Spicy Salmon Salad Recipe (Laab Salmon) ลาบแซลมอน - Hot Thai Kitchen

Every time I had salmon sashimi, I'd always think to myself, "This would be SO good if I laab it!" So finally I tried out my culinary dream, and it's even better than I thought it would be! Spicy, herbaceous, fresh, light, healthy, gluten-free, not to mention it is a show stopper when you bring it out to the table!
In this video I also review how to make toasted rice powder (or what I call "magic powder") which is the most important ingredient in a laab.
Most importantly, make sure you use good quality, sushi-grade salmon that is super fresh for this dish!
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Pailin “Pai” Chongchitnant is the author of the Hot Thai Kitchen cookbook, co-host of a Canadian TV series One World Kitchen on Gusto TV, and creator and host of the KZbin channel Pailin's Kitchen.
Pai was born and raised in southern Thailand where she spent much of her "playtime" in the kitchen. She traveled to Canada to study Nutritional Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and was later trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in San Francisco.
After working in both Western and Thai professional kitchens, she decided that her passion really lies in educating and empowering others to cook at home via KZbin videos, her cookbook, and cooking classes. She currently lives in Vancouver, and goes to Thailand every year to visit her family. Visit her at hot-thai-kitchen.com
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[@PailinsKitchen]

HELLO LOVELY VIEWERS! Important Note: If you have questions about this recipe, you can post it here for the community to answer. But if you want to ask me, please get in touch via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or my website (all links are in the description above). If you leave questions in the comments I may not see them due to the large volume of comments I receive across the hundreds of videos on this channel. Also, before sending on any questions be sure to read the written recipe on the website as I often add extra tips and notes not covered in the video. Thank you for watching!

[@SpoonForkHeart]

Wow, such an amazing looking salmon recipe. Big thumbs up.

[@bradb6261]

You just made Laab into a verb. I love it. I too want to laab all sorts of things. That delicious spicy herb blend really is the special Thai treatment a lot of foods could benefit from. :)

[@always2149]

Thanks Pai! My family loves all your recipes!

[@innywibawa6985]

So... appetiziiiing! Will certainly try your recipe. Thanks, Pailin!

[@EmmaSun]

I'm drooling already

[@se0ultra1n]

amazing recipe & beautiful presentation chef! thank you.

[@missirenchan]

looks so refreshing, perfect for summer!

[@AussieAngeS]

This dish looks really delicious. Love your channel

[@alexm9597]

your channel is great. keep up the fantastic work.

[@Sully9663]

I have eaten a few different Laabs. This one speaks to me. Love the fly swatting at the end.

[@dorawang5451]

lovely, I am going to try it.

[@gourmetjunki]

What an awesome idea to use raw salmon for Laab. I can't wait to try it. You are so creative and I just love how you explained everything as you go. I picked up so much in the little tips, such as not adding the toasted rice powder right until the dish is to be served or not grounding the toasted rice until ready to use.

[@mitsubishi56ify]

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[@msstephaniexiong]

i just love the way u eat.

[@nimaljayasiri6065]

Great one ! cant wait to try this out.......

[@Timurlane100]

OMG! This is fantastic! I love laab to begin with, but this brought it to a whole new level.

[@superjamesmomma6967]

OMG! This looks so delicious, I will have to try this for sure. 😋

[@phamv01]

nice. definitely will give it a go. Thanks heaps

[@nkaujyaj2451]

i love laab, this looks sooo good I gotta try it

[@dinara1766]

thank you for sharing the cooking videos. Your cooking tutorial saves my life in the States. Thank you thank you!

[@karlalee2728]

love the fine points about the knife

[@alicet7269]

Yes another recipe I can present for the holidays! I made the appetizer this evening and it's good! All the ingredients minus green onions combined certainly accomplishes a mouthful of flavors ^__^ I never ate raw onions before nor prefer it however with all the other ingredients combined I didn't taste the onions so much! I went to Uwajimaya's to purchase sushi grade raw salmon (says "for sashimi" on clear wrap). It is a bit expensive for a small piece though. Thank you Pai for all your easy to follow recipes!

[@dcrayton]

While I was watching this video, I started salivating at the same time Pai did. LOL This looks so good!

[@XX-lg6my]

Beautiful dish!!

