Pad See Ew is a Thai street food favorite made with wide rice noodles coated in a rich, savory, slightly sweet brown sauce. It takes just a few minutes to make and may easily become your favorite make-at-home Thai recipe. Want to turn your kitchen into a Thai Street Food stall? Just line some tiny…
Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai) is a super fast minced chicken stir-fry in rich, spicy brown sauce with Thai holy basil. This dish is great served over rice with a wok-fried egg on top. Years ago I shared a recipe for Thai Basil Chicken that I titled “What to Eat in a Thai Airport”….
A wok-fried egg is a Thai cooking favorite and is the perfect thing to serve on top of a plate of fried rice. For crispy edges and a runny yolk, just use this step-by-step guide on how to fry an egg in a wok. My thoughts on fried rice were always pretty lukewarm until I…
A wok is a great tool for making fast, flavorful weeknight meals, but if you’ve ever had questions about how to cook with a wok, this guide is for you! Included are step-by-step instructions for cooking in a wok and tips for selecting and seasoning a wok to make the most of its natural nonstick…
Refreshing, creamy, and distinctive orange, Thai Iced Tea is easy to make at home and is exactly like the tea you get from your favorite Thai restaurant or on the streets of Bangkok. When I think of our years in Bangkok, the flavor and color of Thai Iced Tea is an essential part of those…
Creamy, naturally sweet, and thickened with chia seeds, Mango Chia Seed Pudding is great served for breakfast or dessert. Frozen mango is a staple in our house. Isn’t there something so sunny and cheerful about mango in any form? If you’ve been reading for awhile, you’ve surely seen the 5 lb bags of organic cubed…
Super fresh and full of bright colors, Thai Pomelo Salad (Yam Som O) is a fruit-based salad in a tart, spicy, sweet dressing. Now that we’ve got Simple Dressing for Thai Salads on the books, it’s time to use that dressing on a classic Thai salad – Thai Pomelo Salad! Although Yam Som O is a “fruit…
Use this simple four-ingredient dressing to make your favorite authentic Thai salads. Adjust the flavors as you’d like – adding more sweet, sour, savory, or spicy notes. Thai salads are different than Western-style salads. Even though we call them “salads”, they aren’t often made with lettuce or other greens and they typically focus on a…
Whether you see it called larb, laab, larb, or laap, Thai Minced Chicken Salad is a light salad that is found in Northeastern Thailand and Laos. It’s loaded with fresh herbs, spices, and lime juice and served with sticky rice. No matter which of the many spellings for these dish you use (see below for…
