{"id":17728,"date":"2026-08-11T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/?post_type=story&#038;p=17728"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:09:33","slug":"steamed-frog-in-banana-leaves","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/story\/steamed-frog-in-banana-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamed Frog in Banana Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steamed Frog in Banana Leaves is a traditional Lao dish made with field frogs, fresh herbs, and spices. The ingredients are wrapped in banana leaves and steamed or cooked over a fire, creating a fragrant and flavorful dish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4-5 field frogs, cleaned<\/li>\n<li>3-4 shallots<\/li>\n<li>5-7 chilies<\/li>\n<li>1-2 stalks lemongrass<\/li>\n<li>1-2 sprigs of Lemon Basil<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon seasoning powder<\/li>\n<li>Banana leaves for wrapping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Clean the frogs thoroughly, remove the internal organs, and cut them into bite-sized pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Pound the shallots, lemongrass, and chilies until finely crushed.<\/li>\n<li>Place the frog pieces in a bowl and mix them with the pounded herbs and spices.<\/li>\n<li>Add the salt and seasoning powder. Mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Slice the spring onion leaves and tear or chop the Lemon Basil leaves. Add them to the mixture and stir well.<\/li>\n<li>Place the mixture onto banana leaves and fold them into secure parcels.<\/li>\n<li>Steam the parcels or cook them over a low fire for about 20\u201330 minutes, until the frog meat is fully cooked.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","story-type":[250,261],"type-of-story":[269],"class_list":["post-17728","story","type-story","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","story-type-seafood-fish","story-type-lao-kitchen","type-of-story-text-story-en"],"acf":{"pkl_story_headline":"A Popular Traditional Lao Dish Enjoyed by Many People","pkl_story_authors":"Bouavone Thipphavanh","pkl_story_image":17344,"pkl_story_video":"","pkl_story_image_credits":"phakhaolao","pkl_story_file":null,"pkl_type_of_story":[269],"pkl_story_story_types":[261,250]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/17728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"story-type","href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-type\/250"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"story-type","href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-type\/261"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"type-of-story","href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-of-story\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"story-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-type?post=17728"},{"taxonomy":"type-of-story","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-of-story?post=17728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}