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Nice and spicy Thai minced chicken salad (Larb Gai)
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Nice and spicy Thai minced chicken salad (Larb Gai)

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

I know it is so simple to buy the already minced up chicken but the problem is you do not know what you are getting and it often has loads of fat and a bit of gristle in it. Buy your own and then mince it up yourself.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

307
Calories
35g
Protein
4g
Fat
34g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Iceberg Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Roasted Peanut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 large, boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • flaked sea saltblack pepper
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tsp caster, granulated or soft light brown sugar
  • 3 spring onions
  • ¼ cucumber
  • 1-2 red chillies
  • 1cm/½in piece fresh root ginger
  • ½ bunch coriander
  • ½ bunch mint
  • 1 handful salted (but not dry roasted) peanuts
  • 12 largish crisp iceberg lettuce

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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