1 plate · Easy · 25 min · ₭ Average

Laab diip raw beef salad is one of those childhood dishes that I always steered away from because it was scary to me as a kid. As an adult, I grew to love and cherish this dish. It is one of the essential Lao dishes that incorporates unique and delicious ingredients. The recipe looks easy, but the key to making this dish is sourcing and making the ingredients from scratch or finding the Lao aunty that has all these ingredients! Enjoy!

Credit FB Saeng Douangdara, YT Lao Food at Saeng’s Kitchen

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Ingredients

• 200 g of beef filet mignon
• ½ cup of beef honeycomb tripe
• 2 tablespoons of fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons of Lao fermented fish sauce (padek)
• ½ teaspoon of beef bile
• ½ teaspoon of MSG
• 2 tablespoons of roasted sticky rice powder
• 1 teaspoon of dried hot chili
• 8 kaffir lime leaves, minced
• 1 tablespoon of galangal
• 1 tablespoon of lime juice
• ¼ cup of Asian red shallot, chopped
• ½ cup of green onion, chopped
• ½ cup of coriander, chopped
• ½ cup of mint leave, chopped

Preparation

1. Roughly chop the beef and then the tripe and place it in a large bowl.

2. Add the fish sauce, padaek, beef bile, msg, and mix.

3. Add the toasted sticky rice powder, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lime juice, and mix.

4. Add the shallots, green onion, cilantro, mint, and gently mix.

5. Adjust with more fish sauce as needed and eat it with fresh sticky rice.