Thai · Lunch & handhelds

Chicken larb lettuce cups

Name: Chicken larb lettuce cups
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons uncooked jasmine or glutinous rice; 1 small makrut lime leaf, optional; 1/3 cup water; 1 pound ground chicken; 3 tablespoons fish sauce, divided; 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 to 2 teaspoons Thai roasted chile flakes; 2 medium shallots, thinly sliced; 3 scallions, thinly sliced; 1/2 packed cup cilantro leaves and tender stems, chopped; 1/2 packed cup mint leaves, torn; 16 butter-lettuce leaves, washed and completely dried; 1 small cucumber, thinly sliced

Warm minced chicken dressed off heat with lime, fish sauce, smoky chile, mint, and coarse toasted-rice powder, with crisp lettuce for wrapping.

About 40 minTotal

About 40 minActive

$$Cost

EasyDifficulty

Makes 4 servings

Equipment

Use another covered 12-inch oven-safe skillet or transfer before the oven finish.
Best large covered skillet
All-Clad D3 12-Inch Fry Pan with Lid · 41126
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Another workable path: Use another covered 12-inch oven-safe skillet or transfer before the oven finish.
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How we chose
Research-backed · reviewed Aug 2026
We matched the twelve-inch footprint, fitted lid, tri-ply heat distribution, 600°F oven and broiler rating, current model 41126 and UPC, ownership burden, and exact Amazon identity. Kwilt has not cooked with this pan.
All-Clad D3 12-Inch Fry Pan with Lid · 41126: Its twelve-inch cooking surface gives rice, shrimp, meat, and vegetables room to cook evenly, while the fitted lid and 600°F oven rating cover both the lidded stovetop method and the shepherd's-pie oven finish. Trade-off: It is a premium-priced pan, food can stick without sound preheating and fat control, and the long handle plus lid need more storage room than a basic skillet.
Another workable path: Use another oven-safe 12-inch skillet with a well-fitting lid; if the handle has a lower heat limit, transfer oven-finished food to a suitable baking dish.
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All-Clad model 41126 specifications
Amazon exact product listing

Ingredients

1× recipe · Makes 4 servings

2 tablespoons uncooked jasmine or glutinous rice
1 small makrut lime leaf, optional
1/3 cup water
1 pound ground chicken
3 tablespoons fish sauce, divided
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 to 2 teaspoons Thai roasted chile flakes
2 medium shallots, thinly sliced
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1/2 packed cup cilantro leaves and tender stems, chopped
1/2 packed cup mint leaves, torn
16 butter-lettuce leaves, washed and completely dried
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced

Instructions

Toast rice and the optional makrut lime leaf in a dry skillet over medium-high, stirring constantly, until deeply brown and nutty, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool, then grind to a coarse powder rather than flour.
Bring 1/3 cup water to a simmer in a . Add chicken and 1 teaspoon fish sauce; cook over medium, stirring to separate the meat without browning it, until no pink remains and it reaches 165°F, 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove skillet from heat. Immediately fold in remaining fish sauce, lime juice, chile flakes, toasted-rice powder, and shallots; let the residual heat soften the shallots for 1 minute.
Fold in scallions and cilantro. Taste for an assertive salty-sour balance, then scatter mint over the warm larb so it stays green.
Serve larb warm or at room temperature with dry lettuce and cucumber. Spoon a small amount into each leaf immediately before eating rather than preassembling the cups.

Isan, ThailandNortheastern Thai cooking

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About this recipe

Larb is a family of minced-meat salads strongly associated with Isan and Laos, seasoned off heat with fish sauce, lime, chile, shallot, herbs, and nutty toasted-rice powder.

Laab is shared across Lao and northeastern Thai/Isan food traditions; this roster uses the familiar Thai transliteration “larb.” Toasted rice powder, mint, fish sauce, lime, and gentle water-cooking define the dish more than hard browning does. This Kwilt version follows the reviewed household adaptation: Keep the established Isan method and serve lettuce as a fresh accompaniment, making the catalog’s handheld presentation without recasting laab as a sweet stir-fry.

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