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Jeow Bong
Also known as: ແຈ່ວບອງ
Spicy Lao chilli paste with aromatics and strips of cow skin.
About Jeow Bong
Saeng Douangdara identifies Mae's jeow bong as the version he grew up eating. He distinguishes this very spicy, less sweet household style from the sweeter Luang Prabang version, while retaining the cow-skin texture associated with the Lao condiment.
Dried bird's-eye chillies, shallots, garlic, galangal and makrut lime leaves form the aromatic paste. Fish sauce, tamarind, sugar, salt and MSG supply its seasoning, with lemongrass used when simmering the cow skin.
Thin cow-skin strips are mixed through the pounded paste with a little of its drained chilli oil. Sticky rice and Lao jerky are the source's suggested accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Jeow Bong
Saeng Douangdara's childhood Mae's jeow bong.
- Cow skinBase
- LemongrassAromatic
- Whole dried bird's-eye chilliesSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- ShallotsAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- GalangalAromatic
- Makrut lime leavesAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Granulated sugarSweetener
- Fish sauceSeasoning
- Tamarind pasteSeasoning
- MSGSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- WaterCooking medium
- Prepared sticky riceAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Lao jerkyAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cow skin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual122 skin, full prior product preparation unknown; no tripe substitution.
- Lemongrass: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual123/86 simmering aromatic retained even if not final paste.
- Whole dried bird's-eye chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual124 dried whole form, no fresh-chilli substitute or forced dried candidate.
- Shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Galangal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Makrut lime leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual ingredientdiscussion76 clarifies generic card128 limeleaves.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual130 and93/96/98 frying/draining/readded chilli oil same source oil; no doublecount prepared chilli-oil product.
- Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual132 named fish product, full formula unknown.
- Tamarind paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- MSG: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual134, exact product candidate unprovided.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit86/136 cow-skin simmering medium omitted from card but retained.
- Prepared sticky rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual98/141 service, separate full formula unprovided.
- Lao jerky (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual98 serving suggestion, meat species/full seasoning formula unknown; no particular beef recipe imported.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Laos
- LaosCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Lao Cuisine
- Lao CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.