Thai Beef Larb Salad
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 254kcal
Once you have a Thai Larb Salad, you'll want it often! So light and bright tasting! Beef Larb recipe.
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Ingredients
Dressing
- ½ TBS brown sugar or honey
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder or fresh if you can find it, you can also omit
- 3 TBS lemongrass paste or a couple stalks sliced thin
- 1 garlic clove minced)
- 2 TBS fish sauce
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
Larb Salad
- 1 lb. Laura's Lean 96% Lean/4% Fat Ground Beef
- 1.5 TBS avocado oil / olive oil
- ½ cup chopped sweet onion
- ½ teaspoon more or less to taste red pepper flakes
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 red chili sliced
- 3- fingered pinch salt
- ¼ cup rough chopped parsley
- ¼ cup rough chopped cilantro
- ¼ cup torn Thai basil or basil leaves
- 2 TBS torn mint leaves
- 1 heaping cup cucumber pieces
- ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion or pickled red onion
- Black pepper to taste.
- Iceberg lettuce or lettuce of your choice OR sticky ric
Instructions
- Combine dressing ingredients in a mason jar and shake until emulsified and combined. Set aside.
- Prep your salad ingredients and set aside.
- Add oil to a large skillet, heat and then add in onions and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Add in garlic and red chili peppers and sauté 1 minute.
- Add in ground beef and saute until almost cooked through,
- Carefully remove excess liquid from pan with a paper towel, then add in a splash of the dressing. Finish cooking through, remove from heat and add in remaining ingredients.
- Enjoy over shredded lettuce as a salad or over sticky rice. Drizzle with remaining dressing and enjoy.
- Optional: Top with chopped peanuts.
Notes
Serves 2 as a full meal, or 4 as a lite salad.
Best enjoyed the day you make it.
Nutrition
Serving: 4servings | Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 910mg | Potassium: 700mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 809IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 4mg