Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

 

Five Spice Egg & Pork Belly ( Kai Pa Lo)

Ingredients

Spices
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 10 cilantro stems (or more) save the leaves to add right at the end of cooking
- 8-10 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp clove powder
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 5  pc star anise
- 3-4 Tbsp oil
- 2 lb pork belly cut into 1.5-inch chunks
- 20 boiled and shelled eggs
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce (preferred Thai brand Golden Mountain Sauce)
- 2-3 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 3-4 Tbsp black sweet soy sauce
- 10-11 cups of water
- Jasmine rice for serving the dish with

Instructions

1. Crush coriander seeds, peppercorns, cilantro stems, garlic, and clove powder together and set aside.
2. Use a big wok or a big pot put on a stove use medium heat. Put oil and wait until it gets hot add the crushed spices stir until you sensed add brown sugar stir occasionally don't let it burn.
3. Stir fry pork until it is lightly seared.   Add eggs, add salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce gently stir, then add water, star anise, and cinnamon sticks.  Turn the heat on high until the mix is boiling then turn down the heat and simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
4. Add cilantro and then serve over a bed of rice. 

Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients:

2 stalks lemongrass sliced
3 Kaffir lime leaves ripped up
2 Thai hot peppers sliced
1 cup of coconut milk
2 cups of water
2 cubes of bouillon
2 cups of sliced beef
1 slice of lime

Instructions:

1. Mix the coconut milk and water in a saucepan then add lemongrass, Kaffir lime leaves, and the Thai hot peppers. Bring to a boil.
2. Then add the bouillon and beef.  Cook until the pot comes to a boil again and then turn off the stove.  Do not stir the pot until it boils.
3. Once boiling, remove from the heat and serve in a bowl.  Squeeze lime juice on top.

I did not add galangal because I don't have any. Tom Yum should be sour, spicy, salty, and savory. If you don't have coconut milk, no worries as you can use only the water and that will make clear Tom Yom. If you want to add fish sauce, more hot pepper, or more lime then go for it. For meat, you can use shrimps, chicken, pork or a combination. 
I hope you enjoy the soup. It's very good with ramen noodles or Jasmine rice.

Also, for those of you that are new to these ingredients just be aware that the lemongrass and Kaffir lime leaves are there to add flavor to the dish and are not really meant to be eaten. You can if you want but they are not easy to chew and the flavor might be overwhelming.

Stirfry Green Vegetable With Chicken

Stirfry Green Vegetable With Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken sliced 1 lb
Garlic sliced 3-5 gloves
Hot pepper 8-10 or more
Onion sliced 1 bulb
Collard green, Broccoli stem or Kale or any kind of green vegetable that you like about  2-3 lb
Vegetable oil 3 Tbs
Oyster sauce 1/4 cup





Directions
1. Heat up a wok use high heat, then add oil.
2. Put garlic stir only couple times then add chicken wait until it cooked ( Stir several times to make sure the chicken don't get burnt.)
3. Add hot pepper and all vegetable then stir until the vegetable cooked then turn off the heat and add oyster sauce.

It's good with rice or spaghetti noodles.

Spaghetti With Basil Pork Stir Fry

Ingredients

Whole Wheat Spaghetti  1 lb
Ground Pork 1 lb
Basil 1 cup
Garlic 3-5 cloves
Chopped hot pepper 2-3 Tbs
Soy sauce 2-3  Tbs
Oil 2 Tbs

Instructions

1. Cook Spaghetti in boiling water until cooked, drain it and set aside.
2. Heat a wok first, add oil until hot then add garlic stir couple times, add ground pork stir until cooked tun of the stove
3. Add soy sauce and basil.
4. Place spaghetti and the stir-fry in a plate.
5. Enjoy!

Thai Sweet and Sour Chicken (Pad Priew Wan)

Ingredients

Chicken Fillet 1 cup
Garlic crushed 1 tablespoon
Cucumber peeled, cut on the bias 1 cup
Onion 1 cup
Fresh pineapple 1 cup
Tomatoes cut 1 cup
Onion 1 cup
Cooking oil 3 tablespoons
Corn starch 2 tablespoons mix with water 4 tablespoons
Mushroom Soy sauce 2-3 tablespoons
Sugar 2-3 tablespoons
Tamarind 2 tablespoons soak in 1 cup of hot water for 1-2 minutes use only juice for 2-3 tablespoons

Directions
1. Heat the oil in a wok.
2. Add garlic and stir it up, don't let it burn.
3. Add chicken and cook it well. 
4. Add all vegetables and cook for a short time if you like crispy vegetables, but cook it longer if you like soft vegetables.
5. Season the way you like.

