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13 recipes
Pork Panang Curry
central standard
แกงพะแนงหมู

Pork Panang Curry

Pork Panang Curry is a thick coconut curry, not a bowl of red curry soup with pork in it. The dish lives or dies on frying the curry past...

40 min · 11 ingredients · 61 sources
Massaman Curry Beef
southern chef
แกงมัสมั่นเนื้อ

Massaman Curry Beef

Gaeng massaman nuea is not a generic yellow curry with peanuts. It is a slow beef curry built on roasted dried spices, coconut fat, tamar...

240 min · 32 ingredients · 72 sources
Green Curry Chicken
central standard
แกงเขียวหวานไก่

Green Curry Chicken

Gaeng keow wan gai lives or dies on the paste and the coconut fat. Fry the paste until the raw chile smell turns rounded and oily, then b...

40 min · 14 ingredients · 84 sources
Boat Noodles
central chef
ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเรือ

Boat Noodles

Boat noodles are not pale pork noodle soup. The bowl should be small, dark, aromatic with warm spice, salty before sweet, and thickened a...

210 min · 29 ingredients · 55 sources
Rad Na with Pork
central standard
ราดหน้า

Rad Na with Pork

Rad na lives or dies on two separate textures: blistered noodles and a gravy that coats without turning gluey. The wok does the first job...

40 min · 19 ingredients · 84 sources
Pad See Ew
central beginner
ผัดซีอิ๊ว

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
ผัดไทยกุ้ง

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
ผัดกะเพราไก่ไข่ดาว

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
ผัดกะเพราหมู

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
ต้มข่าไก่

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
ต้มแซ่บ

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
ต้มยำกุ้งน้ำข้น

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
ต้มยำกุ้งน้ำใส

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