[@ivyheath3980]

Not Thai but completely in love with Asian recipes this one I'm absolutely doing

[@boosalith2246]

I've been making laarb salmon for years raw and cooked this is the first time I've seen someone ever posting it on here...GREAT JOB, looks delicious

[@ahhwe-any7434]

Boo Salith theres this thai/lao place in this small, country town i live in. Well, ill give this place more credit. At least we do have 3 restaurants like this very close by. The ppl who own it tho is a wm-af couple. That dude is so odd to me too. Like, he just seems slow. Anyway, of course it's americanized... But me trying to order sh over the phone has got him like "huh?" Why is it spelt larb for? Him trying to understand, then correct ...has got me like (? The f? Yeah, ok, Wever dude. We'll go w/ that then. How has this lady not bothered to correct him? Gah, i think this my fate... similiar like anyway. Weh. Maybe not. I prob. Over thought that one). He really pronounced it the way it was spelt.

[@thecookingtube3837]

That looks tasty:) great video! thank you

[@justaddmusclecom]

This looks so amazing, reminds me of a Peruvian dish Called Tiradito that is similar to Ceviche.

[@virusx715]

Pailin, I love Thai food and raw salmon. This is the perfect combination. I definitely gotta try this.

[@maix139]

look so good! making this soon

[@LisaHerger]

Thanks for the great recipe. I never thought of using leaves to flavor toasted rice powder! Your dress is stunning, by the way :-)

[@HiroKawazu]

Wow I gotta do this! I love salmon sashimi and now I can try it with this!

[@chloe-wu8cw]

I think this may be the salad of my dreams 😍

[@zucchinigreen]

Want to dive into it. Looks soooo good!

[@nuiacain186]

o dear that's wonderful dish- - so yumyyyyy

[@CosmosPeony]

Recipes of ur are so tasty, like i couldn't stop making Thai food. 😂 Especially i love som tum. BTW, ur so cute. 😘😘

[@HaNiMae13]

That's the dressing I've been desperately searching the net for. So glad I came across your channel :)

[@ericokamura3150]

Yummy, raw fish! And talking about sharp knife, in a typical local Japanese household in Hawaii you'll find in the kitchen a "sashimi knife" which is only used to cut up raw fish. If you use it for anything else, get ready for some scoldings! LOL! Out of my 4 daughters, you remind me of 3 of them put together Pai. It is so fun to watch you cook! Thank you for putting your passion out to the public! :)

[@szabieger]

loved it!

[@mariacosta3028]

Pailin always superb

[@magicalmoderntreasures5198]

Looks yummylicious!

[@armensancho2003]

your pretty with your shoulder lenght hair. your really inspiration in cooking

[@misterstealyourapples4858]

you have nooooo idea how much I wanted to learn to make this. especially because we can get fresh salmon here in CA, USA during this season. thank you Pailin!

[@jennyramirez7979]

I have to make this dish! Thank you … Queen of Laab

[@claireariola-heinisch798]

hhhmmm...looks...yuuummmeee😋 I would love💜 to try it now...thnx for sharing😉😉😉

[@jeffcore7631]

Looks great, can you taste the salmon？ wonderfully, creative use of ingredients

[@AirbenderHPyeah]

HOLY SHI THIS LOOKS AMAZING

[@michaelhuang4224]

Wowwww what a good one : )

[@sinachhit3430]

we make something similar to this but I would love to try Thai food

[@jeffward1106]

All of your videos are excellent. This one may be the most pretty and posh. ( yet still Pai simple to make ) 😄

[@L337Kelly]

I *love* your dress, Pai!!

[@katydoe677]

i made my first laab the other day - laab moo. i think raw salmon will be my next one - this looks so yummy! ❤😊

[@maivueyang8516]

I really really want some

[@user-tf7jn5xi9w]

hot thai kitchen cooks cool thai foods

[@HiroKawazu]

I made this today :), only found a 500g piece of salmon so I had to make a lot :P. So I made 3 different platings. One was like the one in the vid. Another one was a tartar, I mixed some of the herbs in the ground salmon, I served the tartar cake on top of the salad and had the sauce around it. And third, I made a bit thicker sashimi salmon pieces that I fanned out on a plate and had the salad in the middle. All tasted amazing, but I preferred the sashimi way as I got more of the salmon flavor then.

