Thai Chef Makes Laab (Larb)…The “OTHER” Laab!

WRITTEN RECIPE: hot-thai-kitchen.com/laab-kua
LAAB KUA or LAAB NUEA is northern laab (aka larb) and is totally different from the one you probably know! Made from ground pork with lots of spices and fresh herbs, it is an incredibly delicious and unique dish unlike any others in Thai cuisine.
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About Pai:
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
00:00 Introduction
01:05 Making Prik Laab
02:53 About long pepper and Sichuan peppercorns
03:49 Premade prik laab spice blend
04:28 Prepping the pork
07:18 Fresh Herbs
07:53 Making fried garlic
08:31 Cooking the laab
12:00 Laab accompaniments
13:05 How to eat laab

[@janellemilazzolau1288]

Please do more northern dishes! I lived in Chiang Mai in 2005 and miss it so much. Also lived with some people from the hill tribe groups and loved their food

[@NatureRealm-ve4ls]

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[@vincentanutama]

Nice to see long pepper used in a recipe! The Thai long pepper ( ดีปลี deebplee) is the same species as the one we use in Java and Bali. This was originally what our ancestors used in sambal before Europeans brought chili peppers from the Americas.

[@knownothing5518]

Having never tasted long pepper, how would you say the different kinds of spice compare?

[@dadarmwn]

now we only use it in jamu

[@alevusmanzade8543]

Is it the same as andaliman in Indonesia? Di malaysia tak ade pepper yg mcm itu..😂😂😂

[@NatureRealm-ve4ls]

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[@kaedeshirakawa1979]

for anyone german here or living in germany: raw pork is very common and striclty controlled here, so making this dish here would be pretty safe to eat. Many many germans love "Mettbröttchen" which is small "bread"/buns cut in half and then topped with butter, raw ground pork, onions, salt and pepper. You get that in pretty much every single bakery

[@karenbenavente1124]

Nice thank you so much, but raw pork is not something I'd eat But it does sound good

[@DGG42]

I L♥️VE that you included "how to eat" at the end. There is a lot of authentic Thai food where I live, so some of these dishes I'll just get at restaurants but the "how to eat properly" part can be intimidatingly hard to understand.

[@natnit9997]

ลาบ เป็นอาหารที่กินกับผักและสมุนไพรเยอะมาก เป็นอาหารเพื่อสุขภาพ ❤ อยากให้พี่ไพลิน ทำอาหารหอยทอดหรือกระเพาะปลามาแชร์ค่ะ ขอบคุณค่ะ 🙏❤

[@IcedLatteAize]

Pai never made me disappointed, she told everything about this Laab. when everyone talks to Laab 90% mean Nothern-East style (spicy and sour). But excectly Laab is minced something, when you go to northern Thailand you see Laab on menu and order it you will get this dish Laab Nua (Nothen style - spicy and salty). Don't be shocked when they serve you a dish of meat and blood, just tell them to cook it if you don't like raw meat. PS. Before they put blood in the meat, they squash FRESH BLOOD with lemon grass leaves to reduce smell. LOL

[@sararose7085]

I love your videos so much. I came for a pad gaprao recipe and stayed for everything else. Sharing Thai culture and history, your humor, and how much you genuinely enjoy the food you’re making - just the best. Thank you :)

[@PailinsKitchen]

awww thank you!

[@tmnprlsaicntr]

Nice! Long pepper is called ' tippili' in South India & it is one of those spices that helps strengthen your immune system 😊

[@Newtea-Swanna]

Wow in thai, Long Pepper is called “Dipli”. Socloseeee

[@jaredheine4076]

In the past fortnight, using your videos, I have made Laab Gai, Laab Moo and Laab Neua. I absolutely love them. So easy, so delicious, so diabetes friendly. They will be in my regular rotation.

[@gialuanthang7716]

Rau răm pronunciation is spot on Pai! I think I can find the makwaen pepper in Vietnam - we have a thing called mắc khén (pronounced similarly to มากแค่น). It's a spice now commonly found in vietnamese supermarkets so it might also be a substitute as well.

