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Thai Recipes

The dishes that anchor a Thai table — written the way they are actually cooked, with exact ingredients, honest timings and steps you can follow while your hands are full.

27 recipes

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Tom yum (hot & sour) soup with prawns — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Tom yum (hot & sour) soup with prawns

step 1 Bring the stock to a boil in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the lemongrass, galangal, coriander roots…

59 min Easy
Thai chicken cakes with sweet chilli sauce — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Thai chicken cakes with sweet chilli sauce

step 1 Toss the chicken, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander and chilli into a food processor and season well…

49 min Easy
Tom yum soup with prawns — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Tom yum soup with prawns

step 1 Pour 1.3 litres water into a large saucepan over a high heat. Add the onion, tomato, chilli, galangal…

54 min Medium
Thai fried rice with prawns & peas — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Thai fried rice with prawns & peas

step 1 Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wok, add the onion, garlic and chilli, and cook for 2-3 mins until golden…

50 min Easy
Pad Thai — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Pad Thai

step 1 Put the noodles in a large heatproof bowl, pour boiling water over them and leave for 4 minutes, then…

1 hr 25 min Medium
Pad See Ew — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Pad See Ew

Mix Sauce in small bowl. Mince garlic into wok with oil. Place over high heat, when hot, add chicken and…

43 min Medium
Thai-style fish broth with greens — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Thai-style fish broth with greens

step 1 Cook the noodles following pack instructions. Refresh in cold water and drain well. step 2 Put the…

29 min Easy
Thai prawn curry — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Thai prawn curry

step 1 Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Tip in the onion and ginger, then cook for a few mins until…

29 min Easy
Thai Green Curry — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Thai Green Curry

Put the potatoes in a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. Throw in the beans and cook for a further…

36 min Medium
Stir-fried chicken with chillies & basil — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Stir-fried chicken with chillies & basil

Heat a wok or large frying pan until it is very hot, then add 1 tbsp of the oil. When it is very hot, add the…

37 min Easy
Panang chicken curry (kaeng panang gai) — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Panang chicken curry (kaeng panang gai)

step 1 First, make the curry paste. Use a pestle and mortar to pound together the dried and fresh chillies…

46 min Medium
Tom kha gai — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Tom kha gai

step 1 Pour the chicken stock and coconut milk into a large saucepan set over a medium heat. Tip in the…

48 min Medium
Thai pumpkin soup — a Thailand dish Updated
Vegetarian

Thai pumpkin soup

step 1 Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the pumpkin or squash in a roasting tin with half the oil and…

1 hr Easy
Thai green chicken soup — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Thai green chicken soup

step 1 Heat the oil in your largest pan, add the onion and fry for 3 mins to soften. Add the chicken and…

36 min Medium
Thai drumsticks — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Thai drumsticks

step 1 Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking tray with foil. Mix the chilli sauce with the…

53 min Easy
Thai coconut & veg broth — a Thailand dish Updated
Vegetarian

Thai coconut & veg broth

step 1 Place the curry paste in a large saucepan or wok with the oil. Fry for 1 min until fragrant. Tip in…

28 min Easy
Lemongrass beef stew with noodles — a Thailand dish Updated
Beef

Lemongrass beef stew with noodles

step 1 Put the ginger, garlic, lemongrass, coriander and 1 chilli in a food processor, then pulse until…

1 hr 26 min Medium
Thai rice noodle salad — a Thailand dish Updated
Vegetarian

Thai rice noodle salad

step 1 Place the noodles and beansprouts in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 4 mins…

56 min Medium
Thai curry noodle soup — a Thailand dish Updated
Seafood

Thai curry noodle soup

step 1 Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and cook the curry paste for 1 min before adding the…

1 hr 10 min Easy
Thai beef stir-fry — a Thailand dish Updated
Beef

Thai beef stir-fry

step 1 Heat a wok or large frying pan until smoking hot. Pour in the oil and swirl around the pan, then tip…

40 min Easy
Red curry chicken kebabs — a Thailand dish Updated
Chicken

Red curry chicken kebabs

step 1 Fire up the barbecue or heat a griddle pan to high. Tip chicken, curry paste and coconut milk into a…

32 min Easy

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