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The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…
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Sour, salty, sweet and hot, balanced in every bowl. 39 Thai recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
Curries, noodles, salads, soups and sweets. Thai cooking balances salt, sour, sweet and heat, so taste before serving and adjust with fish sauce, lime and sugar as the method suggests. Chilli heat varies a great deal from one batch to the next.
The 39 recipes cover 8 of the site’s categories, among them 15 dinners, 10 quick meals, 7 healthy dishes, 2 appetisers and small plates, 2 desserts and 1 breakfast. Of these, 17 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Thai Basil Fried Egg (7 min), Khao Kai Jeow (10 min) and Thai Cucumber Salad (10 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 29 easy, 9 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 8 are vegetarian, 4 vegan, 22 gluten-free and 33 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Thai recipes — all 39 recipes
Dinner
Thai Green Curry
Cracking the coconut cream until the oil separates, then frying the paste in it, is the step that turns a flat curry…
Desserts
Mango Sticky Rice
Warm coconut-soaked glutinous rice with cold ripe mango and a salty coconut sauce poured over. Naturally vegan, and…
Dinner
Thai Red Curry
Chicken and vegetables in a coconut curry built by cracking the cream, frying the paste in the separated oil, and…
Quick Meals
Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)
Thailand's most-eaten dish: minced pork fried hard with garlic and chillies, tossed with holy basil, and served over…
Healthy
Tom Yum Goong
The hot-and-sour prawn soup that defines Thai cooking: lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf simmered into a broth…
Quick Meals
Pad See Ew
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming wok with dark soy, egg and Chinese broccoli. The dish is defined by wok…
Dinner
Khao Soi
Northern Thailand's coconut curry noodle soup, with soft egg noodles beneath and a nest of crisp fried ones on top…
Healthy
Tom Kha Gai
The gentler sibling of tom yum: coconut milk smooths the sourness into something creamy and fragrant, with chicken…
Dinner
Massaman Beef Curry
The mildest and most aromatic Thai curry, carrying Persian and Indian influence in its cinnamon, cardamom and…
Drinks
Thai Iced Tea
Strongly brewed spiced black tea, sweetened with condensed milk and poured over ice with a float of evaporated milk…
Quick Meals
Thai Pineapple Fried Rice
Fried rice with pineapple, cashews and a curry-scented edge, served in the hollowed shell if you are feeling…
Healthy
Larb Gai
Minced chicken tossed with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce and a great deal of mint and shallot. Isaan…
Side dish
Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)
Green papaya pounded with garlic, chilli, lime, palm sugar and fish sauce in a clay mortar. Bruising rather than…
Dinner
Panang Curry
A thick, sweet red curry finished with kaffir lime and crushed peanuts. Drier than the other Thai curries, and richer.
Dinner
Thai Yellow Curry
The mildest of the Thai curries, yellow with turmeric and thick with potato. The one to cook for people who say they…
Appetizers
Moo Ping
Pork shoulder marinated in coconut milk and white pepper, threaded on bamboo and grilled over charcoal. Bangkok…
Quick Meals
Pad Woon Sen
Glass noodles tossed with egg, prawns and vegetables in a light soy dressing. Twenty-seven minutes and lighter than…
Dinner
Crying Tiger Beef
Grilled beef sliced across the grain and served with nam jim jaew, a roasted rice and chilli dipping sauce. The…
Breakfast
Khai Jiao
A Thai omelette dropped into deep hot oil so it puffs and crisps at the edges. Thirteen minutes, and it goes on rice.
Dinner
Pad Prik King
Green beans and pork stir-fried in red curry paste with no coconut milk at all. A dry curry, and thirty minutes.
Desserts
Khanom Krok
Coconut pancakes cooked in a dimpled pan, crisp underneath and molten in the middle, served two stuck together.
Dinner
Gai Yang
Thai grilled chicken marinated in coriander root, garlic, pepper and fish sauce, cooked until the skin is crisp and…
Lunch
Thai Beef Salad
Seared steak sliced thin over crisp lettuce, cucumber, tomato, red onion and herbs, dressed with lime juice, fish…
Appetizers
Thai Fish Cakes
Springy, fragrant fish cakes made from white fish pounded with red curry paste, fish sauce and green beans, and…
Sauce
Sweet Chilli Sauce
A sticky, glossy red dipping sauce of fresh chillies, garlic, rice vinegar and sugar, simmered until syrupy. Better…
Side dish
Thai Cucumber Salad
Thinly sliced cucumber with red onion, chilli and cilantro in a rice vinegar, lime and tamari dressing, with chopped…
Dinner
Drunken Noodles
Wide rice noodles stir-fried over high heat with chicken, holy basil, chilli, garlic and a dark soy and oyster sauce.
Side dish
Cabbage Salad with Peanut Dressing
Shredded cabbage, carrot and red pepper with coriander and peanuts, dressed with peanut butter, lime and soy sauce.
Side dish
Mango Salad
Slices of firm mango with carrot, red pepper, mint, coriander and peanuts in a lime, fish sauce and chilli dressing.
Quick Meals
Thai Peanut Noodles
Rice noodles tossed in a sauce of peanut butter, soy sauce, lime and chilli with carrot, cucumber and coriander.
Quick Meals
Pork Larb
Minced pork cooked in a hot pan and tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, toasted rice, chilli and mint.
Quick Meals
Tom Yum Soup
A hot and sour Thai prawn soup of lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms, chilli and lime juice.
Quick Meals
Thai Basil Fried Egg
A crisp-edged fried egg served over rice with a quick sauce of garlic, chilli, soy and basil.
Dinner
Jungle Curry
A fiery northern Thai curry without coconut milk, made with red curry paste, chicken, aubergine, bamboo shoots, long…
Dinner
Gaeng Som
A hot, sour southern Thai curry of fish and vegetables in a tamarind and chilli broth, thickened with a pounded…
Quick Meals
Khao Kai Jeow
A puffy, crisp-edged Thai omelette made in hot oil, served over rice with a splash of fish sauce and chilli.
Dinner
Thai Boat Noodles
A dark, spiced beef noodle soup with rice noodles, bean sprouts, morning glory and crispy garlic, served in small…
Dinner
Instant Pot Pad Thai
Rice noodles, chicken and egg cooked together under pressure in a tamarind, fish sauce and sugar sauce, topped with…