Thai challenging Recipes

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These challenging 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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  • fried wontons

    Fried Wontons

    Geow Grob

    Spiced ground pork in crispy wonton wrap, served with sweet and sour sauce.

  • satay - modern thai version

    Satay - Modern Thai Version

    Satay

    Marinaded and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce

  • tod mun

    Tod Mun

    Fried fish cake, spiced with Thai curry and kaffir lime leaves.

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  • chicken on rice with hot yellow bean sauce

    Chicken on Rice with Hot Yellow Bean Sauce

    Kow Mun Gai

    Chicken on rice cooked in chicken broth served with spicy soy bean sauce

  • curried noodles

    Curried Noodles

    Goew Tiew Gang

    Rice noodles in beef curry sauce

  • mussel pancakes

    Mussel Pancakes

    Hoy Tod

    Crispy mussel pancakes with bean sprouts

  • noodles in gravy

    Noodles in Gravy

    Rad Nah

    Soft rice noodles and Chinese broccoli with pork and gravy

  • noodles with fish curry sauce

    Noodles with Fish Curry Sauce

    Kanom Jeen Nam Ya

    Curry fish sauce over rice noodles with fresh and boiled vegetables

  • oxtail soup

    Oxtail Soup

    Soop Hang Woa

    Clear spicy and sour oxtail soup. 

  • pad thai street food

    Pad Thai Street Food

    Pad Thai

    Pad Thai street food recipe

  • rad na

    Rad Na

    Rad Na Moo

    Soft thick rice noodles in a warm gravy with pork and Chinese Broccoli.

  • shrimp paste rice

    Shrimp Paste Rice

    Kow Klook Gapi

    Rice mixed with shrimp paste spiced with shreded green mango and shallots served with fried egg, sweetened pork.

  • tom yum noodles

    Tom Yum Noodles

    Guay Tiew Moo Tom Yum

    Spicy and sour noodle soup served with crushed peanuts, powdered chili and lime juice

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  • pork rice porridge

    Pork Rice Porridge

    Joke Moo Sub

    Rice porridge with ground pork balls, chopped cilantro, green onion and ginger.

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  • mango on sticky rice

    Mango on Sticky Rice

    Kow Neuw Mamuang

    Ripe mango served on a bed of coconut milk soaked sticky rice.

  • miniature fruit
    Vegetarian

    Miniature Fruit

    Loog Choob

    Miniature fruits made from mung bean paste cooked in coconut milk.

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  • basic red curry paste

    Basic Red Curry Paste

    Prig Gang Kua

    Basic Red Curry Paste or Prig Gang Kua is the most basic curry paste.

  • fresh egg noodles
    Vegetarian

    Fresh Egg Noodles

    Bamee

    Homemade small strand noodles made with wheat and egg.

  • green curry paste

    Green Curry Paste

    Prig Gang Kiew Wan

    Spicy green curry paste made with fresh Thai green chili peppers.

  • massaman curry paste

    Massaman Curry Paste

    Prig Gang Mussamun

    Homemade fragrant Massaman Curry Paste filled with roasted spices

  • namya curry paste

    Namya Curry Paste

    Prig Gang Namya

    Curry paste for fish curry, made with peppers, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, Chinese keys, salt and pickled fish

  • southern red curry paste

    Southern Red Curry Paste

    Prig Gang KuaTai

    Bright red and very spicy hot curry paste from southern Thailand.

  • vegetarian red curry paste

    Vegetarian Red Curry Paste

    Prig Gang Mungsavirat

    Vegetarian red curry paste