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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword by Roy Choi
Preface by Anthony Bourdain
Introduction
One: My Story
1. What’s Lao Food?
2. The Laotian Ghetto
3. The Phat Thai Grind
4. A Cool, Strange Place Called Home
5. Homesick in Roses
6. My Own Private Tribe Called Quest
7. Stalking Unicorns in Thailand
8. Same Same But Different
9. Farewell Funk: An Epilogue
10. How to Use the Recipes in this Book
Two: Recipes
11. Snacks
Fried Red Peanuts with Garlic, Lime Leaves, Chiles, and Iodized Salt
Soured Pork
Lao Imperial Rolls
Da’s Blistered Green Beans with Bacon
Fried Chicken with Charred Chile Jam
Fried Eggplant and Mackerel with Acacia-Leaf Omelet, Grilled Shrimp Paste Dip
Crispy Fried Pork Riblets
Fried Lemongrass-Marinated Beefsteak
Sesame Beef Jerky, A.K.A. “Heavenly Beef”
“One Sunny Day Dried Fish”
Tapioca Dumplings Stuffed with Caramel-Cooked Pork, Salted Turnip, and Peanuts
Fried and Salt-Crusted Grilled Tilapia Lettuce Wraps with Padaek and Pineapple Jaew with Vermicelli Noodles, Herbs, and Garnishes
12. Tum Som
Lao Green Papaya Salad
Muddled Cucumber Salad with Rice Vermicelli and Dried Shrimp
Muddled Long Bean Salad
Dip for Tart, Unripe Fruit
13. Noodles and Soups
Rice Vermicelli in Charred Chile and Shallot Broth with Pork Offal
Rice Vermicelli in Chicken-Coconut Curry Broth with Pork Blood
Lao Beef Noodle Soup, A.K.A. Pho Lao
Dry-Fried Rice Noodles, A.K.A. Phat Lao
Rice Noodles in Broth with Ground Pork Cooked in Lard, with Chiles, Tomatoes, and Stinky Yellow Beans
Pork and Egg Drop Curry Noodles
Fresh Rice and Tapioca Noodles with Shredded Chicken, Fried Garlic Oil, and Donuts
Rice Congee with Pork Meatballs and Fried Garlic Oil
Poached Chicken and Rice
Mama Noodles with Poached Egg
Beef Soup with Offal, Betel Leaves, and Bile
Hot and Sour Soup of Pork-Rib Cartilage
Simple Country-Style Guinea Hen Soup
Hot and Sour Dried and Grilled Fish Bone Soup
14. Laap and Goi
Crispy Rice Ball Salad
Lao Dungeness Crab Salad
Braised Shredded Bamboo Salad with Sesame Seeds
Fried Pork Laap Meatball Lettuce Wraps
Lao Minced Pork Salad
Duck Laap: Spicy, Herbaceous Minced Duck Salad
Raw Beef Laap
Minced Chicken Salad with Herbs and Toasted Rice Powder
Pounded Raw Shrimp Laap
Tart and Aromatic Fish Salad
Shredded Chicken Salad with Herbs, Fish Sauce, and Lime
Fried Egg Salad
Bean Thread Noodle Salad with Chile Jam
15. Meats
Chewy Flavorful Grilled Beef Brisket
Grilled Pork Chops
Beef Short Ribs Satay
Fried Fermented Pork Jowl
Isan BBQ Chicken
Aromatic Lao Herb Sausage with Pork Skin
Sour Fermented Pork Sausage
16. Aws and Moks
Gelatinous Chicken Wings Stewed with Pepper Wood, Morning Glory, and Lemon Basil
Ubon Kassod-Leaf Curry with Water Buffalo Shank
Earthy Beef Shank Stew with Bitter Pea Eggplants, Wood Ear Mushrooms, and Dill
Braised Pork Trotters and Belly in Caramel with Tofu and Egg
Steamed Bamboo-Shoot Casserole with Pork Belly and Coconut Milk Cooked in Banana Leaf
Bamboo Shoots Stewed in Yanang Leaf Water with Fermented Fish Sauce
Chicken Wings in Red Curry
Lao Pork-Rib Stew with Pepper Wood, Dill, and Squash Vines
Steamed Chicken Casserole with Aromatics and Shaved Banana Blossom
Steamed Catfish in Banana Leaf with Dill and Lemon Basil
17. Sauces and Condiments
Sticky Rice
Fermented Fish Sauce
Toasted Rice Powder
Charred Chile Dip with Beef Bile
Charred Chile Jam
Lao BBQ Dipping Sauce
Charred Tomato and Chile Relish with Fermented Fish
Roasted Green Chile Relish
Water Beetle Chile Dip
Lao Caramelized Aromatic Chile Dip with Cow’s Skin
Dry-Fried Fish Chile Relish
Spicy Eggplant Relish
Hot, Sweet, and Sour Dipping Sauce for BBQ Chicken
Hot and Sour Dipping Sauce/Seafood Dipping Sauce
Satay Peanut Sauce
Cucumber Ajat
Tamarind Water
Yanang Leaf Water
Red Curry Paste
Fermented Chinese Mustard Greens in Rice Brine
Rice-Fermented Cabbage with Pig’s Ear and Scallions
Fermented Fish and Tamarind Condiment
Pickled Serrano Chiles
Fried Shallots
Fried Chile Oil
Fried Garlic Oil
18. Desserts
Banana and Coconut Milk Rice Pudding Steamed in Banana Leaves
Lotus Blossom Sundae with Bananas and Coconut Ice Cream
Coconut and Sesame Fried Bananas, Yams, and Taro Root with Honey
Coconut Milk and Tapioca Soup with Melon and Crushed Ice
Acknowledgments
The Lao and Isan Pantry
Conversion Scale
Index
About the Authors
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
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