Lao sausage

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Lao Sausage
Sai oua
Alternative namesSai oua, sai ua
TypeSausage
Place of originLaos
Region or stateNationwide
Main ingredientsPork, Beef

Lao sausage, also known as Laotian sausage or sai oua (

sticky rice and fish sauce. Lao sausage is a broad term used to describe the local variant of Lao-style sausages found in Laos, Northern, and Northeastern Thailand.

Sai Oua with sticky rice

Sai oua is an ancient Lao word for sausage,

Steung Treng (Cambodia), from the eastern border along the Annamite Range with Vietnam to the western border Khorat Plateau (Northeastern Thailand (Isan)) and its sister kingdom of Lan Na[8][9]

Types

There are two types of Sai oua in Laos.

Similar sausages

Sausages in Lao cuisine include sai gork (Lao: ໄສ້ກອກ, "soured Lao sausage"),[11] "sai gork wan" (Lao: ໄສ້ກອກຫວານ; sweet sausage), and "sai gork leuat" (Lao: ໄສ້ກອກເລືອດ; blood sausage), naem (Lao: ແໜມ; sour sausage) and "mam" (Thai: หม่ำ; beef liver sausage).

See also

References

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  11. ^ "New Lao Sai Oua vs Sai Gok". Laos In The House.

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