Recipe

Asia → 🇱🇦 Laos → Luang Prabang
Khao Piak Sen
Lao · medium · serves 4
prep 30 min · cook 40 min
~680 cal · 63g protein · 66g carbs · 15g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Chewy rice noodles in gingery chicken broth
🇱🇦 Luang Prabang
Khao piak sen is the Lao breakfast noodle soup that warms Luang Prabang mornings: soft, slightly chewy rice-and-tapioca noodles cut by hand and cooked in a gingery chicken broth. Topped with fried garlic, scallion, and herbs, and finished with lime and chili to taste, it is the cozy cousin of pho.
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Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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2 lb chicken (for broth and meat)
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2 cups rice flour
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3/4 cup tapioca starch (for noodles)
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2 in piece ginger
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4 cloves garlic
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3 scallion
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2 tbsp fried garlic
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a handful cilantro
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1 lime
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to taste salt and white pepper
Instructions
1
Simmer the chicken (or mushrooms and kombu) with ginger into a fragrant broth; shred the meat.
2
Knead the rice flour and tapioca with hot water into a dough, roll, and cut into thick noodles.
3
Cook the noodles right in the broth so it thickens slightly and turns silky.
4
Season with salt and white pepper and return the chicken.
5
Ladle into bowls and top with fried garlic, cilantro, scallion, and lime.
Luang Prabang tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Luang Prabang. Mekong monastery town of herbs, alms, and sticky rice.
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Laos. Sticky rice, fresh herbs, and the art of larb.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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