Ingredients
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1 tbsp long-grain white rice
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
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1 lb ground pork
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1 tbsp sugar
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1 tbsp fish sauce
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2 tbsp lime juice
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1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
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1 shallot, thinly sliced
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1/3 cup chopped green onions
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1/4 cup mint leaves
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1/4 cup basil leaves
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1/4 cup cilantro leaves
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1 head Bibb or butter lettuce, leaves separated
Steps
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Heat a dry 12” skillet on low. Add rice grains and toast until golden and fragrant, stirring continuously, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a mortar and pestle or spice grinder, grind toasted rice into a powder.
2
In same skillet, heat oil on medium-high. Add pork and cook until browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Add rice powder, sugar, fish sauce and lime juice. Cook 1 minute more. Add crushed red pepper, shallot, green onions, mint, basil and cilantro. Cook 1 to 2 minutes more. Season with salt to taste.
3
Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter. Spoon pork larb onto lettuce leaves and serve.
