Mushroom laab (Thai Mushroom Salad)
Laab, a delicious northeastern Thai salad that is slowly gaining more recognition abroad, is most often served with minced pork. Other popular versions are made with minced beef or catfish, but this vegetarian-friendly version – whipped up with meaty mushrooms – is a fabulous alternative that’s insanely addictive.
Mushroom laab (Thai Mushroom Salad)
Laab, a delicious northeastern Thai salad that is slowly gaining more recognition abroad, is most often served with minced pork. Other popular versions are made with minced beef or catfish, but this vegetarian-friendly version – whipped up with meaty mushrooms – is a fabulous alternative that’s insanely addictive.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Clean the mushrooms and pat them dry, then mix with the rice flour, salt, sugar, and pepper until well coated. Shake the mushrooms in a strainer to remove any excess batter.
- 2
Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat until a mushroom dropped into the oil begins to brown and crisp instantly. Fry the remaining mushrooms for two to three minutes until crispy, then pat dry with a kitchen towel to remove excess oil. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl, squeeze the lime juice over them and toss with a spoon, then leave to cool.
- 3
To the bowl of mushrooms, add the kaffir lime, galangal, lemongrass, mint, coriander, shallots, bird’s eye chillies, and roasted rice powder, and stir well to combine until the mushrooms are well coated. Add the lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, and chilli powder.
- 4
Taste, and adjust the seasoning according to preference, then serve with sticky rice.
This recipe works best with clamshell mushrooms (‘hed hoy shell’ in Thai). These are easy to find in Thailand, but if you have trouble getting them locally then oyster mushrooms make a good substitute – but use double the quantity. Alternatively, use whichever kind of mushrooms you can find.
- 5
If you don’t have palm sugar to hand, use regular white sugar instead.
If you can’t get hold of galangal, it’s better to leave it out altogether than to replace it with ginger.
Add your own twist
For a vegetarian laab, replace the fish sauce with soy sauce.
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