Nam Khao (Crispy Rice Salad) | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1½ cups jasmine rice (see note)
• ½ cups coconut milk
• 2 tbsp. fish sauce
• 2 tbsp. oyster sauce
• 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp. Thai red curry paste, such as Mae Ploy
• 1 large egg
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• 5 whole dried Thai chiles (see note), or other medium-hot chiles such as árbol
• ¼ cups fresh lime juice
• 2 tsp. kosher salt
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. ground Thai chiles, or crushed red chile flakes (see note)
• 10 oz. cup naem (Thai pork sausage), coarsely chopped (1 cup)
• 1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts, coarsely chopped
• ½ cups coarsely chopped cilantro
• ½ cups coarsely chopped mint leaves
• 3 medium scallions, dark green tops discarded, coarsely chopped (½ cup)
• 1 small head red leaf lettuce, cleaned, leaves torn off