[@gialuanthang7716]

And I love to see the food from different regions of Thailand as well. There definitely are so much more than what I can find in Bangkok - it's just that I don't know what they are called to ask people or recommendations.

[@kigurumii]

​@@gialuanthang7716 I'm glad you think so. There is so much more to thai food than those from the central region. Nam ngiaw is a masterclass of northern cuisine. If there was a dish I would recommend in all of thai food, it would be this. For some reason it hasn't become popular with foreigners as khao soi despite being more loved by locals. Basically, it's a noodle(usually rice vermicelli but any other noodle is fine) stew/soup with tomatoes, roasted chillis, pork or beef ribs stock, the meat minced similar to bolognese , blood(either in congealed cubes or liquid form), the representative tua nao, literally "rotten beans"- fermented soybeans that northerners use which provides a deep umami source instead of shrimp paste used by southerners , and the titular dried flower cores of the ngiaw tree. Apart from that, try out Sai Oua (Northern Thai sausage), Miang Kham, Nam phrik ong, and nam phrik num with fresh or boiled vegetables and pork crackling.

[@gialuanthang7716]

​@@kigurumii oh I love khanom jeen nam ngiew. I generally prefer anything that uses khanom jeen because it is gentle to my stomach 55555. I already tried quite a few things from the north actually, fav so far has been gaeng hung lay and nam prik ong. Was wondering if I should try the more adventurous dishes that involve intentines and blood.

[@martinsnow6641]

This looks so inviting! My wife always makes it with toasted rice which can make it heavy but filling. This looks a little lighter and i love the addition of the vegtables on the side. Thank you so much for an easy to follow recipe. We can only dream of getting ingredients like this in Denmark!

[@TheSuluhope]

Du kan købe de fleste af krydderierne hos Asa spice enten online eller i Torvehallerne i Kbh. Jeg har selv købt lange, sorte peberkorn mm der.

[@kbsKb]

I always eat the herbs. They really make the dish, in my opinion. Whenever we butcher a cow, my dad and many of my male relatives never miss the opportunity to enjoy laab raw but I always steal a portion of it and fully cook it for myself and my mom. Raw Laab is an acquired taste and definitely not for the faint- hearted. Food safety is another topic of its own. 😅

[@betruthful]

Pailin, you make me hungry for MORE THAI FOOD. . .Really Appreciate step-by-step coking you've done. Our family & friends love you so much.

[@ardemisaguirre8088]

You always give us such a variety of Thai dishes thanks a lot 🥰🌹

[@artistlovepeace]

Either Larb is wonderful. Thank you for producing and sharing.

[@hotskinnyrecipe]

Sometimes it depends on what you're using it for. We often use Golden Mountain for finishing, Maggi for dipping, and Lee Kum Kee for cooking.

[@glennjames4780]

Oh!!! You are such a gift! Thanks and ever thanks

[@poptacular6625]

You sold it to me with "Thai haggis." I will try to make this.

[@MisteryMan2000]

Watching this show always makes me SO hungry! I'm used to laab Issan (luv it!), so I am excited to try this recipe.

[@PailinsKitchen]

It's so good!

[@padders1068]

Pai! Looks amazing, thanks for sharing! 🙂😋😎❤

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

That's was awesome 😋

[@richrichie2475]

Thanks this was a great video, and now I understand why the ลาบ I once tried in Chiang Rai was so different than that I ate back in Udorn! Yummy.

[@richrichie2475]

And thanks for adding the khruang nai to it!

[@colinmills3175]

Sawadee Ka Pai I followed your pad Thai recipe yesterday with glass noodles and wow amazing Thank you Colin from Patreon ❤

[@ajwise121]

Wow, amazing. I made this tonight with sticky rice, although I was short a couple of ingredients = rau ram and long peppers… and the offal, but was still wonderful. This was so different to other Thai food I’ve had. The garnish (fried garlic n shallots) for me took this to another level. 👨‍🍳 thankyou Pailin.

