Per Nkaujsee's thread earlier today, I made some beef laab too

[theking]

Pretty simple dish imo...Normally I would add beef tripe or pork skin and red leaf lettuce but not this time:


Fry some uncooked rice grains, once it's dark brown, pour it in a mortar then use the pestle to smash it until it's in powder form:




Cook the beef in a pot without any water or oil:




Constantly stir the beef so it's not burned:




Once the beef is cooked, drain it as much as possible using a colander:




Wash and prep the ingredients:








Laab is served:






Total damage for the supplies:




The most expensive item for the dish:

[ProudLao]

Cool  shouldn't you already be having kao san (smashed rice) in the cupboard at all time 

[theking]

Cool  shouldn't you already be having kao san (smashed rice) in the cupboard at all time 

I like to make my own as it's fresher....

Speaking of rice, I should've put the cook rice in a small zip bloc bag...

[zena]

You can also use an exclusive coffee grinder to grind rice.  I did that awhile back when I made laab from scratch.  I also did try the mortar and pestle method but I never liked how some were grounded more than others.  Nowadays, due to limited time, I just buy the premade and I haven't even used it.  I think it's about 3 years old now.  I mainly just use the prepackaged laab mix.  Yours looks delicious.

[lexicon]

I would just prefer the meat to be less coarse, finer ground. Wouldn't change anything otherwise.

[theking]

You can also use an exclusive coffee grinder to grind rice.  I did that awhile back when I made laab from scratch.  I also did try the mortar and pestle method but I never liked how some were grounded more than others.  Nowadays, due to limited time, I just buy the premade and I haven't even used it.  I think it's about 3 years old now.  I mainly just use the prepackaged laab mix.  Yours looks delicious.

Yep on the coffee grinder too or food processor as it saves time.