Today's Lunch -Thai Salad -Larb- / タイサラダ・ラーブ

8/07/08

As usual, today was my turn again. This is my probably 5th time to make this Thai salad, Larb.
It's so easy, and my lunch partner loves this. As her request, I made it again. :)
I was planning to make it last night, however, I was pretty busy for work, so
I made it in this morning. It took like no more than 20min.
Usually, at a Thai restaurant, they serve you with ground beef. And they call it "Thai Beef Salad (Larb)" in the menu. But, in my recipe I use ground pork. I think this is tastier than beef one.

またまた私の番でございました。今回はランチパートナーAちゃんのリクエストでタイサラダのラーブを作ってみたよ。タイレストランではビーフの合い挽き肉を使ってサラダを出しますが、私はポークの合い挽き使います。ポークの方がおいしいしね。（ってか私だけか、ポーク好き！って言ってんのは．．．）

Recipe /レシピ (for 2 people)
-Ground Pork 1lb
-2 garlic
-sesame oil
-1/2 red onion
-some cilantro (パクチ）
-some green chili
-Fish Sauce (Nampler) *important!!
-1 lime
-Small red cabbage (green one is fine too. this is sweeter)
(My recipe is pretty omitted out from real Larb. But it's still tasty! :)
本格的なタイサラダと比べたら結構レシピは省略されてるけど、でもこれでも十分おいしいぞ！ )


1-chop garlic, and fry with sesame oil
2-fry ground pork in #1 and turn off the stove
3-drain all the pork fat (this is important too.ここ大切ね。肉汁絶対に捨てるように）
4-put some ＊Nampler in #3 till you like the flavor
5-chop red onion, cilantro and green chili and put them in #4
6-squeeze lime and pour onto #5
and that's it! You can eat with cabbage.

This is Nampler - Fish Sauce. This is a big bottle (700ml) and you can find it at a Thai Market. It was only $1.59!! Cheap, isn't it? It will last for a while. :)
I was recommended to get this kind (with shrimp illustration) from a Thai lady (Jun's ex-bf's mom) I met before.

これがナンプラー。エビのマークが特徴です。じゅんちゃんの元カレ（タイ人）のお母さんからお勧めされました。これが一番おいしいんだって！私の隣のタイマーケットで1.59ドルだった。超安い！
もうこれさえあればほとんど何でもタイ料理作れちゃいそう！