Laab Tod Recipe (Laab Meatballs) | Saveur

Laab Tod Recipe (Laab Meatballs) | Saveur

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These Thai fried meatballs, or laab tod, are served with a sweet-sour-spicy dipping sauce and crisp lettuce leaves for DIY wraps.

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Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp. fish sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 2 Tbsp. Thai seasoning sauce, preferably Golden Mountain
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1½ tsp. ground dried Thai chile flakes
  • 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped (1 Tbsp.)
  • One 2-in. piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped (1 Tbsp.)
  • ¼ cup uncooked jasmine or glutinous rice
  • 1¼ lb. ground pork
  • 2 Tbsp. finely chopped cilantro
  • 2 Tbsp. finely chopped lemongrass
  • 2 Tbsp. finely chopped white onion
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp. finely chopped makrut lime leaves
  • 1 Tbsp. fine white rice flour, preferably Erawan
  • 1½ tsp. chicken bouillon powder
  • 1½ tsp. fish sauce
  • 1½ tsp. sugar
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • Vegetable oil
  • Cilantro leaves
  • Mint leaves
  • Thinly sliced red onion
  • Roasted, salted peanuts
  • Green leaf or romaine lettuce leaves

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