Thai Recipes


These Thai recipes are written for you to know how to cook the Thai food that Thais eat in Thailand every day. These recipes have successfully taught millions of westerners, expatriates and Thai students abroad how to cook Thai food so that it tastes like food from home.
While each of these Thai recipes originated from our families, the Bankgok restaurants or foodcarts we love and the Thai cooks we respect, we have put them through rigorous testing prior to publishing. Each recipe has been tested, not just by experienced Thai cooks, but by regular western people learning at home. Creating these recipes, we explored variations in preparation, cook's taste buds, food knowledge backgrounds, and western kitchens. Please let us know how they worked for you.
Enjoy great Thai food the way it's meant to be loved.
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- Appetizer (8)
- Condiment (10)
- Sauce (13)
- One Dish Deal or Lunch (24)
- Snack (9)
- Salad (11)
- Side Dish (1)
- Soup (13)
- Main Course (61)
- Rice Soup and Porridge (1)
- Dessert (16)
- Drink (4)
- Recipe Component (16)
Appetizer

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Fried Chicken Wings
Peek Gai Tod Gluea
Fried chicken wings with crispy skin, seasoned lightly with Thai herbs
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Fried Tofu with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Tou Hu Tod
Fried tofu served with spicy cilantro and peanut sauce
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Satay
Marinated and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce. A simpler recipe.
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Tod Mun
Fried fish cake, spiced with Thai curry and kaffir lime leaves.
Condiment

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Vegetarian Chili Paste
Nam Prig Pud Mungsa Virat
A well-balanced, slightly hot paste for the table that spices many dishes well.
Sauce

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Chili Fish Sauce
Nam Pla Prig
Chili fish sauce is one of the most popular sauce that you will be served with in Thailand.
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Chinese Chive Dumpling Sauce
Nam Jim Gui Chai
A little sweet, a little sour soy sauce base with a hint of heat.
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Green Mango Chili Fish Sauce
Nam Pla Prig Mamuang
Fish sauce with shredded green mango, spiced with Thai chilis, lime juice and shallots
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Hot Shallot Sauce with Toasted Rice
Prig Nam Jim
A simple sauce that with wonderful toasted rice aroma.
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Peanut Dipping Sauce for Fried Tofu
Nam Jim Tou Hu Tod
This peanut sauce truely dresses bland tofu up for the party.
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Sauce for Grilled Pork
Nam Jim Moo Ping
Sweet and sour (by tamrind) hot sauce with chopped cilantro.
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Tod Mun Sauce
Nam Jim Tod Mun
The cucumber is pickled in sweet sour hot sauce topped with crushed peanuts.
One Dish Deal or Lunch

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Braised Pork Shank on Rice
Kow Kha Moo
Braised pork shank with gummy and soft rind, served with blanched Chinese broccoli, pickled mustard and chili garlic sauce
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Chicken on Rice with Hot Yellow Bean Sauce
Kow Mun Gai
Chicken on rice cooked in chicken broth served with spicy soy bean sauce
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Crab Fried Rice
Kow Pud Pboo
Crab fried rice served with a wedge of lime, sliced cucumber and chili fish sauce.
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Giant Noodle Rolls
Goi Tiew Lohd
Tofu, bean sprouts and shrimp wrapped in fresh noodles and served with a spicy sauce
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Noodles with Fish Curry Sauce
Kanom Jeen Nam Ya
Curry fish sauce over rice noodles with fresh and boiled vegetables
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Pad See Ew
Stir fried rice noodles with Chinese broccoli and soy sauces.
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Pad Thai
Stir fried rice noodles with chives, bean sprouts and shrimp.
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Pork Basil
Pad Gaproa Moosub Kaidow
Spicy ground pork stir-fried with fragrant holy basil. Served over jasmine rice, a fried egg and garlic chili fish sauce.
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Royal Mee Grob
Mee Grob Chow Wung
Sweet and sour crispy fried rice vermicelli served with beansprouts and Chinese chives.
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Shrimp Paste Rice
Kow Klook Gapi
Rice mixed with shrimp paste spiced with shreded green mango and shallots served with fried egg, sweetened pork.
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Tom Yum Noodles
Guay Tiew Moo Tom Yum
Spicy and sour noodle soup served with crushed peanuts, powdered chili and lime juice
Snack

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Fried Chinese Chive Cakes
Kanom Gui Chai Tod
Pan fried Chinese chive cakes served with spicy soy sauce
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Roti
Fried thin dough with drizzled sweetened condensed milk and sprinkled sugar.
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Tapioca Dumplings
Saku Sai Moo
Steamed dumplings with pork and peanut filling wrapped in tapioca pearls
Salad

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Bamboo Shoot Yum
Soop Naw Mai
Shredded bamboo shoots boiled in wild Thai leaves with hot lime sauce.
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Crispy Catfish Green Mango Salad
Yum Pla Dook Foo
Sour unripe mango, biting lime, salty fish sauce and crisped catfish.
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Nam Tok
Spicy grilled beef salad with toasted rice.
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Northern Thai Eggplant Salad
Yum Makua Praw
Spicy northern Thai raw eggplant salad with minced pork.
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Yum Woon Sen
Spicy glass noodle salad with crunchy peanuts and dried shrimp.
Side
Dish