[@Burnt_Offering]

Even though I'm not usually a fan of liver, I'd definitely try this out! It looks and sounds delicious with all those fragrant herbs and spices. Also, i love how you always have extra info about where dishes come from and how they are traditionally made even if you are showing us a simplified version of the recipe. ❤😊

[@dadarmwn]

3:13 "but, really... what does he know" 🤣🤣

[@AdamHotThaiKitchen]

lol :)

[@jodywegener2140]

Looks absolutely divine 😋😍

[@kenc2257]

Such an interesting recipe. A lovely looking dish.

[@melaniefisher8823]

Pailin, TYSM for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. If, for some strange reason, I HAD to go? I would happily go, and feel a tiny bit more "able" thanks to you. XOXO love you so much!!!

[@blackdotone118]

I grew up eating this kind of laab at a local restaurant... He would serve it with big cabbage leaves. It was also much darker and more liquid than Palin's.. perhaps his had the blood in it. I thought it was the only laab and was always confused when i'd order it at a Thai restaurant and it's the lime heavy salad version, which isn't nearly as flavorful or tasty! Nice to know its a completely different dish, definitely something worth seeking out.. with all those ingredients, I see why most restaurants don't make this.

[@Joe_Murphy-REV_Realty]

I just bought Thaimee's laab spice, as well as their Pad Kee Mao sauce. I'm excited to get these! Thank you, Pailin!

[@fibienn250]

Well that explains why the laab from 2 restaurants taste so different from each other. Both yum 😊

[@rsuzannam]

I used to eat this years ago and never knew how to find the other kind of Laab, thank you!!

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video 👍🏻

[@ekkanan7069]

Long pepper in Thai is ดีปลี :)my mom normally puts it in chili paste to make spicy forest curry :))))) , btw I love to watch this channel , it's fantastic! We've bought the Sabai cook book from a bookstore in Bangkok. 6:58

[@PailinsKitchen]

thank you!

[@karenbenavente1124]

Oh yummy 😋 that looks so delicious! I love this dish! So good! Yes definitely cooked Laab please 😊

[@tabbytiger2070]

Laab isan is so good my yai makes it all the time the liver really adds to it for sure

[@davidthomas6094]

Not about Laab: American here, I go this length and love this food, but I'm also noting that the dish as presented involves 20+ bowls. Obviously, some can be combined in practice. But when I cook Thai food for my American families, they are thunderstruck by how many bowls I use!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Lol, well in laab's defense, you can put all the spices/herbs directly into the pan WITHOUT using any bowls 😉

[@zucchinigreen]

So you've never seen this in a fine dining restaurant kitchen huh? Weird. 🤔

[@PinayArtista]

That looks SOO good 😊

[@garyconley69]

Just made this last night for the family. So good!!! Even my picky daughter gobbled it down!!! TY!

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

Oh really? that's souns awesome! are you also in Thailand?

[@dankool688]

I need a women that knows how to cook Thai and Lao food...it's so good..and nice video Pai.

[@DudleyDawson9]

I finally know what I ordered by mistake last time I arrived in Bangkok. It was delicious even with all the organ bits. Thanks for the video.

[@nadimbhari3762]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful recipe I am from India and I never heard about white cardamom 😅 thai food is amazing as I have heartly connection with Thailand 😊 missing the thai food and Thailand the culture the food the people Just spectacular 😊❤

[@VicBattlefield]

Poor, Adam! But you were just kidding, weren’t you??! 😉I never knew this dish existed. It looks absolutely amazing but also pretty complicated. I’m going to try it next time I’m in Thailand for sure. Thank you for introducing it to us, Khun Pai!🙏

[@AdamHotThaiKitchen]

lol it was my suggestion actually, as I really don't know :) (I don't cook at all) Cheers! Adam

[@Palazzoxiiv]

หิววววววว คือที่ไทย ดูตอนสามทุ้มมม 😢😢😢

[@cccc13.]

could you make a playlist of northern thai foods? foods of chiang mai or something would be great!!

