Spicy Chicken Salad

This is my interpretation of the fresh and flavour-packed traditional laap, one of the most common Lao salads, and a close relative of the Thai larb or larp. The salad can be served in the traditional manner, piled inside crisp iceberg lettuce cups (like Chinese sang choi bao) or just piled into serving bowls. For a picnic or lunchbox, iceberg leaves can be wilted then stuffed with salad and rolled into neat parcels for transporting.