao salad dressing. Because this sauce is so good, you'll want to double dip. Therefore, each person must have his own spring roll dipping sauce sprinked with crushed toasted peanuts. Dipping Sauce Recipe: Spring Roll Dipping Sauce 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup rice vinegar or juice of squeezed lime 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup fish sauce 1 garlic clove minced 1 teaspoon dried crushed chilies In a sauce pan heat the water and vinegar to dissolve the sugar. Once sugar is dissolved, add garlic, chilies and fish sauce. Once cooled, this sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

Sticky Rice is the preferred rice for Laos and northern Thailand. Sticky Rice is best serve with Classic Thai / Lao Hot Sauce and Lap Lao Beef. You must serve at least one of the sticky rice dipping sauces when you serve sticky rice: Roasted Tomato Chili Sauce Classic Thai / Lao Hot Sauce Eggplant Chili Sauce Jeow Ba Dek Unlike Khao Chow which is jasmine rice, sticky rice is always served in a bamboo basket, as seen in the video below. It is traditionally eaten with your hands. The rice should not stick to your fingers when properly cooked. If the rice sticks to your hands, next time, reduce the cooking time because each crop of rice is different. When purchasing sticky rice, make sure the label states "Glutinous" and that the rice is a product of Thailand. How to cook Sticky Rice: 1. Rinse the glutinous rice several times to remove any debris. 2. Soak the rice in luke warm water for at least 4 hours or over night. 3. Pour soaked rice into a bamboo steaming ba