Laap (Beef Salad)

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Laap (Beef Salad)

Laap (Beef Salad) is a traditional Laotian recipe for a classic salad of fried beef that's cut into strips and mixed with lime juice, fish sauce, ground rice, garlic, herbs, spring onions and chillies before serving. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Laotian version of: Beef Salad (Laap).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Additional Time:

(+6 hours soaking)

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Chilli Recipes Herb Recipes Beef Recipes Laos Recipes

Ingredients:

425g beef steak
juice of 1 lime (or lemon)
3 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp fried ground rice
5 mint leaves, minced
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 sprig of parsley, chopped
1 spring onion, chopped
3 fresh chillies, died
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
oil for frying

Method:

Heat a little oil in a pan, add the beef and fry for about 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until nicely browned and heated through.

Remove the beef from the pan and allow to rest for 5 minutes before slicing into small strips. Transfer these strips into a large bowl then add the lime juice and toss to combine. Add the fish sauce and the fried rice and stir to mix.

Season to taste with salt and freshly-ground black pepper.

Immediately before serving add the mint, garlic, parsley spring onions and chillies. Toss to combine and serve.