Khao piak sen
Khao piak sen, from above
Non vegLaos

Khao piak sen

Hand cut rice and tapioca noodles in a chicken broth with fried garlic. Laos's chicken noodle soup.

90 minTime
38 gProtein each
mildSpice
Wet rice strands1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHand cut noodles in chicken broth.
The original
646kcalsame
38 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
90minutessame

Khao piak sen.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Rice flour1⅔ cups
Cornflour (cornstarch)¾ cup tapioca starch or cornflour
Water300 ml boiling for dough, the rest for broth
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)bone in pieces
Lemongrass2 stalks, bruised
Galangala few slices
Shallots5, sliced and fried
Garlic8 cloves, chopped and fried
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp
Fish sauce2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)sliced
Coriander leaves (cilantro)chopped
Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)bean sprouts
Lemonlime wedges
Dried red chillichilli flakes

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer chicken with lemongrass, galangal and water until tender. Shred the meat, strain the broth.
  2. 2Mix rice flour and starch with boiling water into a soft dough. Roll out and cut into thick noodles; dust with starch.
  3. 3Fry garlic and shallots in oil until golden.
  4. 4Cook the noodles directly in the simmering broth until translucent and slightly thickening it.
  5. 5Season with fish sauce and salt. Serve with chicken, fried garlic and shallots, herbs, sprouts, lime and chilli.
Serve it like this

Serve in big bowls topped with shredded chicken and a generous heap of fried garlic and shallots, with lime, chilli and herbs on the side.

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What goes with Khao piak sen: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Lao sticky rice40 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Larb gai25 min
On the side Jaew mak len20 min
On the side Kaeng no mai45 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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