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FOOD & INGREDIENTS
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Pad Thai
Pad Thai ingredients typically include rice noodles, tofu, eggs, and a protein like shrimp or chicken, all stir-fried in a flavorful sauce. The sauce is a key component, often made with tamarind paste, fish sauce, and palm sugar. Other common additions include bean sprouts, garlic chives, peanuts, and lime wedges for serving.
Pad Thai Recipe
- Soak rice noodles in warm water until soft.
- Stir-fry garlic in oil, then add chili flakes.
- Crack in the egg and scramble.
- Add shrimp or chicken and cook through.
- Add tamarind paste, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar.
- Add noodles and toss everything together.
- Top with peanuts and fresh herbs. Serve hot.
Khao Soi
Khao Soi, a Northern Thai coconut curry noodle soup, typically includes ingredients like egg noodles, chicken, coconut milk, curry paste (red or yellow), fish sauce, sugar, and various garnishes such as cilantro, shallots, lime, and pickled mustard greens. The soup also often features chicken broth, turmeric, and spices like cardamom.
Khao Soi Recipe
- Sauté red curry paste, add chicken, and cook.
- Pour in coconut milk and let simmer.
- Add cooked noodles.
- Serve with pickled greens, shallots, and fresh herbs.
Pad Kra Pao
Pad Kra Pao, a popular Thai dish, typically includes ground meat (pork, chicken, or beef), holy basil leaves, garlic, chilies, and a flavorful sauce made with oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar. Other ingredients like green beans, onions, or bell peppers may also be added.
Pad Kra Pao Recipe
- Stir-fry garlic and chili in oil.
- Add meat and cook until done.
- Add sauces and sugar, stir well.
- Add holy basil, cook briefly./li>
- Serve over rice with a fried egg.
Tom Yum Goong
Tom Yum Goong, a popular Thai soup, primarily features shrimp (goong) as its main ingredient, along with a variety of aromatic herbs and spices. Key ingredients include lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves, chilies, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Lime juice and fish sauce are essential for achieving the characteristic sour and salty flavors.
Tom Yum Goong Recipe
- Boil water with lemongrass, galangal, and lime leaves.
- Add shrimp, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
- Season with fish sauce, lime juice, and chili paste.
- Garnish with herbs and serve hot.
Green Curry
Green curry typically includes green curry paste (made from green chilies, lemongrass, galangal, garlic, shallots, shrimp paste, and spices), coconut milk, and protein (like chicken, tofu, or vegetables). Essential seasonings are fish sauce and palm sugar.
Green Curry Recipe
- Cook green curry paste in oil.
- Add coconut milk and bring to simmer.
- Add meat, eggplant, and bamboo shoots.
- Simmer until soft.
- Add basil and serve with rice.
Som Tam
Som Tam, also known as Thai green papaya salad, typically includes shredded green papaya, garlic, chilies, long beans, cherry tomatoes, peanuts, fish sauce, palm sugar, and lime juice. These ingredients are traditionally pounded together in a mortar and pestle to create a flavorful and balanced salad with sweet, sour, salty, and spicy notes.
Som Tam Recipe
- Pound garlic and chili in a mortar.
- Add tomatoes and lightly crush.
- Add papaya, fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar.
- Toss well to mix flavors.
- Garnish with peanuts and serve.
Khao Man Gai
Khao Man Gai, or Thai chicken and rice, primarily features chicken and rice as its core ingredients, along with a flavorful sauce. The chicken is typically boiled or poached in a broth seasoned with ginger, garlic, and other aromatics. The rice is cooked in the flavorful chicken broth, resulting in a fragrant and savory dish. The accompanying sauce often includes ingredients like fermented soybean paste, ginger, garlic, chilies, and vinegar.
Khao Man Gai Recipe
- Boil chicken with garlic and ginger until cooked and tender
- Rinse rice and sauté it with garlic in a bit of chicken fat
- ook rice using the chicken broth for flavor.
- For the sauce, mix fermented soybean paste, garlic, chilies, vinegar, sugar, and ginger.
- Serve the sliced chicken over rice with sauce and a small bowl of broth.
Pla Tod Nam Pla
Pla Tod Nam Pla, or fried fish with fish sauce, typically includes a whole fish, crispy flour (or all-purpose flour), shallots, celery, sour mango, fresh chilies, fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, and salt. For the fish, a sea bass or similar firm white fish is often used. The fish is coated in flour and deep fried until crispy. A sauce is then made from fish sauce, palm sugar, and lime juice, and is often poured over the fish or served as a dipping sauce. The mango salad, which is a common accompaniment, includes sour mango, shallots, chilies, and celery.
Pla Tod Nam Pla Recipe
- Clean and dry the whole fish or fillet.
- Score the fish and season with a bit of fish sauce./li>
- Deep-fry in hot oil until crispy and golden.
- Drain and serve with a side of dipping sauce (lime, garlic, chili, and fish sauce mix).
- Optional: Garnish with fried basil or herbs.
Kway teow
Kway teow, also known as char kway teow, is a popular Southeast Asian noodle dish featuring flat rice noodles stir-fried with various ingredients. Common ingredients include rice noodles, garlic, Chinese sausage, shrimp, fish cake, bean sprouts, and garlic chives. Sauce ingredients often include soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sometimes chili paste or sambal.
Kway teow Recipe
- Prepare broth using pork or chicken bones, garlic, and spices.
- Blanch rice noodles until soft, then place in bowls.
- Add sliced meat (pork, beef, or chicken) and meatballs.
- Pour hot broth over the noodles.
- Serve with chili flakes, vinegar, fish sauce, and sugar on the side for seasoning.
Khao Kha Moo
Khao Kha Moo, a popular Thai dish, features braised pork leg as its centerpiece, alongside a rich broth and various side dishes. Key ingredients include pork hock or shank, soy sauce (both light and dark), palm sugar, star anise, cinnamon, garlic, and coriander roots. Pickled mustard greens, hard-boiled eggs, and jasmine rice are also essential components.
Khao Kha Moo Recipe
- Braise pork leg in a mix of soy sauce, garlic, star anise, and cinnamon for several hours.
- Cook until meat is tender and falling off the bone.
- Serve over steamed jasmine rice with pickled mustard greens and a boiled egg.
- Drizzle with braising sauce and serve with spicy garlic chili sauce.
Khao pad
Khao pad, or Thai fried rice, typically includes cooked jasmine rice, protein (chicken, shrimp, or crab), eggs, garlic, onions, and seasonings like fish sauce, soy sauce, and white pepper. Other common additions are spring onions, sugar, and lime wedges for serving.
Khao pad Recipe
- Heat oil in a pan, add garlic and optional egg.
- Stir-fry your choice of protein (chicken, shrimp, pork).
- Add cooked jasmine rice and stir well.
- Season with soy sauce, fish sauce, and a little sugar.
- Add chopped green onions and optional tomato or cucumber on the side.
Khao Niao Mamuang
Khao Niao Mamuang, also known as Thai mango sticky rice, primarily features three key ingredients: sticky rice (glutinous rice), ripe mangoes, and coconut milk. Additionally, it often includes a salted coconut sauce, and sometimes toasted sesame seeds or yellow mung beans for garnish.
Khao Niao Mamuang Recipe
- Soak and steam glutinous rice until fully cooked.
- Mix coconut milk with sugar and salt, then pour over warm rice.
- Let it absorb for about 30 minutes.
- Serve with fresh ripe mango slices.
- Optional: Top with thickened coconut cream and crispy mung beans.
