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All Mains recipes across cuisines.

8 recipes
Pad See Ew
central beginner
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Pad See Ew

Pad see ew lives or dies on two things: fresh wide rice noodles that can take heat, and enough wok contact to mark them with smoke before...

30 min · 12 ingredients · 60 sources
Pad Thai with Shrimp
central standard
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Pad Thai with Shrimp

Pad Thai Goong lives or dies on noodle hydration and sauce balance. The noodles should bend without breaking before they hit the wok, the...

35 min · 18 ingredients · 85 sources
Holy Basil Chicken with Fried Egg
central beginner
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Holy Basil Chicken with Fried Egg

This version keeps the dish fast and direct: pound garlic with Thai chilies, stir-fry minced chicken hard over high heat, season assertiv...

25 min · 13 ingredients · 72 sources
Holy Basil Pork
central beginner
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Holy Basil Pork

A beginner-friendly pad krapow moo that keeps the Thai logic intact: coarse pork, plenty of garlic and fresh chilies, salty-savoury seaso...

20 min · 13 ingredients · 95 sources
Tom Kha Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup)
central beginner
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Tom Kha Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup)

A beginner-safe tom kha gai with the parts that matter protected: galangal is sliced thin and simmered long enough to perfume the coconut...

35 min · 12 ingredients · 90 sources
Tom Saap (Isaan Spicy Pork Rib Soup)
isaan standard
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Tom Saap (Isaan Spicy Pork Rib Soup)

A standard tom saap with pork ribs: simmer the bones until the broth has body, season only after the meat is tender, and finish with lime...

95 min · 13 ingredients · 48 sources
Creamy Tom Yum with Shrimp
central standard
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Creamy Tom Yum with Shrimp

This is the creamy, orange-red branch of tom yum goong: shrimp stock, roasted chili jam, evaporated milk, and the non-negotiable tom yum ...

40 min · 13 ingredients · 92 sources
Clear Tom Yum with Shrimp
central standard
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Clear Tom Yum with Shrimp

This is the clear-broth branch of tom yum goong: shrimp, hot herbs, fish sauce, lime, and no dairy to cover mistakes. The broth has nowhe...

35 min · 12 ingredients · 92 sources