In this show I will teach you how to make some basic Thai dishes. These are the same recipes I learned while traveling through Thailand.
Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken
Ingredients
½ Chicken breast
½ C Fresh oyster or straw mushrooms cut bite-size
3 Cherry tomatoes cut in half
2 Fresh kaffir lime leaves (or 3 dried)
2 Tbs Thinly sliced fresh galangal (or 3 dried)
¼ C Thinly sliced fresh lemon grass (or ¼ c dried)
2 Crushed fresh red-hot chilies (optional)
1 Crushed coriander root or 2 stems and leaves
¼ C Chopped coriander stem and leaves
¼ C Chopped spring onion
2 Shallots, thin-sliced
4 Deep-fried dried small red-hot chilies (optional)
1 Tbs Fish sauce
1 Tbs Lemon juice
2 C Coconut milk
Method:
Cut the chicken in half and then crosswise into slices about 1/2” thick.
Remove the stems from the kaffir lime leaves and cut them into small pieces.To deep fry the
dried small red-hot chilies, drop them into medium heat oil, let fry about 10 seconds, remove
and drain. In a pot, heat the coconut milk to medium heat until boil and add the lemon grass,
kaffir lime leaves, galangal, red-hot chilies, shallots, and coriander root. Boil until fragrant
(about 1 minute). Add the chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, and boil another minute. Add the
fish sauce, spring onion, and coriander. Boil briefly and remove from the heat. Add the
lemon juice, fried chilies and serve hot, garnished with fresh coriander leaves
Pad Thai
Shrimp and Noodle Stir Fry
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients:
6 Jumbo shrimp
3 oz Dry rice noodle (3 – 5 mm)
2 oz Fresh bean sprouts
1 oz Chopped (1″) green onion
TT Fish sauce to taste
3 oz Oyster sauce
3 T White wine vinegar
2 T Sugar
2 T Crushed peanuts
1 T Paprika
2 Large eggs
1 t Red chili (if you like it HOT)
1/2 Lime
Method:
Pre-soak the noodles for at least 30 minutes in room temperature water. They should be soft
yet firm.
Heat and season the wok. Add the shrimp and grill for 90 seconds. Add the eggs. When the
eggs are not quite finished, add the noodles, sugar, peanuts, and paprika. Stir fry for
approximately 45 seconds or until all ingredients are mixed together and the noodles are
wilted. Add the fish sauce, oyster sauce and vinegar. Follow with the bean sprouts, green
onions and red chili. Stir fry quickly ensuring everything is mixed together.
If you like wet noodle dishes de glaze with 5 oz water stock. If you like firmer dry noodles de
glaze with only 2 oz water stock.
Place on serving plate and garnish with more bean sprouts and a lemon wedge.
Pad Thai
Shrimp and Noodle Stir Fry
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients:
6 Jumbo shrimp
3 oz Dry rice noodle (3 – 5 mm)
2 oz Fresh bean sprouts
1 oz Chopped (1″) green onion
TT Fish sauce to taste
3 oz Oyster sauce
3 T White wine vinegar
2 T Sugar
2 T Crushed peanuts
1 T Paprika
2 Large eggs
1 t Red chili (if you like it HOT)
1/2 Lime
Method:
Pre-soak the noodles for at least 30 minutes in room temperature water. They should be soft
yet firm.
Heat and season the wok. Add the shrimp and grill for 90 seconds. Add the eggs. When the
eggs are not quite finished, add the noodles, sugar, peanuts, and paprika. Stir fry for
approximately 45 seconds or until all ingredients are mixed together and the noodles are
wilted. Add the fish sauce, oyster sauce and vinegar. Follow with the bean sprouts, green
onions and red chili. Stir fry quickly ensuring everything is mixed together.
If you like wet noodle dishes de glaze with 5 oz water stock. If you like firmer dry noodles de
glaze with only 2 oz water stock.
Place on serving plate and garnish with more bean sprouts and a lemon wedge.
Papaya Salad (Som Tam)
Ingredients:
1 C Raw papaya (or carrots) chopped and thinly sliced
1/3 C Long green beans cut about 1 ½ inches long
1/3 C Roasted peanuts
¼ C Dried tiny shrimp ( Optional
1 T Fish sauce
1 ½ Tbs Lime juice or lemon juice
1 Tbs Palm sugar or 1 ½ tbsp cane sugar
1 Fresh red hot chilies (more to taste) My wife eats at least 3 chilies
2 Whole cloves of garlic
3 Cherry tomatoes cut in half, or 1 plum tomato cut in ¼’s
Method:
Pound the chilies and garlic in a large wooden mortar until crushed. Add the green beans,
dried shrimp, peanuts, and pound gently. Add the fish sauce, lemon juice, and palm sugar and
mix well. Add the papaya and tomatoes, pound gently and mix well. Serve with warm sticky
rice, the rest of the green beans, white cabbage, sliced cucumber, and for a complete meal,
grilled chicken.