Thai Soy Sauce Noodles (Pad See Eaw)


This dish made from flat rice noodles with vegetables (such as carrot and Chinese broccoli - or as you like), and meat. These ingredients were stir-fried with dark soy sauce with egg, I love to have it for my lunch. I think this recipe is very easy to cook, it takes 10 minutes for me!!!

Ingredients
- 100 g meat (beef, chicken, pork, or seafood)
- 1 1/2 cup fresh flat rice noodles
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1-2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
- 1 cup Chinese broccoli, cut into 1 inch lenght
- 1/4 cup carrot, sliced
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce (See Eaw)
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1-2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- noodles condiments; sugar, fish sauce, vinegar and dried ground pepper

Cooking Instructions
In a wok or pan, heat the oil and stir fry garlic and meat until tender.
Add the rice noodles and stir-fry to break up the noodles.
Then, add light and dark soy sauce and sugar and stir-fry.
Open a spot in the middle of the pan, and drop the egg in. Scramble the egg until it is almost all cooked (not watery any more).
Next, add the Chinese broccoli and carrot. Stir-fry the mixture until thoroughly combined and Chinese broccoli and carrot were cooked.
For serving, put on a serving plate and sprinkle white pepper on top. Serve with the usual noodles condiments; sugar, fish sauce, vinegar and dried ground pepper.
For me, I like mine with and vinegar and dried ground pepper.

Thai Style Fried Noodles with Shrimps (Pad Thai Kung Sod)


Thai Style Fried Noodles with Shrimps or "Pad Thai Kung Sod" well known as recommend recipe in Thailand. Do you want to know why? Come to try it together with me!!!

Ingredients
- 100 g shrimps, shelled and deveined
- 150 g Thai rice noodle, soaked in warm water to soften, drained well
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup tofu
- 1/4 cup bean sprouts, root tips and seed hulls removed
- 1/4 cup garlic chives or spring oinons, cut into 1 inch lengths
- 2 tablespoons crushed peanuts
- 1 teaspoon dried chilli, crushed (depends on your taste)
- 2 tablespoons tamarind juice
- 1-2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- garnishes (e.g. lime wedges, garlic chives)

Cooking Instructions
In a wok or pan, heat the oil and stir fry shrimps and tofu until tender.
Add the noodles and stir-fry until translucent. It may be necessary to reduce the heat if the mixture is cooking too quickly and the noodles stick.
Next, add fish sause, tamarind juice, suger ,and egg. Stir-fry the mixture until thoroughly combined.
Add bean sprouts and garlic chives, continue to stir-fry over high heat.
Stir-fry for 2 minutes until most of the liquid is reduced.
Finally, seasoning with dried chilli (test as you like).
For serving, mound the noodles onto the center of platter and garnish with lime wedges, fresh bean sprouts, and peanuts on the side (as you want).
I recommend to squeeze the lime, garlic chives, and peanuts, then mix it together before testing this dish!!!

Hot and Sour Seafood Fried Rice (Kao Pad Tom Yam Talay)



This evening I got the idea to cook "Hot and Sour Seafood Fried Rice (Kao Pad TomYam Talay)" after I found squid and shrimp in my freezer. This is one of my recipe I love to cook always. To do these, it takes time too short and it's very easy to cook - just only 15 minutes!!! Do you want to try it?

Ingredients
- 100 g shrimps, shelled and de-veined
- 100 g squid, cut into inch pieces
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup mushroom, halved or whole
- 1 teaspoon fresh chilli, crushed (depends on your taste)
- 1 tablespoon lemon glass, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon galangal, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon kaffir lime leaves, crushed
- 1 tablespoon roasted chili in oil
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoon lime juice
- garnishes (e.g. tomato, cucumber, lime wedges)

Cooking Instructions
In a wok or pan, heat the oil and stir fry the garlic until golden.
Add shrimps and squid, stir-fry until tender.
Next, add chilli, lemon glass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, roasted chili in oil and mushroom, stir and heat thoroughly.
Then, add rice and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes, good fried rice should be faint seared.
Finally, seasoning with fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice (test as you like).
For serving, mound the rice onto the center of platter and garnish with lime, tomato, and cucumber on the side (as you want).

I recommend to squeeze the lime and mix it together before testing this dish!!!

Fried pork with basil leaves (Pad Ka Prao Moo)



The photo is my dinner this evening, it's really OK!!! I took 10 minutes for cooking, it's very easy in my opinion. Pad Ka Prao Moo is very simple menu in Thailand, almost of us think of this menu when we want to order something to have in limited time such as at lunch. I like this menu because it's hot and spicy from basil leaves and chillies. But if u don't, chillies should be reduced. This recipe contains of many kinds of herbs, garlic, basil leaves, chillies, and pepper. Do you want to try to cook it now? Let's go!!!

Ingredients
- 200 g minced pork
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoons garlic cloves, minced
- 1-2 teaspoons fresh chillies, minced
- 1 cup fresh holy basil
- 1 tablespoon black soy sauce
- 1 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- garnishes (e.g. tomato, cucumber)

Note
You can add more vegetables such as carrot, string bean, baby corn as extra ingredients or change meat from pork to the others you want.

Cooking Instructions
In a wok, heat the oil and stir garlic until golden.
Add the meat and cook, continue stir frying until meat is cooked throughly.
Next, add in fresh chillies, fish sauce, black soy sauce, and sugar. Give it a try until you get your desired taste. It supposed to taste sweet, salty and hot.
Finally, add the basil leaves and stir and mix well about 1 minute.
For serving, transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with white pepper on top.
Normally, Thai people love to eat this dish with steamed rice and fried egg.