Soup

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Bitter Melon Pickled Mustard Soup
Gang Jued Mara Pak Gahd Dong
A clear broth soup with a well blended bitter, sour and salty flavors.
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Bitter Melon Soup in Spare Rib Broth
Gang Jued Mara
Clear bitter melon soup slow cooked in sparerib broth.
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Fresh Bamboo Shoot Soup
Gang Jued Naw Mai Sod Gub Gai
Clear broth soup flavored with fresh bamboo shoot.
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Tom Sab Leng
Fallen off the bone pork backbones in super spicy and sour broth
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Tom Yum Gai
Hot and sour, lean chicken soup with lemongrass and galangal.
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Tom Yum Goong
Shrimp in clear spicy soup made from lemon grass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice and fish sauce
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Tom Yum Pork Ribs
Tom Yum Gradoog Moo
Sour and spicy pork rib soup loaded with lemongrass, galangal, shallots and kaffir lime leaves
Main Course

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Baked Shrimp in Clear Noodles
Goong Ob Woonsen
Shrimp baked in garlic, pepper, cilantro and clear noodles
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Blanched Neem with Grilled Shrimp
Goong Pow Sadow Lou-ug
Hyper-bitter neem leaves and blossoms and hot sweet tamarind sauce on grilled shrimp .
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Crab Curry with Tindora
Gang Kua Pboo Loog Tum Lueng
Southern red curry with tindora or ivy gourds spiced with fresh turmeric
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Fried Fish with Tamarind Sauce
Pla Rad Prig
Whole fish pan fried and served with spicy tamarind sauce
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Gai Kua Kem
Crunchy, salty chicken or turkey
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Garlic Pepper Ribs
Gradoog Moo Tod Gratiem Prigtai
Ribs or spareribs quickly marinated in garlic pepper and salt then pan fried.
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Ginger and Chicken Stir Fry
Stir fried chicken with julienned ginger and wood ear mushrooms.
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Grilled Steak with Spicy Shallot Sauce
Nua Yang
Medium rare grilled steak, served with spicy shallot and lime sauce.
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Kua Gling Moo
Fiery hot dry pork curry spiced with southern flavors
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Mee Grob
Crunchy sweet and sour rice noodles.
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Pad Kee Mao
Pork stir-fried with spicy sauce, also known as drunken pork
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Pickled Fish Chili Sauce
Pla Rah Lohn
Pickled fish cooked in coconut milk, spiced with shallot and chili peppers.
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Salted Crab Sauce
Lohn Pboo Kem
Creamy coconut sauce with salted crabs served with fresh vegetables.
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Sour Bamboo Curry
Gang Gai Naw Mai Dong
Sour pickled bamboo shoot cooked in red curry paste and coconut milk
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Spicy Budoo
Nam Budoo Song Kreung
Traditional southern Thai sauce served with rice and many veggies.
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Steamed Curried Fish
Haw Moak
Steamed, marinated fish in curry paste and coconut milk on vegetables.
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Thin Rice Noodles
Kanom Jeen
The rice noodles can be stir fried, eaten with papaya salad or fish or chicken curries.
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Vegetarian Stir Fried Pumpkin Shoots
Pud Yod Fug Tong
Crunchy pumpkin shoots stir fried with garlic and salt.
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Watermelon Rind Sour Curry
Gang Som Pleug Tang Mo
Watermelon rind cooked in sour and spicy non-coconut curry
Rice Soup and Porridge

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Pork Rice Porridge
Joke Moo Sub
Rice porridge with ground pork balls, chopped cilantro, green onion and ginger.
Dessert

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Kanom Sai Sai
Kanom Sai Sai
Sweet and chewy coconut ball in a slightly salty and creamy coconut milk sauce
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Mango on Sticky Rice
Kow Neuw Mamuang
Ripe mango served on a bed of coconut milk soaked sticky rice.
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Pumpkin Sticky Rice Balls in Coconut Milk
Bua Loy Fug Tong
Fresh pumpkin sticky rice balls in sweet coconut milk sauce.
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Rubies in Coconut Milk
Tub-tim Grob
Crunchy water chestnut coated with tapioca flour in coconut milk served with ice
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Steamed Pumpkin with Shredded Coconut
Fug Tong Neung
Steamed wedge of pumpkin served with shredded coconut
Drink

Recipe Component

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Basic Red Curry Paste
Prig Gang Kua
Basic Red Curry Paste or Prig Gang Kua is the most basic curry paste.
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Chili Paste
Nam Prig Pud/Nam Prig Pow
Thai chili paste made with Thai spices and stir fried. Dark thick body with red oil. Great with tom yum goong or vegetables and rice.
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Green Curry Paste
Prig Gang Kiew Wan
Spicy green curry paste made with fresh Thai green chili peppers.
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Massaman Curry Paste
Prig Gang Mussamun
Homemade fragrant Massaman Curry Paste filled with roasted spices
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Namya Curry Paste
Prig Gang Namya
Curry paste for fish curry, made with peppers, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, Chinese keys, salt and pickled fish
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Southern Red Curry Paste
Prig Gang KuaTai
Bright red and very spicy hot curry paste from southern Thailand.
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Vegetarian Southern Red Curry Paste
Prig Gang Tai Mung Sawirat
Southern red curry paste made vegetarian. A base for many other southern dishes.