Thai recipes

Thai chicken noodle soup

Thai chicken noodle soup

(Serves 4) Ingredients For the soup 1 litre/1¾ pints chicken stock (home-made or bought) 2 lemongrass stalks 4 bird’s eye chillies 4-5 kaffir lime leaves (optional) 3 long shallots, peeled and finely sliced 50g/2oz piece fresh root ginger, peeled and sliced thinly 3 garlic cloves, peeled and halved lengthways 4 tbsp lime juice 2 tbsp… Read more: Thai chicken noodle soup



Thai fish stew

Thai fish stew

I’m not sure how genuinely “Thai” this Thai fish stew is but it doesn’t really matter as it’s awesome. Ingredients 2 limes 300-350 g jasmine or basmati rice 1-2 tbsps sesame oil 1 x 400 ml tin of light coconut milk 250 ml organic chicken stock 1 tsp dried bird’s eye chilli flakes 400 g… Read more: Thai fish stew



Chicken Kra-pow

Chicken kra-pow

Ingredients 3 cloves garlic 2 large red chilies, seeds removed 500g chicken thigh (you can use breast, or a mixture of the two) 1 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tbsp fish sauce ½ tsp caster sugar Handful Thai basil leaves a wedge of lime and a fried egg (optional), to serve Method Roughly chop… Read more: Chicken Kra-pow



Pad Ka-Prao

Pad Ka-Prao

Ingredients 1 pound of ground pork, beef, or chicken (You can do what I do here which is chop up 1 pound of skinless chicken breasts with a cleaver. You get better texture that way.) 7 (26g) large cloves of garlic, peeled 7 (16g) bird’s eye chilies (or however many you can tolerate) 1 large… Read more: Pad Ka-Prao



Beef satay stir-fry

Thai satay stir-fry

(Serves 2) Ingredients 250g sirloin steak, finely sliced 3 tbsp crunchy peanut butter 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 300g pack straight-to-wok noodles 1 tbsp oil thumb-sized piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated 300g pack stir-fry vegetables with peppers and mangetout handful thai basil leaves 1 bird’s eye chilli, finely… Read more: Beef satay stir-fry



Stir-fry beef with peanuts and choy sum

Stir-fry beef with peanuts and choy sum

Ingredients For the curry paste: ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp coriander seeds 1 blade of mace 11 white peppercorns 10 large dried red chillies, soaked for 15 minutes in hot water, seeds removed 4 shallots (preferably Thai), chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled 1 stem of lemongrass, dry outer leaves removed, roughly chopped thumb-sized piece of galangal 1 lime, zest only 4-5 coriander roots and stalk… Read more: Stir-fry beef with peanuts and choy sum