Friday, June 10, 2011

Tom Yum Fried Rice (Khao Pad Tom Yum)

Thai tom yum fried rice
If you like Thai tom yum soup, you will love Thai tom yum fried rice.

You can used any choice of meat and vegetables you like for this dish.

Remember most of the herbs and spices are optional if you cannot find it at the grocery store.

The most important ingredients are the rice, the tom yum paste and all the sauces.  Everything else is up to you.


Ingredients:
Tom yum ingredients
4 cups of cooked rice
1-2 eggs
10-15 peeled prawns
3-5 pieces of lime leaves
1 lemongrass chopped (optional)
2-3 pieces of galangal (optional)
2-3 tbsp of cooking oil
3-4 cloves of chopped garlic
3-5 Thai chili chopped (optional)
1-2 tbsp tom yum paste
2 tbsp fish sauce
1-2 tbsp of oyster sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar (optional)
1 cilantro (optional)

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1:  Add cooking oil to a wok at medium-high heat, followed by garlic, stirred till the garlic is golden.

Step 2:  Cracked the eggs into a wok, scrambled until cooked then add the prawns.

Step 3:  Add the herbs and spices (lemongrass, lime leaves, etc) and vegetables.

Step 4:  Once the vegetable is almost cooked, add the rice and then all the sauces, stirred and mixed with the rest of the ingredients in the wok until well blended together for about 3-5 minutes.

Step 5: Taste the meal and garnished with cilantro and cucumber.

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Thai Basil Fried Rice

This is my favorite Thai fried-rice.  It's spicy and really flavorful.  I love how the Thai basil just enhance the taste and the smell of the food.  Again this dish can be vegetarian or you can choose your choice of meat.  If you don't like your food spicy just add less Thai chili or less chili paste oil.


Spicy Thai Basil Fried-Rice


Ingredients:

  • 2-3 tbsp cooking oil
  • about 200 grams of any meat of your choice
  • 3-4 cups of cooked rice
  • 1-2 eggs depends on size
  • 5-10 Thai basil leaves
  • 3-4 clove of chopped garlic
  • 3-5 chopped Thai chili
  • 1/2-1tbsp Thai chili paste oil
  • 1 cup of frozen mixed vegetable (optional)
  • 1/2 yellow onion cut smaller pieces (optional)
  • 1/2 green pepper cut smaller pieces
  • 1/2 red pepper cut smaller pieces
  • 1-2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1/2-1tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1-2tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1/2tbsp sugar (optional)


Instructions:

Step 1:  At medium-high heat, add cooking oil into a wok. When the oil is hot, add garlic and Thai chili, stirred until the garlic is golden or brown but not burnt then add the meat your chosen.

Step 2:  Stirred until the meat is cook, then add the eggs, followed with the vegetables. Mixed it all together until the vegetable is almost cook.

Step 3:  Add the rice, followed with all the sauces.  Start mixing until all the ingredients are well blended together for about 2-3 minutes.

Step 4:  Add the Thai basil and give it a taste.  If it's not as flavorful as you would like it to be, you may add more sauce at time.

Step 5:  You may garnish it with cucumber and some cilantro for presentation.

For other Thai dishes please visit the following link:


http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Thai Pineapple Fried-Rice

For this dish you can used any meat of your choice or it can be vegetarian.  I will be using prawns, it's easier to prep.  For pineapple you can either used fresh or canned pineapple.  Make sure they are cut into small bite size. 

Ingredients:
  • 3-4 cups of cooked rice
  • 10-15 prawns depends on size
  • 2-3 tbsp of cooking oil
  • 1-2 eggs depends on size
  • 3-5 clove of chopped garlic
  • 1/2-1tbsp of oyster sauce
  • 1tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1tbsp of fish sauce
  • 1/2tbsp of curry power
  • 5-10 pieces of pineapple
  • 1 cup frozen mixed green vegetable
  • 1/2 yellow onion chopped (optional)

Let's get started:

Step 1: Add oil into a wok at medium-high heat, wait till hot then add garlic. Give it a little stirred then add your choice of meat and your egg(s).

Step 2: Add your frozen vegetable mixed it together with the egg(s) and the choice of meat you chose.

Step 3: Add the cooked steam rice, followed with the pineapple, the all sauces and the curry power.

Step 4: Stirred and mixed all the ingredients with all the sauces.

Step 5: Taste your food to make sure it is to your liking. You may add additional sauce if needed and garnished with cilantro or cashew nuts if you like.

For other Thai dishes please visit the following link:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry