Beef Larb
Ground beef with lime, fish sauce, and toasted rice powder, tangy, complex, and utterly addictive.
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar
- 3 scallions
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 2 red chili peppers
- 2 tablespoons white rice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 fresh mint leaves
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Save this recipeInstructions
- 1
Toast white rice in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring often. Grind to a fine powder with a mortar and pestle or spice grinder.
- 2
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and cook for 20 seconds.
- 3
Add ground beef and cook, breaking it apart, until no pink remains, about 5 minutes.
- 4
Remove from heat and stir in fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar, and toasted rice powder.
- 5
Fold in sliced scallions, cilantro, minced chili peppers, and torn mint leaves. Serve warm with lettuce leaves or rice.
