Laos
Sticky rice with everything: pounded green-papaya salads, herb-packed larb and smoky grilled river fish. That is the short version of what Laos cooks. Look for Larb (national minced-meat salad with herbs, lime and roasted rice powder), Tam Mak Hoong (lao papaya salad punched up with padaek fermented fish sauce) and Sticky Rice (steamed glutinous rice rolled by hand, the true Lao staple). Widely considered the national dish; served at weddings and new year because the name sounds like the Lao word for luck and fortune. This atlas has 34 Laos dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
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Khao Piak Sen
Chewy tapioca-rice noodles in gingery chicken broth. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hour 30 min cooking. 4 servings.…
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Khao Poon
Rice vermicelli in coconut or fish broth with pounded meat, herbs and banana flower. Ready in 45 min prep and…
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Khua Mee
Rice noodles fried dark with palm sugar and soy, topped with egg strips. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 25…
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Lao Coffee
Dense dark-roast coffee from the southern highlands, drunk with condensed milk. Ready in 10 minutes prep and 10 minutes cooking.…
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Lao-Lao
Potent homemade rice whisky poured at every celebration. A wine & spirit recipe from Laos.
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Lao Hai
Rice wine fermented in a clay jar and drunk communally through bamboo straws. A wine & spirit recipe from Laos.
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Mok Pa
Fish steamed in banana leaf with dill, lemongrass and chili. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking. Serves…
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Nam Van
Sweet coconut milk with banana, tapioca pearls or jackfruit, served warm or iced. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 30…
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Naem Khao
Crispy fried rice-ball salad with sour pork and herbs. Ready in 40 min prep and 40 min cooking. 6 servings.…
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Or Lam
Luang Prabang stew of buffalo, aubergine and numbing chili wood. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hour 30 min…