[@samgrant83]

Oh yes, marvellous recipe and tips. I’ll be putting in everything as I love offal. But I’m not quite sure I’ll be going with the raw version just yet (well at least not with pork, beef perhaps eventually).

[@SpiderC-666]

One thing I miss about living with my mom is her Laab and Lard Na.

[@PANKPP]

Yesss ลาบเหนือ is the ลาบ I worship

[@zyrf1167]

the truest and best laab, is laab kway dip! it is my absolute favorite food in the world, when i visit my thai dad, we go to restaurants and just order this and share it

[@ha-danhuynh1185]

Am Vietnamese, every year, i try to attend Songkran where you can sample all Thai and Laotian delectable food in one place.

[@jeremychoo934]

Oh the shade! Poor Adam 😝

[@AdamHotThaiKitchen]

lol - I can take it! :) (and it's true as well) :)

[@cool7654321]

A Thai friend I made in Pataya invited me to her village in northern Thailand. She had gotten a new car and was scared to drive it so I drove it all the way there! I was visiting a neighbor of hers and they were eating and offered me Lab Dib. My friend specified that it was beef and I was very adamant on not eating it, but after the 3rd offer I yielded. I ate it, and it wasn't memorable taste wise but it was kinda like ceviche, drenched in vinegar and herbs. Now, I have an ongoing fear that I have worms in my brain from that experience.

[@HoHosKitchen]

great sharing 😍😍😋😋

[@user-go2gq5lv2y]

I eat laab every week in Australia I love IT

[@cornaesnack586]

ลาบ ที่คุณกิน ลาบอีสาน หรือ ลาบเหนือ ?

[@user-go2gq5lv2y]

U r looking amazing and beautiful U deserve to be a good chef and making good momey

[@Nineshore9]

แม่เก่งมากกกก ไปหาผักแพรวมาจนได้

[@LightningRound1st]

As usual, this looks amazing! Quick question: Why white cardamom instead of green cardamom? Also, I love long pepper and use it in my black pepper blend!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Yes, you can!

[@sharonla8071]

This looks yummy. Just a note, mint is not listed on the email or printed version of the ingredient list. It is in the instructions.

[@PailinsKitchen]

Thank you, and fixed!!

[@jcman-lp6lg]

I have eaten larb all my life grew up with it and it is one of the foods in my culture. I have tried many larb, raw which i love, chicken, porn, beef, organs but never have I ever hear of a larb this elaborate an complex sound now I MUST try it as larb is one of my all time favorite foods.

[@WNKS70]

I didn’t know that long pepper is used in Thai food. It's very common in Balinese cuisine and is considered native to the island of Java.

[@JTMcAwesomeFace]

Very similar to the sri lankan toasted spice blend i made last month 😋 I need to get long pepper now 😝

[@kimball1540]

Long Pepper Warm • Piney • Tingly ...Just looked this up, it does have a Piney note to it! LOL Have a great day!!!

[@williameddy7217]

Awesome

[@singtoh3340]

Hello Pai, I just wish I could adjust the amount of servings to make on the recipe when I download it. That would make things much easier IMO. I see some of your recipes have a "serving slider" so to speak and most don't. I use only your recipes for Thai food as yours taste exactly as I remember when I was living in Thailand! Cheers Pai!! Take care!

[@guillaumejeremia8779]

That needed some work but the result was absolutely delicious, wow! 😋 1st time I used long pepper, I had to go buy from in a quite expensive spice store. PS: I noticed that this pepper has a strong smell that remains in the kitchen the next day, and it's not very pleasant 😊

[@JenniferChurch]

I love your wok spatula? Is it widely available?

[@AdamHotThaiKitchen]

Hi! She just got it at a local T&T - but many "Asian" grocers will have it. You might be able to find it online, but they come and go. Otherwise most of the stuff she uses is here hot-thai-kitchen.com/shop-for-ingredients-and-tools/ Cheers! Adam

[@YUYI2377]

好好食呀！❤

[@goldorak8969]

I’m in love .