Prik Khing Curry Paste With Mushroom

Prik Khing Curry Paste With Mushroom

Ingredients

oil 2 tbs
Prik Khing Curry Paste 2 tbsp
mushroom  8 oz
green onion 1/4 cup
fish sauce 1 tbs

Directions

Heat the oil in a frying pan then add Prik Khing Curry Paste. Add the mushroom, green onion, and fish sauce. Stir it quickly in the high heat and remove from the heat.

* If you'd like soft mushroom then stir it in the heat for couple minutes.

Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
1 gallon of water
1 tbs of salt
3-5 stems of celery
1 big onion
3 cubes of bullion (optional)
green onion and cilantro for garnishing

Directions

Put water in a big pot add all ingredients except the chicken. When the water bubbles put the chicken in slowly and simmer for about 2 hours or until the chicken is cooked and tender then take the chicken off and pull it into small pieces. Put some soup and chicken in a bowl and garnish with green onion and cilantro.

* This soup can use for Kaw Man Kai, Noodle soup, Kaw Man Kai or just eat the soup it self.

Chicken Bamboo In Red Curry

Chicken Bamboo in Red Curry

Ingredients

Sliced chicken 1 pound
Bamboo shoots 1 can (drained of water)
Red curry paste 3 tbs
Red pepper and kaffir lime sliced for decoration (no need if you don't have)
Fish sauce 1-2 tbs
Oil 3 tbs

Directions
1. Heat oil in a wok and add red curry on medium heat, stir until you can smell the herbs from the curry or when the oil turns red.
2. Add chicken and stir until it is cooked.
3. Add bamboo shoots and stir about 2-3 minutes.
4. Add fish sauce and the decoration. It's very good with white rice.

Egg Fried Rice

                                                             Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients

cooked rice 3 cups
Butter or oil 2 tbs
garlic chopped 1 tbs
onion chopped 1 tbs
eggs 2
fish sauce 1 tbs
sugar 1 tbs or less

Directions

1. Heat butter or oil in a wok add garlic and onion. Stir until they turn light yellow.
2. Add rice and stir it up.
3. Beat the eggs in also add fish sauce and sugar. Stir until the rice covered with the egg and cooked.

Angle Hair Pasta In Chicken Soup

Angle Hair Pasta In Chicken Soup

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Fresh Peaches In Syrup

Fresh Peaches in Syrup a la mode

Ingredients
4-5 ripe peaches cut into small pieces
6 tbs of white sugar
1 cup of water

Directions
Mix sugar and water and heat it up until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let it cool down and put it in the freezer for an hour, then add the peaches and move the mix to the refrigerator. The peaches are ready to put on ice cream once fully chilled.

Green Curry

Green Curry Fish With Zucchini

For green curry. If you like it spicy you can always add more curry paste.

Ingredients

Coconut milk  3-4 cups
Green curry paste 2-3 tbs
Tilapia fish or Swai fish fillets 1 pound
Zucchini 1 pound
Thai basil 3-5 stems
Red pepper thin sliced 1/4 cup
Fish sauce 2 tbs

Directions

1. Heat coconut milk then add curry paste and stir it up.
2. When it bubbles add fish, zucchini, basil, red pepper and fish sauce and let it cook about 3-5 minutes or until it bubbles and then turn off the stove. Try not to stir it too often.

* When the curry cools down you can put it in individual containers so you'll have frozen green curry ready for you whenever you want it.

Stir Fried Eggplant ( Phad Ma Khua Yaw)

                                                 Stir Fried Eggplant (Phad Ma Khua Yaw)

Ingredients

a pound of ground pork
1 medium eggplant
1 stalk of lemongrass
5 kaffir lime leaves
2 hot red peppers
1 tbs ground hot pepper
3 stalks of Thai basil
3 tbs oil
3 tbs fish sauce
1 tbs of chopped garlic

Directions

Heat the oil in a frying pan then add the garlic.  Add the pork and stir lots while it cooks then add the eggplant and cook until the eggplant is soft.  Add the remaining ingredients, mix well, and remove from the heat.  

