Thai Food for Beginners

Posted on 06/29/2021

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Here are some great Thai Food Recipes for Beginners that you can try at home.

• Pad Thai
• Cashew Chicken
• Chicken Satay

1) PAD THAI

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package rice noodles
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-sized pieces
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• ⅛ tablespoon crushed red pepper
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• ¼ cup crushed peanuts
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Directions

• Step 1
• Soak rice noodles in cold water 30 to 50 minutes, or until soft. Drain, and set aside.
• Step 2Heat butter in a wok or large heavy skillet. Saute chicken until browned. Remove, and set aside. Heat oil in wok over medium-high heat. Crack eggs into hot oil, and cook until firm. Stir in chicken, and cook for 5 minutes. Add softened noodles, and vinegar, fish sauce, sugar and red pepper. Adjust seasonings to taste. Mix while cooking, until noodles are tender. Add bean sprouts, and mix for 3 minutes.

Tips

Garnish with crushed peanuts, chopped green onions and wedge of lemon.

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2) Thai Cashew Chicken

A wonderfully spicy Thai dish. I created this when I fell in love with a dish at a Thai restaurant. It is very good served over jasmine rice. Fish sauce can be found in any Asian market, or the Asian section of the supermarket.By SKOALZ

Ingredients

• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup fish sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons hot pepper sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into thin strips
• 1 cup dry jasmine rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 small onion, quartered then sliced
• ¾ cup water
• 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup unsalted cashew nuts

Directions

• Step 1In a resealable plastic bag, mix the soy sauce, fish sauce, hot pepper sauce, garlic, and ginger. Place the chicken in the bag, seal, and marinate at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Step 2In a medium saucepan, bring the jasmine rice and 2 cups water to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Step 3Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Stir in the onion, and cook about 5 minutes, until tender. Reserving the marinade mixture, place the chicken into the skillet, and cook about 10 minutes, until browned.
• Step 4Stir the reserved marinade and 3/4 cup water into the skillet, and bring to a boil. Continue to cook and stir 10 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. Thoroughly blend in the peanut butter. Serve over the jasmine rice with a sprinkling of cashews.

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3) Thai-Style Chicken Satay

Thai-style chicken satay marinated in a soy and peanut-flavored sauce and cooked to your liking. Some might like to spice it up a bit by adding more hot sauce. By Bryan Herbert

Ingredients

• ½ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup lemon juice
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 6 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into chunks
• 6 (10 inch) skewers

Directions

• Step 1Stir soy sauce, lemon juice, peanut butter, garlic, curry powder, brown sugar, and hot pepper sauce together in a large bowl until marinade is well-combined. Place chicken in the marinade and stir to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.
• Step 2Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Step 3Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade and thread chicken onto skewers.
• Step 4Cook chicken on the preheated grill until juices run clear and chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

Cook's Note:

I also recommend adding 1/2 cup chopped green onion before cooking.

Tips

You can substitute lime juice for the lemon juice.

Tips

You can pound the chicken breast halves flat instead of cutting them into chunks. Weave the flat breasts onto skewers.

313 calories; protein 42.8g; carbohydrates 10.5g; fat 11.1g; cholesterol 103.9mg; sodium 1365.1mg.

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