Spicy Papaya Salad w/ Fermented Fish Sauce Som tam is one of Thailand’s most beloved lunch and dinner entres, and most Thais love it. Even foreigners who come to Thailand and try it become hooked on its bizarre combination of ingredients and flavors. You’ll probably like it too! Som Tam comes from the northeastern “Isaan” … Read more
Pork Ribs in Isaan Style Soup in Thai, Gang Si Krong Moo Phak Boong Prepare: 300 g. soft pork ribs 2 cup cut morning glory (Phak Boong) 1/4 cup fermented fish juice (Pla Rah) 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 5 cup stock from pork bone 3 tbsp. fish sauce 2 tsp. salt 6 tbsp. concentrated tamarind … Read more
Isaan Style Pork Soup – Gaeng Om Moo Gather: 5 peppers 5 red onions (lightly pounded) 3 garlic 1/2 cup lemongrass cut finely 1 and 1/2 cup pork 1 cup pumpkin (cut small) 3 eggplants (cut 4 each) 1 cup parsley 1 group scallion 1/2 cup basil 1 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. fish sauce 4 … Read more
Crispy Mandarin Duck in Isaan Sour and Spicy Salad, Laab Bped Tod Grob Prepare: 1 mandarin duck (1kg.) 5 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup sliced red onion 1/2 cup sliced lemon grass 1/2 cup kaffir lime leaves 1 tbsp. chili powder 3 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. fish sauce 3 tbsp. fried or roast peanut … Read more
Thai Food Recipe: Lab Moo (Spicy Pork Salad) Ingredients 7 oz. Sliced Pork 7 oz. sliced pork entrails (optional) 3 oz. sliced pork skin (optional) 2 tbsp. ground roasted uncooked rice 1 group coriander 3 leaves parsley 1 group scallion 1/2 cup mint Sliced red chilis as much as you can stand! 2 tbsp. sliced … Read more
Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Ho Mok Gai Sai No Mai (Chicken and Bamboo Wrapped with Banana Leaves) Prepare: 1 cup chicken or fish 5 red onions 4 tbsp. lemongrass cut finely 5 red chili peppers (as many as you like) 4 galingal pieces 1 cup basil (mang luk) 1/2 cup fermented fish juice 2 tbsp. … Read more
Mok Pla Siw (Fish and herbs wrapped in banana leaves) Prepare: 2 cup very small fish (As small as you can find) 5 red chili peppers 5 dried red chili peppers 5 cloves garlic 5 red onions 1 handful basil 2 tbsp. fish sauce 1/4 tsp. sugar 1 tbsp. minced galingale 1 handful cut scallion … Read more
Thai Isaan Food: Kow Chee (Kao ji) – Grilled Sticky Rice Prepare Kow Chee: 1 cup cooked sticky rice1 egg1 tsp. fish sauce2 tbsp. coconut milk Kow Chee Cooking Instructions: 1. Mix sticky rice with coconut while the rice is still hot. Make sticky rice into a ball. (see the picture) 2. Beat the egg … Read more
Thai I-Saan Food Recipe: Sai Grok I-saan (I-saan Sausage) Sai Grok I-saan (I-saan Sausage) Prepare: 2 pounds minced pork 2 pounds pork casing 1 cup pork fat 10 cloves garlic 20 Thai white peppers 3 coriander roots 1 / 2 cup cooked sticky rice 1 tbsp. soy sauce 1 tbsp. salt 1 / 2 tsp. … Read more
Gang Som Naw Mai Dong – Spicy Bamboo Soup Prepare: 5 chilis 6 red onions (sliced) 3 lemongrass stalks (finely cut) 3 scallions (cut short, about 1″) 1 tsp. salt 6 tbsp. fish sauce 1 pound chicken breast (cut thick) 1.5 pound pickled bamboo shoots 1/2 cup basil 2 cups water Instructions: 1. Make … Read more