[@offlinehere7048]

My wife decided to make whole baby squid Laab salad last week before you released this video. Her ingredients are similar to your, but she over cooked the whole squids, which made them a little leathery. But we still enjoyed the Laab baby squids chewy tentacles.

[@dorisng4476]

weeew I like it

[@midgetwes]

Wow, I'm looks really yummy, have to find all ingredients in holland to make this..

[@shellyvang]

If you ever get a chance to visit the United States and come to the Midwest in Minnesota ~ there is a great Hmong Owned Restaurant that called Sushi Tango. They have a great sushi/sashimi/thai fusion dishes. Seafood Laab and Spicy Tuna Tataki are a must try!!!

[@luluho5894]

Hello Pai, Just want you to know,I’m a admirer of your cooking skills ( needless to said: your personality played a crucial role in your show! 👍❤️😍😍🤗! After I make stirred fry chicken with eggplants,I ordered your cookbook ( feeling guilty without paying for what I’ve learned through your passion and hard work! I will try the fish sauce salmon Sashimi in a next few days because it’s looks so inviting! And will take a pic to share it with you. Good luck and good health to you and your family. Ps : please tell your husband that I think you’re cool !😳😆.LH.

[@chuongamingchannel7806]

Oh yes so good you food I like it

[@iROChakri]

Another good Thai dish that is popular in Laos 😁

[@classical7]

Yum!!

[@michaelogden4035]

that looks soooooo dee-lish!!!

[@JS-gl8pg]

I just finished dinner and am hungry again!!!!😞

[@JuztMeMe]

Great recipe! What is the wok made of? Where could I get it? Thanks!

[@Ledehone]

Hi Pai! I love watching your videos! :D Quick question: is there any difference between cilantro and coriander? Thanks :)

[@PailinsKitchen]

Cilantro is just the way N. Americans call coriander. Same plant :) However, the seeds of the plant are always called coriander seeds.

[@user-mz9gm3co1h]

it's different smell

[@rudavalek]

Now that's mana!

[@spongebracket]

gosh I'm starving 😣😣

[@Gelenvader3]

You should so make vlogs

[@aewe7120]

subscribed

[@tiayang725]

Hi. can you make the raw crab with mango dish. thanks

[@natthidaverwaal5258]

Wauwww!!!

[@Chandasouk]

As a Laotian, I've eaten many laabs, but I've never seen anything like this before!

[@Gongkiat]

Laab Salmon just became popular in Thai cuisine about 9-10 years same time as the popularity of eating Salmon in Thailand grew. I take it as a kind of combination of traditional dish with imported meat :D

[@Chandasouk]

Cool. It looks tasty. Sadly, my cooking skills leave much to be desired lol

[@Gongkiat]

I believe you could find this in Thai restaurant where you live. I can see lots and lots of Thai restaurants add this in the menu. Enjoy :D

[@florencelau7245]

This dish is amazing! But seems lot of work... but I guess yummy food take hard work.

[@venicawood3894]

You actually think this is a lot of work??!!??

[@annamarietom9864]

Can you make this the nite before in advance for lunch?

[@ParanaSlim52]

+1 on chopping the cilantro stems. What about basil stems? Can you offer any tips for growing kaffir lime tree? You've got me hooked the galangal in the garden is almost 6 feet high and the lemongrass is not too much shorter. The shallot flowers earlier in the year were very cool. I can't remember if the other planter is garlic or ginger right now but I'm putting in another bed for the leafy herbs; cilantro, basil, culantro, mint, etc. Thanks Pai I'm loving it !!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Ha...I'm the worst person to ask about gardening tips! I can't grow anything... find thai basil stems to tough to incorporate into dishes so I don't use it.

[@ParanaSlim52]

Thanks Pai just thought I'd ask :-)

[@jonathanlee97]

When I was a kid my grandma had some plants in her garden that looked exactly like dill so I thought it was dill and wanted to pluck some to put some in my cream sauce for my salmon but luckily I didnt cause turns out its a mosquito repellent plant LOL. Youre supposed to rub in on your skin and mosquitos wont bite you cause of the citronella smell lol

[@mimi123418]

Jonathan Lee p

[@SBinVancouver]

Saw that "Made in BC" stamped on the side of your knife. Swoon! Can you tell me the make and model?

