Easy pork larb
It's so easy. Served at room temperature, eaten with your hands. Pork - the perfect protein - flavoured with exotic Jasmine rice and wrapped in crisp and fresh cos lettuce. Healthy and light, but a surprisingly satisfying family meal.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
Course Appetiser, Dinner, Lunch, Snack
- 800 g NZ Pork mince
- 1 tbsp Olivado Peanut Oil
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 stalk stalk lemongrass smashed
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 lime
- 5-6 mint leaves torn
- ½ cup fresh coriander leaves torn
- ½ red onion
- 1 pouch cooked Jasmine rice microwave
- 2 heads baby cos lettuce to serve
Heat Olivado Peanut oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add garlic, chilli flakes and lemongrass. When fragrant add pork mince and cook it stirring frequently.
When the pork is cooked, add brown sugar, fish sauce and juice of 1/2 lime. Mix through chopped red onion, mint and corriander. Set aside.
Cook Jasmine Rice per packet instructions.
Mix rice and pork mince.
Serve on lettuce leaves with more squeeze of lime and chilli if desired.