Laos Recipes
Sticky rice, fresh herbs, and the art of larb. Here are 4 authentic Laos recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
4 recipes
🇱🇦 Larb (Lao Herb & Meat Salad)
Luang Prabang, Laos · easy · 25 min
Warm minced pork tossed with lime, fish sauce, chili flakes, toasted rice powder, and a garden of herbs.
🇱🇦 Or Lam
Luang Prabang, Laos · medium · 75 min
A Luang Prabang herb stew of meat and vegetables thickened with sticky rice and buzzed with sakhan pepper wood.
🇱🇦 Khao Piak Sen
Luang Prabang, Laos · medium · 70 min
A comforting Lao chicken noodle soup with soft, chewy hand-cut rice-tapioca noodles.
🇱🇦 Lao Iced Coffee (Kafe Nom Yen)
Luang Prabang, Laos · easy · 10 min
Dark, thick coffee dripped over sweetened condensed milk and poured onto ice — the sweet jolt of a Lao morning market.