World flavors
Clam Larb
Herby, limey Lao-style salad
- 20 min
- Easy
- Serves 2–3
Ingredients
- 10 razor clams, chopped, flash-cooked 90 seconds
- 3 tbsp lime juice, 2 tbsp fish sauce, pinch sugar
- 2 tbsp toasted rice powder
- Shallots, mint, cilantro, green onion
- Lettuce cups, sticky rice
Method
- Toast raw rice in a dry pan until golden; grind coarse — this is the magic.
- Warm clams tossed with lime, fish sauce and sugar.
- Fold in shallots and heaps of herbs.
- Rice powder last — it should stay crunchy.
- Spoon into lettuce cups.
Tip. The toasted rice powder is non-negotiable; it makes larb larb.
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