Coconut Larb Rice
This one pan coconutty pork mince larb rice situation is a crowd favourite - sticky, chewy, soft, tangy, salty, crispy, and sorry, forgot to mention... ONE POT!
Serves: 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp oil
500g pork mince
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 lemongrass stalk, bruised
2 makrut lime leaves, shredded
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 cup jasmine rice
3 cups chicken stock
2 Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped
1 golden eschalot, thinly sliced
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
handful Thai basil, leaves picked
2 cos lettuce hearts, leaves separated, to serve
1 cup pork crackle (store bought), to serve
For the dressing
1/4 cup lime juice
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Heat a large high-sided frying pan over high heat. Add the mince and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, for 5-6 minutes or until browned and crisp all over. Add the garlic and another 1 tbsp of the oil and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the coconut and rice and toss together for 1 minute. Finally, add the lemongrass, lime leaves and chicken stock. Stir and place in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender.
For the dressing, whisk together the lime juice, sugar and fish sauce.
In a large bowl, add the cucumber, eschalot, cherry tomatoes and Thai basil. Drizzle over the dressing and toss together.
Serve the larb in lettuce cups topped with the salad and pork crackle.
HINTS
Pile this into lettuce cups and eat handfuls of the pork crackle before, during and afterwards - that's not a suggestion, it's the correct method.
Getting the mince properly browned and crisp before anything else goes in is where the flavour lives - don't rush that first 5-6 minutes.
The fresh salad and tangy dressing are doing the balancing act against the rich coconut rice, so don't skip them even on a lazy night.
NUTRITION (per recipe total, serves 4 - guide only):
Energy: 12,600 kJ (3020 cal)
Protein: 135 g
Fat: 180 g
Saturated fat: 70 g
Carbohydrate: 200 g
Sugars: 25 g
Fibre: 12 g
Sodium: 3800 mg
This nutrition information is a guide only and may vary depending on brands, exact quantities, and ingredient substitutions used.