Khao poon
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Khao poon is a popular type of spicy Lao rice vermicelli soup from Laos
that has spread to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and the United States. It is a long-simmered soup most often made with pounded chicken
, fish
, or pork
and seasoned with common Lao ingredients such as fish sauce, lime leaves, galangal, garlic, shallots, and Lao chillies. Two common versions of khao poon exist: khao poon nam phik (with coconut milk) and khao poon nam jaew (without coconut milk). Khao poon is typically made with rice vermicelli noodles ("sen khao poon"), but rice stick noodles can also be used. It is served with an assortment of shredded cabbage, carrots, and banana blossom along with bean sprouts, fresh mint, cilantro, lime, and dried red chillies.
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
that has spread to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and the United States. It is a long-simmered soup most often made with pounded chicken
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
, fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, or pork
Pork
Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....
and seasoned with common Lao ingredients such as fish sauce, lime leaves, galangal, garlic, shallots, and Lao chillies. Two common versions of khao poon exist: khao poon nam phik (with coconut milk) and khao poon nam jaew (without coconut milk). Khao poon is typically made with rice vermicelli noodles ("sen khao poon"), but rice stick noodles can also be used. It is served with an assortment of shredded cabbage, carrots, and banana blossom along with bean sprouts, fresh mint, cilantro, lime, and dried red chillies.