Spicy Minced Duck

Laab is a speciality of northern Thailand: a spicy ground meat, usually made with beef. I recently had Laab made with duck, however, at the Blue Elephant in Fulham, London, where it was served on crisp lettuce leaves and tasted extremely good. When I make it myself, I serve it this way as a first course, or I put it on a plate of freshly cooked Thai Fragrant rice for lunch or supper, or for a buffet party I pile it on a platter lined with various kinds of lettuce leaves.

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