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Vegan larb

January 12, 2019 by Ania - 6

easy, gluten-free, healthy

vegan larb stir fry

As I am flying to Poland again this weekend, I’ve had to cook a few Asian inspired dishes so that I can handle eating pierogi on repeat for a week πŸ™‚ . Just kidding! There is plenty of fabulous vegan food in Krakow, so I am sure I won’t get bored!

Today’s recipe is my attempt at veganising the national dish of Laos – larb. It features stir-fried mince, typically pork, that is seasoned with a liberal amount of lime juice and taken up to the next level with plenty of chopped up fresh herbs, like mint and coriander.

It is a salad of sorts, so you can simply have it inside fresh lettuce leaves or mixed into rice, which I personally prefer.

It’s delicious, aromatic, herbaceous and rather filling, so I figured it will make a perfect January meal, healthy yet satiating. I would not be myself if I hadn’t added some steamed broccoli to the mix, but you don’t have to!

PS: If you make my vegan larb, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag. I love seeing your takes on my recipes!

vegan larb ingredients

vegan larb tempeh

vegan larb bowl

5.00 from 2 votes
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  • serves: 4
  • prep: 20 min
  • cooking: 10 min

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp raw sticky rice, long grain or basmati rice
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce / tamari (for GF version) or vegan fish sauce (if you are able to find it)
  • 3 tbsp lime juice (1 lime), more to taste
  • a small piece of ginger, grated finely (about 1-2 tsp grated)
  • 1-2 tsp sugar (I used coconut), adjust to taste
  • 400 g / 14 oz tempeh*
  • 2 tbsp high smoke point oil (I used rice bran)
  • 2 small shallots, finely diced
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 2-3 hot red chillis, finely sliced (deseeded for less heat)
  • a good pinch of salt, adjust to taste
  • a good pinch of white pepper (black is okay too)
  • a bunch of fresh mint, leaves chopped
  • a bunch of fresh coriander / cilantro, chopped
  • steamed greens (I used broccoli), to serve (optional)
  • cooked rice or fresh lettuce leaves, to serve

Method

  1. Heat up a wok and once hot, add raw rice to it. Gently toast the rice, stirring very frequently, until fragrant and golden (about 10 minutes). Pound cooled-off rice in a pestle and mortar until all the grains are broken up and set aside for later.
  2. Combine soy sauce / tamari (or vegan fish sauce), lime juice, ginger and sugar in a small bowl.
  3. Chop tempeh into a really fine dice or chop it up roughly and grind it up in a food processor, taking care not to overprocess it.
  4. Heat up 2 tbsp of oil in the same wok you used to toast the rice. Once hot, add cubed / ground tempeh to it. Stir-fry for a few minutes until browned in places.
  5. Add in shallots, spring onions (white part only) and chilli and stir-fry for another minute or so.
  6. Season with a good pinch of salt and pepper and mix in the marinade you prepared earlier. Toss the tempeh in the marinade.
  7. Once off the heat, incorporate 1-2 tbsp of toasted ground-up rice and 2/3 of the chopped herbs into the tempeh.
  8. Serve with cooked rice or inside lettuce leaves with extra herbs, the green part of the sliced onions and some more lime juice squeezed on top.

Notes

*This is an optional step, but you may want to steam or boil your tempeh first to remove the slightly bitter aftertaste. I steam the entire block (cut in half so that it fits) for 20 minutes in a bamboo steamer and then cool it down completely before stir-frying.

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  1. Judith says

    January 23, 2019 at 2:36 pm

    Hi Ania,

    Great recipe! It reminded me so much of my trip to south east asia. The flavours are spot on. Keep those Original recipes coming!

    Best regards from snow Netherlands

    Reply
    • Ania says

      January 23, 2019 at 4:49 pm

      Thanks so much, Judith! I’m delighted to hear that! x Ania

      Reply
  2. Ruta says

    May 5, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    Thank you for the recipe, it looks great and I’m going to give it a go tonight! Was just curious as to what the ground rice does in this recipe? Have never come across this before:)
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Ania says

      May 6, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Hi Ruta,

      That’s great, I hope you’ll enjoy it. It adds nutty flavour and crunch! It’s a traditional Laotian ingredient. Ania

      Reply
  3. Noa says

    July 11, 2019 at 3:37 am

    Thank you, this was so good! It was also surprisingly straightforward, when I first read the recipe I thought it seemed like it would require more time than it did. Thank you so much, the flavours are really great, this will definitely become a regular use for tempeh in my house.

    Reply
    • Ania says

      July 11, 2019 at 2:42 pm

      My pleasure, Noa! I’m delighted to hear that you enjoyed it! x Ania

      Reply

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Hi, I'm Ania. I love good food but I love animals more! Adopting a plant-based diet has been the best decision I've made and that's how this blog was born. It's a space where I want to show you that creating delicious plant-based food isn't actually hard at all.
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