Introducing a Few Popular and Common Lao Dishes

Lao food is quite similar to the Thai cuisine because most of their dishes are cooked using fresh ingredients. These fresh ingredients include pork, vegetable, beef, chicken, duck, fish, etc. You can also find weird ingredients in this country and that is house meat. 

As the country is land locked, most of the fishes come from the fresh river water and most meat come from the wild animals of the jungle like squirrels pheasants, jungle fowl, deer, wild pig, etc. apart from these wild animals, villages also fed upon the domestic animals like cattle, pigs, chicken, duck, etc. dishes are salted by using the fermented anchovies and are mostly imported from the neighboring country Thailand.

They add flavors to their dishes with juice or flesh of coconut, lime juices, tamarind, ginger, chilies, lemongrass, mint and many more. 

Here Are Some Common Lao Dishes That People Can Try In Their Trip To This Country: 

Rice Ball Salad: 

Rice ball salad is one of the most popular dishes in Laos and every people must try this at least for once. This is actually a mixture of shallow fried rice balls made with coconut, rice and spices smashed and tossed with lime juice, fresh herbs, green onions, peanuts, and little bit of pork that had been preserved. The dish is great because it contains various type of textures in it like the crunch fried rice, slightly crispy herbs, chewy pork and tantalizing aroma of fish sauce and lime juice. 

Consult tour operator who conducts various tours across Laos for numerous other Lao dishes that can make you fall in Love with it.

Lao Sausages: 

Lao Sausages are one of the most wonderful snacks in Laos that you can enjoy with your friends with chilled beer. This dish is a little spicy, but will really make you its fans once you take a bite from it. Its recipe is quite simple, people make it with cured pork mixed with fish sauce, lemon grass, ginger, shallots and garlic.

The Papaya Salad: 

Papaya Salad is very popular in Thailand, but its Lao version is a little different and also has some twists in them. Lao chefs use shrimp paste in place of fish sauce and fermented fish. This gives the dish a funky pungency and intense smell. Just because of these ingredients, this sauce looks very dark with some unknown mysteries.

The Famous Laotian Style “Larb”:

Laotian Larbis made by using lime juice, cilantro, onions, and fresh mint. It will look for appealing to you because they add chewy tripe served with minced beef. This dish also comes with chicken, which is again topped with the crispy fried “Chicken Crackling”.

These are some of the most commonly found Laos dishes. Apart from these, the country has various other dishes that can excite your taste buds to have more and more. Tours and travels across Laos not only offer you great attractions, but also give you an opportunity to taste the most delicious dishes of the country.