Ground Chicken/Turkey Thai Larb Salad

I really should have posted this recipe years ago, because I make it often and often lose the recipe. 

Right now, it's living on my phone as a blurry photo, and so I decided to type it out and post it for-real so that I could find it in a hurry. 

We are fans of anything you can put on a salad and call dinner, and this is a good one. Served with steamed rice, quick-pickled onions, lettuce and a handful of chopped herbs, and you have a 30-minute dinner, and makes perfect leftovers for a salad lunch tomorrow. 

CHICKEN/TURKEY THAI LARB SALAD

1 lb of ground chicken or turkey - I usually double this recipe for leftovers!

1/2 red onion, sliced for pickled onion

4 cloves minced garlic

3 sliced green onions/scallions

some fresh jalapeño slices of you like a kick

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp Vietnamese fish sauce

Lettuce of your choice: butter, red leaf, romaine, spinach, whatever

Chopped/torn herbs, to taste: cilantro, basil, and mint

Dressing

2 tbsp fresh lime juice

2 tablespoons Vietnamese fish sauce

1 tbsp sugar/agave syrup

1 tbsp water

shake of red chili flakes 

Chopped roasted peanuts or sliced almonds for garnish

If you like pickled onions: thinly slice half a red onion and place in a small bowl with a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a shake of sugar and two pinches of salt. Let it rest in the fridge until you're ready to eat. 

Next, steam some white rice. Or be lazy like me and open a bag of TJ's frozen brown rice and empty it into a covered dish, microwave 3 minutes.

Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat until shimmering. 

Add ground turkey/chicken, minced garlic cloves, three thinly sliced scallions (whites and greens), and a couple of slices of jalapeño. 

Season with a black pepper and cook until chicken is cooked through and browned. 

Stir in soy sauce, fish sauce, a small spoonful of sambal oelek or  sriracha, cooking until the liquid is almost completely reduced.

Toss dressing over warm meat and serve with rice, Bibb or butter lettuce leaves, lime wedges, quick-pickled onions, more hot sauce if desired, and chopped/torn herbs.