[@PailinsKitchen]

Sorry just saw! It's from North Arm Knives, look them up! They only have 1 chef's knife with different handles.

[@AdamHotThaiKitchen]

lol - that fly! Grrrrrrr ... (bzzzt!)

[@sxd-215]

similar to how some laab is made with cooked ground pork, would this be good with cooked and minced salmon? obviously taste and texture will be different, but seems like it would work.

[@PailinsKitchen]

Yes would probably work :) But then again...I think laab anything is good, ha!

[@christophersivilay4488]

jeez you can cook

[@jasonhiga5902]

Any thoughts on how this’d work out if I subbed in canned pink salmon?😊

[@PailinsKitchen]

Hi Adam here! I think you're going to have to ask her that one directly as she doesn't see the comments on here once the post is more than a week old (as per her note above). You can check out options to get hold of her here hot-thai-kitchen.com/contact . Cheers!

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Might try this then :P I'm not really a fan of wasabi but my family loves having sashimi and we have one everytime we buy fresh salmon XD They'd have wasabi and soysauce with it whilst I make my concoction of lemon, soysauce and black pepper :P I'm gonna try this next time we have sashimi for a change :P Toasted rice powder is really good as well :P Tried it on your laab meatball recipe and even experimented by adding it on ice cream XD

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Nat Nonthanasin Well we've been doing it a long time now with no ill effects :/ Food safety is very strict here in the UK so I don't really have a problem if they lable it fresh :)

[@SBinVancouver]

The spec in British Columbia is -20c (-4F) for 7 days, or -30c (-22F) for 15 hours

[@annabella90210]

ĺp

[@kimokeoke6835]

nommmmmmmm......

[@lucymoomoob]

where did you get your mortar and pestle from?

[@nenayabut2025]

lucymoomoob I want to ask that too! Pailin, pls reply. Thanks

[@mtgsk5180]

Nat Nonthanasin dammit! I need to make new friends

[@Cinco-da-mayo]

Super easy and tasty dish. Why is Adam is so Closeted!

[@PangChokLin]

Pailin I've a question here,can I squeeze the lime juice one day ahead?

[@cHemon]

Pang Chok Lin it will lose its freshness. but if you need to, keeping it in a freezer will help.

[@fhhj8978]

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[@brigitte4609]

Vous pouvez mettre le sous titre en Français s il vous plait ce serai extraordinaire merci

[@chmellen]

Hey, I just heard about green curry alligator.

[@chelienk]

is this the same sauce for Thai beef salad or dipping sauce for Thai beef jerky??

[@kaweejay]

chelien kue exactly!

[@chelienk]

thanks!! I've been wanting to create this sauce ☺

[@gurlz8]

not the same sauce for the dipping sauce though.. that's called Jaew sauce :)

[@samnaz7172]

So dear it's just an ordinary salmon or special ?as its written sushi grade salmon

[@PailinsKitchen]

Needs to be sushi-grade salmon :)

[@oukkimsan5701]

Can i substitute with raw beef?

[@lovebunny5644]

sure. make sure it clean tho

[@kaweejay]

ouk kimsan in thailand we can make Laab with Chicken, pork, beef, fish and even eggplants using the same ingredients!

[@luluemerald5380]

kaweeJay official

[@JidtapadTK]

+kaweeJay offical 55 also duck meat, muchroom, eveen unripe mango เราก็เอามาทำ laab. Snack like crisp fried potato also has "LAAB" flavor.

[@natchananful]

ouk kimsan yes you can. Also pork even liver. Try it :)

[@janhow1911]

Cilantro and coriander are the same 😊

[@cHemon]

She said "sawtooth coriander" which is NOT the same as "cilantro" ;)

[@mtgsk5180]

cHemon is that culantro?

[@maile997]

mtgsk yes

[@kavitauttamchandani8606]

I enjoy watching yr cooking which salmon is this smoked from supermarket or fresh what do u call o In Thai language ! Now I am on Bangkok thanks

[@biophile2]

[@billyb9067]

Hal Grotke why not just say it!! Lao food. Lao coriander?? I know Esan is politically correct. But truthfully it’s Lao food. The papaya salad style in Issan is called Thum Lao and Thum Thai respectively.. ❤️❤️❤️

[@LaBelle22]

Can you make this cooked? And how?

[@seungsmart]

Second!