Posted in Main Courses
The simple marinade and cooking method here creats chicken that's slightly dry on the outside, perfectly cooked on the inside & ready for the dipping sauce.
We used a charcoal barbecue with a vented ...
Posted in Main Courses
This very simple Thai spicy chicken dish uses just a few ingredients, yet is loaded with flavor. We prepared this recipe in two different versions -- one with fresh red chiles and one with fresh green ...
Posted in Main Courses
This recipe highlights the delicious Thai mini eggplant and it's a common recipe throughout all provinces of Thailand. The advantage of this recipe is that you pound fresh chiles into a high quality green ...
Posted in Rice & Noodles
This is a regional Thai delight that is proudly served in Chantaburi province, where the Gulf of Thailand meets the Cambodian border. Many people familiar with Thailand would think about Chantaburi as ...
Posted in Vegetarian
Posted in Thai Street Vendor
We hope you'll try this recipe at home. The dipping sauce is delicious and can be enjoyed with any fried food or even spooned over jasmine rice. Frying small cakes and dumplings such as this are commonly ...
Posted in Thai Street Vendor
This is a quick and easy dish to make. We also have a recipe that prepares the same dish, slightly differently, with chicken.
Posted in Thai Soup
As opposed to tom jabchai, this *is* a vegetarian dish. Though normally included in Thailand, the curry paste and chili beans in oil can be considered optional for those who are looking for something with ...
Posted in Thai Soup
This looks a lot like a rich buttery French style cream soup, but it's a velvety smooth, creamy Thai-style coconut soup with hearty chunks of squash. We love this with Asian-style Kabocha pumpkin squash. ...
Posted in Thai Soup
Pickled lime adds wonderful taste and aroma to this delicate Thai-Chinese style soup. The soup is mild, a contrast to the typical spicy-sour combination, and has a unique aroma. This Thai classic is served ...
Posted in Thai Soup
We love this recipe which has been a family staple for years, it's often cooked for hours then left on the stove to be eaten over a 24 hour period with freshly-cooked jasmine rice. This soup has a depth ...
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The leading ingredient in this recipe is the bean thread vermicelli, also called glass noodles. Made from ground mungbean flour, these clear noodles soak up the flavor of the broth. The soup is mild, rich ...
Posted in Seafood
Tom Som is a soup with a complex range of flavors, as you can see the ingredient list is diverse and exotic. The final result is unique, and not a flavor that is an instant hit with everyone. We always ...
Posted in American-Thai
A very sweet, tasty, healthy way to enjoy greens. This Indonesia dish is easy to make.
We recommend serving this with Nasi Kuning (festive yellow rice).
Posted in Thai Soup
... more of Samak's recipes next month.
The secret to making a delicious Thai soup, according to Samak, is pounding together Thai pepper powder,corriander seed and fresh garlic in a mortar & pestle. This ...
Posted in Sauces
This is a simple, Thai-style, sweet and sour sauce. Note that it isn't pink! The sauce is spicy and has complex flavors.
Serve with any grilled meat. We enjoyed it here with chicken, som tum, sticky ...
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This recipe is for a very aromatic dipping sauce that is not typically something the American nose will appreciate, but drives the Thai person wild with memories of home (see photo below). Namprik Kapi ...
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This is a common dip for assorted seafood and barbeque style foods.
Posted in Rice & Noodles
This is a classic Thai dish often served at celebrations such as an engagement or wedding party, or other auspicious occasion. It's time-consuming and often prepared by a well-trained expert. The unique, ...
Posted in American-Thai
The February 2010 issue of Food & Wine (an excellent magazine!) featured this as a "Healing Recipe To Fight Pain and Panic" It uses so many of the ingredients we offer, so we demonstrate it for you here. ...