Thai-style Pork Larb Salad with Crispy Wild Rice & Mint

Serving size

Ready in 20 High protein 9 plants

Thai-style Pork Larb Salad with Crispy Wild Rice & Mint

Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 20 mins
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Food group: Pork

The vibrant flavours of Southeast Asia. Free-range pork mince is sizzled with ginger, garlic, and fragrant lemongrass. Pair with crunchy coconut chips and black rice for that perfect balance of textures. The best part? It's ready in 20 mins.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Pull out a large frying pan, a large mixing bowl, a small bowl & a measuring jug

Pickle the cucumber

  • Slice the cucumber into 1/2cm thick half-moons
  • In the small bowl, mix the cucumber with the juice from half the lime and a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside to pickle
  • Trim and halve the broccoli. Thinly slice half the onion. Cut the remaining onion into wedges. Pick the mint leaves from the stalks and finely chop

Crisp up the rice

  • Add the rice to the lined baking tray with half the chilli paste (use less for less heat), 1/2 tbsp oil, a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix well to coat the grains, then spread out into one layer. Bake for 22-25 mins, stirring halfway, until crispy
  • After 10 mins add the broccoli and onion wedges to the rice tray, drizzle with 1tsp oil and retun to the oven for the remaining 12-15 mins

Get sizzlin'

  • Heat the large frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the pork and slice onion and cook for 5 mins, breaking up the mince with a wooden spoon, until golden brown
  • Add the ginger & garlic paste, tamari, half of the mint, remaining chilli paste and half of the hot honey. Cook for a further 3 mins, until the pork is cooked through

Combine the flavours

  • In the large bowl, combine the rice, roasted veg, pork mix, pickled cucumber and salad leaves. Toss through the remaining honey and lime juice and season with salt and pepper to taste

Plate up

  • Share the larb salad between bowls. Sprinkle over the remaining mint

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