Basil Chicken/Gai Pad Krapow Recipes

Basil chicken has long been my favorite Thai dish. This is something that I cooked often if I have some Thai basil in hand. Thai basil spoil rather fast so I like to finish it up within a few days but many times it did gets black and I have to throw it away. I have to plant my own Thai basil coming summer. It is just too expensive to buy it every other week and then throw half of it away. This dish takes no time to prepare yet the flavor is simply amazing. You can serve it with rice, over noodles or even as lettuce wraps.

Ingredients:

2 pieces chicken breast – remove the skin and fat and cut into tiny cubes
3 cloves garlic - chopped
1 small onion – cut into tiny cubes
3 bird eye chillies – cut small
1 small bunch of Thai basil

Seasoning

3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp black soy sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar
A few dash of black pepper

1. Heat up the wok with 2 tbsp of olive oil. Add in the garlic and onions. Stir-fry until fragrant and lightly brown.
2. Add in the chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes until most of the chicken changes color and no longer pink. Toss in the chilies. Add in all the seasoning and continue to stir fry until the chicken is cook through.
3. Toss in the basil and stir fry until the basil wilted. Check seasoning.
4. Transfer to a dish and serve warm.

Montad Chuame/Cassava In Coconut Sauce Recipes

I love Thai desserts. I find Thai desserts have a real fragrant of freshly squeeze coconut milk and pandan leaves. One thing good about living in Malaysia is we can get freshly squeeze coconut milk and this make a great difference in the taste of a dessert. I made this Thai dessert recently. I find the original Montad Chuame way too sweet for me as they cook the Cassava together with loads of sugar and here is my version of Montad Chuame.

Ingredients:

500 grams of peeled cassava
100 grms sugar
Enough water to cover the cassava

Sauce:

1 cup of thick coconut milk
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp sugar
½ tsp cornstarch

1. Cut the cassava into big chunk. Put the cassava in a pot, cover it with water and put in the sugar. Cook over low heat until the cassava is soft and translucent. Turn the cassava once during cooking.
2. While waiting for the cassava to cook, make the coconut cream sauce.
3. Combined all the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring it up to boil and set it aside.
4. Once the cassava is cook, remove and serve it with some coconut sauce.

Thai-Style Stir-fry Shrimps Recipes

Kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass plays a great role in this dish. This is one delicious way to cook shrimps with rich fragrant flavor of kaffir lime leaves. This dish can be served with warm rice or noodles

Ingredients:

10 large shrimps – cut away all the legs and leave the shell and head intact
3 cloves garlic – finely chopped
4 bird eyes chili – finely chopped
1 lemongrass – finely chopped
½ tsp of turmeric powder
4 kaffir lime leaves
1 tsp brown sugar
Salt to taste

1. Heat about 2 tbsp of oil in a pan. Stir in garlic, lemon grass and chilies. Stir-fry until fragrant. Add in kaffir lime leaves, turmeric powder, sugar and salt. Stir well.
2. Add in the shrimp, tossing them around in the pan to make sure they are coated in the sauce.
3. Arrange the shrimp against the base and side of the pan to fry on both sides until lightly brown and the shrimp cooked.
4. Dish out and serve warm.

Note: Do not add any water as the shrimps will discharge some liquid.

Stir –Fry Tom Yam Shrimp Recipes

There are so many ready made paste out there now. You can find it in most of the supermarket shelves and it comes in packets or jars. It really makes life so much easier for us if we want to cook some quick meals. I like using Tom Yam paste in some of my cooking. Tom Yam paste is not only for Tom Yam soup but you can use it to make stir-fry, fried noodles and also fried rice. Tom Yam paste can be pretty sour so you have to add some sugar to balance up the taste. This is an appetizing dish and goes really well with rice.

Ingredients:

½ pound of shrimps – shelled and de-veined
One big onion – sliced thinly
2 cloves of garlic – chopped
2 tomatoes – cut into wedges
1 tsp or more sugar
3 tbsp of Tom Yam paste
Salt to taste

1. Heat up some oil in a frying pan; add in the onion and garlic. Stir fry until fragrant and onion soften.
2. Add in the tom yam paste; stir fry for a few second. Add in the shrimps and continue to stir fry until the shrimp changes to light pink color.
3. Add about ½ cup of water and the tomatoes. Continue to stir-fry until sauce thicken. Add in the sugar and salt to taste.
4. Dish out and serve with warm rice.

Chicken Wrapped in Pandan Delicious Recipes

This is a must order dish each time I visit any Thai restaurant. I just love the sweet smell of the pandan leaves. I made this healthier version by baking it instead of frying it.

Ingredients :

1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, thinly sliced and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 Tbsp finely minced cilantro with roots
1 tbsp of minced ginger
2 tbsp finely minced garlic
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp palm or regular sugar
1/2 tsp of tumeric powder
pandan leaves (screwpine pandanus) - thawed and cleaned


Method :

1. Mix all ingredients except pandan leaves. Marinate for 1 hour or overnight in the fridge.
2. Form pandan leaf into little pockets and fill with a couple pieces of marinated chicken, or simply wrap a few pieces of chicken with pandan leaf.
3. Bake in a pre-heated 400 degree F oven for 20-25 min or until golden brown.

Note : You can deep fry this in a hot oil until chicken is cooked. Drain well and serve immediately.