Larb (Thai ลาบ) or Laap is a type of Thai/Lao meat salad. It is most often made with chicken, beef or pork , flavored with fish sauce and lime. Larb made with duck, turkey or fish is also popular. The meat can be either raw or cooked; it is minced and mixed with chilli, mint and, optionally, assorted vegetables. The dish is served at room temperature and usually with a serving of sticky rice. It is a popular flavour for Pretz biscuit sticks. Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. ... A salad is a food item generally served either before or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ... Binomial name Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) [1] A chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ... Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. ... Hormel Pork Loin Filets Roasted pork knuckle This article is on meat. ... Fish sauce is a condiment derived from fish that have been allowed to ferment. ... Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit... Raw describes material that is in its natural unprocessed form, or has not had the final stages of processing. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The chile pepper (also chili or chilli; from Spanish chile) is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family (Solanaceae). ... Species See text The true mints are perennial herbs in the Family Lamiaceae. ... Vegetables in a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary grain, fruit, nut, herb, or spice. ... Sticky rice or glutinous rice is the main type of rice grown and consumed by the Lao of Laos and Northeast Thailand, areas which are considered to be the primary center of origin and domestication of Asian rice (). It has been cultivated in this area for 4,000 years. ...

There is also a variant from Northern Thailand which does not use lime or fish sauce, but rather other local condiments for flavor and seasoning.