Lao Naem Khao

Name: Lao Naem Khao
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 115 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 Cups Jasmine Rice; 1 Coconut; 1 Splash Oil; 2 cups Sour Pork Sausage; 2 diced Pickled Garlics; 1 Juice of 1 Lime; 2 tablespoons Fish Sauce; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 1 sliced Onion; 1 sliced Shallots; 3 finely chopped Spring Onions; 1 cup Cilantro; ½ cup Hot Mint; ½ cup Mint; ¼ cup Roasted Peanut; 1 To serve Vegetables; 1 To serve Lettuce

115 min · Serves 6 · By TheMealDB Import

High Protein
Pork
Dinner

Pork

Adapted from cookingwithlane.com

Ingredients

For 6 servings

3 CupsJasmine Rice
1 Coconut
1 SplashOil
2 cupsSour Pork Sausage
2 dicedPickled Garlics
1 Juice of 1Lime
2 tablespoonsFish Sauce
1 tablespoonSugar
1 slicedOnion
1 slicedShallots
3 finely choppedSpring Onions
1 cupCilantro
½ cupHot Mint
½ cupMint
¼ cupRoasted Peanut
1 To serveVegetables
1 To serveLettuce

Method

Prep 25 min · Cook 90 min

1Slice the onion and shallots thinly. Let them soak in a ice water bath while preparing the rest of the meal.
2Grate the coconut. Put in a large bowl.
3Add the coconut in a large bowl. Add the rice. Using your hands, mix the coconut and rice together.
4Roll the mixture to form 2-inch rice ball croquettes.
5Heat up the cooking oil in a pot or pan.
6Beat two eggs and a large bowl. Dip the balls into the egg mixture. Then, drop the balls into the cooking oil.
7Allow the balls to turn a dark amber brown color. Deep fry until crispy, crunchy, and golden. Remove and set on paper towel to drain excess oil.
8Once cooled, break apart the rice balls and add into a larger bowl.
9Drain the onion and the shallots.
10Make sure you tear the pork sausage up into small pieces. You can use a knife too, but the traditional method is tearing.
11In the large bowl, add in the onion, shallots, sour pork sausage, pickled garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, cilantro, hot mint, regular mint.
12Top with peanuts. Serve with Lettuce, dry chilli, and other fresh vegetables.
13Preserving Naem Khao Recipe
14Naem Khao can be kept in the refrigerator for 4 days. It can then be served chilled.
15It should not be frozen.
16Serving Naem Khao
17Nam Khao is generally served with lettuce leaves and a variety of different herbs like hot mint, mint, basil, and perilla.