[@cgoddy]

Pailin… we need a montage of all the times you say “mmmmmmmmmm” 😂

[@ZaihasSyakhir]

Vietnamese coriander is also called laksa leaves/leaf.

[@jaquestraw1]

I'll be making this tonight! Hoping my local store has galangal otherwise I'll do without

[@ZeroFox0909]

I like using thinly julienned ginger. I should get my Asian card revoked for saying this, but I’m not a fan of galangal.

[@knyghtryder3599]

İ love galangal , much more than ginger and their flavours are different, you can keep galangal frozen for ever and just take out when needed

[@GohAhweh]

Beautiful

[@cjinasia9266]

Sliced blanched Pork uterus is almost mandatory. Sliced kidneys are also good. You are missing the bile from the gall bladder. It is a key flavor element but it is easy to over-do. My take on the raw laab moo is that the abundant lao khao disinfects it but I am more comfortable with laab kwai. There are no parties without a big bowl of laab something.

[@kbsKb]

I agree!! The bile is a key flavor element! I feel like a foreigner can be allowed to graduate from eating Thai food if they can eat raw laab with bile. Lol.

[@leighheskey6381]

I use kampot pepper , the best for me 🙏🇹🇭

[@olafall_sweden]

Wow, this look so good. And I love liver and other parts of the internal animal that feeds us 🙂 Must try this but I don't think my wife will eat with her hands, she so prefer a fork, knife and a spoon 😀

[@theyreMineralsMarie]

Seems strange to have Laab without toasted rice powder and lime juice. But this looks good!

[@lovinthailand921]

I was thinking the same, but I’ve been eating northern Laab in CM now for months and it’s yummy

[@memorylapse69]

Same! Just the way mom makes it!

[@user-vl8rv5eh3f]

Clarification: What Pailin made was LAAB NUEA- from Northern part of Thailand.... NO RICE POWDER ADDED! LAAB with toasted rice powder is called LAAB ISAN- from North Eastern part of Thailand

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

Trust me. That's taste so good🥰

[@joepetolino3997]

For breaking up the ground meat while cooking, a potato masher is a better tool than a wooden spatula . I have one made of wire, not plastic, so it's safe to use in a hot pan.

[@Thaitaniums]

ลาบถือเป็นอาหารหรูเมื่อเทียบกับอาหารเหนืออื่นๆ ครั้งหนึ่งตอนเด็กๆ ที่บ้านกินข้าวกับผัดถั่วงอก ลุงข้างข้างบ้านตะโกนถาม "วันนี้กิ๋นข้าวกับหยั๋ง" พ่อรีบตะโกนตอบเสียงดังฟังชัด "ลาบ" เด็กน้อยก็คิดว่าผัดถั่วงอกเรียกว่าลาบอยู่นาน

[@lovinthailand921]

Thanks for the recipe! Is there a recipe supplement showing it with the blood and organ meat? I’ve been eating northern Laab in Chang mai for months now and like it better than the regular Laab.🤤🤤❤️🇹🇭👏

[@PailinsKitchen]

I don't, but if you have blood just knead about 3 tablespoons into the pork and omit the water, everything else stays the same. If you're adding other organs, boil them first until cooked, then slice and add to the wok.

[@lovinthailand921]

@@PailinsKitchen ok thanks ! that’s easy 🤤❤️🇹🇭

[@flipptyfloppy2817]

💋❤️💋❤️ คุณสุดยอดมาก🙏🙏

[@hanumon22]

Question- Can you make Aeb? I ate this dish in Chiang Mai. I tried to make this dish!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Request noted!

[@ACCANIX]

I try so hard to figure out what is "Aeb"? And then I get it .... Oh! แอ็บ! It's something mixed with curry paste and wrapped in banana leaves, grilled over a low heat, similar to the central region's Hoh-Mok, but without coconut milk, right?

