Red curry stir-fried (Pad-Ped-Pad-Prik Gang)

One of my favorite stir-fried/curry dish.  The reason I like this one so much is because I still get the curry taste on the food without having to use the coconut milk.

You can either used red curry or chopped Thai chilli for spice or use both.  I preferred to use both because I like my food really spicy.  But if you can't handle too much spice, I suggest only use the small amount of curry or only a few chopped Thai chilli.

You can choose any meat of your choice in this dish: chicken, pork, beef, prawns, tofu or seafood.


Ingredients:
 *serving 1-2 people*

Pad Ped Chicken

• 3-4tbsp of cooking oil
• 1 chicken breast cut in smaller pieces
• 1 tbsp of Thai  red curry paste
• 3-5 chopped Thai chilli
• 3-5 chopped garlic clove
• 3-5 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 can bamboo shoots
• 1/2 green pepper cut in long pieces
• 1/2 red pepper cut into long pieces
• 1tbsp fish sauce
• 1tbsp light soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp of oyster sauce (optional)
• 1/2tbsp of sugar

Let's get started:

Step 1:  Add cooking oil into a frying pan at medium heat.  Wait till the oil is hot, then add the garlic, chilli, curry paste and the kaffir lime leaves.  Mixed and stirred until the curry start to smell really good for about 1-2 minutes.
Step 2:  Add the chicken mixed it with the curry, keep stirring until the chicken is cook. 
Step 3:  Add the bamboo shoots, vegetables and all the sauces.  Mixed it all together and stirred until the vegetable is cook.  Give it a taste to see if the flavor is to your liking.

Step 4:  Served with scented Thai jasmine steam rice.

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/  for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry
http://thaifriedrice.blogspot.com/ for some delicious Thai-fried rice

Stir Fried Chicken Cashew Nuts (Pad Med Mamuang Himapan)

*A very popular Thai stir-fried dish with cashew nuts

*This is a quick easy to make stir fry dish

*Ideal to serve with Thai fragrant jasmine rice

*You may use any kind of meat (chicken, pork, tofu, or prawns) 

*Can be make into a vegetarian dish, just substitute choice of meat for tofu

*The dish can either be spicy or not spicy depend on your preference

 *You can use any vegetable you like in the stir-fry

Chicken Cashews

Ingredients:
 *serving 2 people*

• 2tbsp cooking oil
• 1 chicken breast  (slice into smaller pieces)
• 1 tbsp of fish sauce
• 1 tbsp of light sauce
• 1 tbsp of oyster sauce
• 1/2 tbsp of sambal oelek or chopped Thai chili (optional)
• 1/2tbsp sugar (optional)
• 3-5 clove of garlic  (chopped)
• 10-15 cashew cuts
• 1/2 yellow onion (cut into small square)
• 1/2 red pepper (cut into small square)
• 1/2 green pepper (cut into small square)
• 1 celery stick (cut into smaller pieces)
• 1 carrot (cut into smaller pieces)
• 1 spring green onion (optional)

Let's get started:

1. Add cooking oil into a wok or a frying pan at medium-high heat, followed by the garlic and the chicken
    
2. Give it a good stirred until the chicken is cook, then add your vegetable, followed by all the sauces, including sugar
   
3. Mixed all the ingredient together in order for the sauce to blend in with the meat and the vegetable, add the green onion and the cashew nuts
    
4. Give it a taste, if it's not flavorful enough or it's not to your liking, you may add some more sauce
   
5. Served with steam rice or steam noodle

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry

Pad Kra Pow (Thai Basil Stir-Fried)

About the Dish

• One of the most popular Thai stir-fried dish
• The dish is really easy to make
• The dish; however, could be make in 2 different ways.  The traditional Thai way, we do not add vegetable but for the Western way, you may add vegetables.
• You may also buy the ready-made Thai basil stir-fried sauce at the grocery store or specialty Asian super markets.

Ingredients:

1. Cooking oil (2-4tbsp)
2. Garlic (chopped or finely slice)
3. Fresh Thai chili ( sambal oelek, the ground fresh chili past as a substitution)
4. Thai basil (most important, 5-10 leaves)
5. meat (your choice: chicken, beef, pork, prawns or seafood, abt 200gr)
6. Oyster sauce (1tbsp)
7. Soy sauce (1tbsp)
8. Fish Sauce (1tbsp)
9. Sugar (optional, 1/2tbsp)
10. Vegetable (onion, carrot, red and green peppers)

 

Pad Kra Pow Chicken

 

Now you are ready to make the most delicious stir-fried

Step 1: At medium-high heat, add oil into the wok, followed by garlic.  Fried till the garlic almost golden, then add the meat of your choice, stirred until the meat almost cook

Step 2:  Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, and fish sauce and mixed it with the meat.  Make sure you mix it really well, then add the chopped Thai chilli or sambal and Thai basil.  You may add a little bit of sugar for some sweetness.  Mixed all all of the ingredients together one more time and give it a taste

Step 3: Served with scented jasmine rice

*If you choose to add some vegetable to the stir-fried, you can do so after your chicken is cooked before putting all the sauces in.*

 

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry