An editorial recipe library. Every recipe is researched from many cited sources — see the provenance panel on each page. How we work →
Difficulty

Beginner recipes

Recipes at Beginner difficulty.

5 recipes
Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)
central beginner
ส้มตำไทย

Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)

Som tum Thai is not a slaw with Thai dressing. It is a bruised salad: garlic and chilies crushed first, beans and tomatoes cracked enough...

25 min · 11 ingredients · 63 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
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