[@MUISHAGGY572]

Hi can you make spicy Peanut pad Thai noodles with tofu squares and shrimp ❤ its my favorite food

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

Wow interesting

[@yamihara]

Hello Pai! I was wondering if you have any lamb recipes? I'm craving lamb and would like to make something Thai that uses this meat.❤😊

[@PailinsKitchen]

You can use lamb for this recipe :) It would work beautifully with all the spices.

[@flora5090]

I love laab with tripe

[@plakapong]

น่าทานมากๆเลยค่ะ ใส่ตับแล้วน้ำฉ่ำๆหน่อยแบบนี้แหละ ลาบเหนือต้องมีกลิ่นบ่าแขว่น ถูกต้อง ทางบ้านเราจะปลูกใบคาวตอง กับใบมะกอกเป็นผักแนมด้วย มาอยู่กรุงเทพก็ยังไม่เคยทำเองเลย เดี๋ยวกลับไปทำค่ะ แต่ขี้เกียจหาเครื่องเทศ ใช้พริกลาบเหนือที่แมคโครมีขายแล้วกัน ขอบคุณสำหรับเมนูวันนี้ค่า Have a good day ka ^__^

[@jayp2706]

อยากรีเควส หมึกผัดไข่เค็มค่ะ ช่องนี้เคยทำยังคะ?

[@me0wKat]

Hi pai! Could you please share your take on the KFC rice bowl that's available in Thailand? The one with the raw onion and toasted rice powder? Thankyeeewww ❤️

[@tavitlertritsumpun7160]

Hi Pai and Adam, What is the most deicious Laab?

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

I think this laab khaa

[@fretless05]

That spice blend is fairly close to the mix I use to make MaPo Tofu, which is a very different recipe from a different and distant place! Interesting... I do like offal except to for liver, but with all the rest in there, the liver might be hidden.

[@PailinsKitchen]

You don't need to put liver if you don't like it!

[@fretless05]

@@PailinsKitchen If I make it, of course! I was thinking about being lucky enough to find myself in a restaurant in Thailand.

[@fretless05]

@@PailinsKitchen Of course, if I make it; I was thinking about being lucky enough to be in Thailand to order in a restaurant!

[@echarny]

Would I be able to substitute whole garam masala + sichuan peppercorns for prik laab?

[@PailinsKitchen]

I don't know, depends on what's in the garam masala but I think it' would be too light on the cinnamon

[@jomercer21113]

Ooh! I have everything for this but the white cardamom, so it's going on the menu for tomorrow night! I've never been able to get fresh galangal or lemongrass.

[@sharonla8071]

Do you have any Asian food stores near you? They would have lemongrass and maybe galangal too. Even my regular supermarket has lemongrass now. These ingredients are much easier to find now than even a year ago.

[@knownothing5518]

As a German, I do relate to the part about eating raw meat on the occasion. While much less elaborate, "Mett" is probably the most common way to eat raw pork in Germany, with additional food health and safety regulations for raw meat in place to ensure consumption is safe, though try at your own risk.

[@axolotl8694]

"thai haggis"... love it.

[@zucchinigreen]

Forget dry chicken breast, tell all the gym bros to eat this! All I see is protein, flavor and yumminess. Looks great!

[@PailinsKitchen]

Lol, yes! calling all gym bros I know now

[@chaloemphonhuaihongthong3847]

หิวตอนสี่ทุ่ม

[@winterlion9366]

Love Thai cooking but so many ingredients

[@PailinsKitchen]

lol, not all of the dishes!

[@user-cd4ud8df5s]

I need a link to this spice please from your friend. Thank you

[@PailinsKitchen]

In the description!

[@ryanbeck1338]

So, no toasted rice powder/seasoning in Northern laab?

[@carlfredrikharefelt7210]

I ate Laab Dib in Sakhon Nakhon. It was really good but I was kind of nervous to eat raw pig. It turned out good. :-)

[@user-hw2cu2yh1w]

I think it's better for making laab from beef

[@KenS1267]

I'll give it a try but it is missing my favorite seasoning ingredient from the other laab, toasted rice powder.

[@PailinsKitchen]

I mean..you can still add it if you really want to, but it's not part of this dish.