Moo Yang (Grilled Pork)

                                                           Moo Yang (Grilled Pork)

Ingredients

Pork thin sliced 2 pounds
Thin soy sauce 1/4 cup
Granulate sugar 3 tbs
Sweet soy sauce 2 tbs
Garlic chopped 3 tbs
Grounded pepper 1 tsp

Directions
1. Marinate everything together for at least 1 hour or over night.
2.Grill the pork or you can also put in an oven but I prefer grill until it cooked. It's very good with sticky rice.

Phad Kra Paw Kai

                          Phad Kra Paw Kai with Kai Dow( Stirfried Chicken Basil with fried eggs)

Ingredients

Canola oil 2 tbs
Chopped garlic 1 tbs
Hot pepper chopped 3 tbs
Chicken cut into small pieces 2 cups
Onion sliced 1/2 cup
Basil 1/4 cup
Soy sauce or Oyster sauce 2-3 tbs

Directions
1. Heat up the oil in a wok, put garlic and stir only until it turns light yellow.
2. Stir in chicken and make sure it cooked.
3. Add all the rest of ingredients and turn off the heat.

"Eat with jasmine rice and fried eggs are the best!"

Nam Phrik Ong (Northern Thai Dip)

                                                      Nam Phrik Ong (Northern Thai Dip)

Ingredients

1 Tsp galangal
2 cloves garlic
3  shallots
3-5  dried hot peppers (soak in water until soft)
5  grilled cherry tomatoes
3 Tbs of vegetable oil
1 pound of ground pork
1 cup of diced red tomatoes
1/4 cup of palm sugar
1/4 cup of fish sauce

Direction

1. Ground galangal, garlic, shallots, dried hot peppers, and grilled cherry tomatoes together.
2. Heat up a deep pan with the oil then add the ground ingredients. Use medium heat and keep stirring until the oil changes color to red.
3. Add the pork and stir until the pork is cooked and then add diced tomatoes. Let it simmer for about 15-20 minutes then add palm sugar and fish sauce.

Nam Phrink Ong goes well with sticky rice, and fresh vegetables.

Khao Tom Goong (Thai Rice Soup With Shrimps)

                                            Khao Tom Goong (Thai Rice Soup With Shrimps)

Ingredients

1 cup shrimp
4 cups jasmine rice (cooked)
5 cups chicken broth
1/4 cup scallion and cilantro chopped
1/4 cup fried garlic
salt and pepper (if needed)

Direction

1. Heat up the chicken broth until it gets bubbling.
2. Add the rice and wait until it's bubble again then add the shrimps then turn off the stove and put a lid on the pot (You don't want to cook the shrimps too long because they won't taste good if over cooked)
3. Put the soup in a bowl and add scallion, cilantro, garlic, salt, and pepper.

     It's very good for breakfast.

Gai Pad Med Mamuang Himaphan (Thai Cashew Chicken)

                                      Gai Pad Med Mamuang Himaphan (Thai Cashew Chicken)

Ingredients

5-7 fried dried hot peppers
1/2 cup pan toasted cashews
2 cups small diced chicken
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 cup small cut onion
1 tbs thin soy sauce
1 tsp black/sweet soy sauce
1/2 cup cut 1 inch long scallions
3 tbs oil

Directions

1. Heat a wok medium high heat and add oil until it's hot then put minced garlic stir until it's light brown.
2. Add the chicken in the pan and stir often until it is cooked.
3. Add soy sauce, black sauce, and onion then mix them together.
4. Turn off the heat then put the cashews, fried hot peppers, and scallions in the wok and mix only a couple of times and then move the food to a serving plate.

Tum Carrot (Thai Carrot Salad)

                                                                    Tum Carrot

Ingredients

1 hot pepper
1 garlic clove
3 tbs roasted peanuts
1 tbs lime juice
2 cups shredded carrots
5 cherry tomatoes cut into half
1 sliced apple
1 tbs fish sauce or 1 tsp salt
1 tbs sugar

Direction

1. Ground hot pepper and garlic together add half of the peanuts, lime juice, sugar and, fish sauce or salt
2. Add the tomatoes and carrots mix them well and taste it the way you like

You can eat with any vegetable that you like.