Roasted Duck Curry with Pineapple (Gaeng Phed Ped Yang) แกงเผ็ดเป็ดย่าง

Hello there,
Today I'm posting a duck curry with pineapple recipe, one of my favorite dishes.  It's easy to make and tasty.


Ingredients:
1 . 1/2 pound of roasted duck.
2. 3 cups of pineapple sliced into bite-sized pieces.
3. 2 Tbsp. of red curry paste.
4. 1 cup of whole grape tomato.
5. 1 can of coconut milk (14.5 oz)
6. 1.5 Tbsp of fish sauce.
7. 1 Tbsp of soy sauce.
8. 3-5 Kaffir lime leaves.
9. 1/2 cup of Thai basil.
10. 1 tsp of Sugar (optional).

Directions:
1. Put 1/4 cup of coconut milk in a pan over medium heat, add curry paste, stir constantly for 3 minutes until the oil starts to separated from the coconut milk.
2. Add the remaining coconut milk, roasted duck, pineapple, and grape tomatoes.
3. Add fish sauce, soy sauce, kaffir lime leaves, & Thai basil.  Taste before adding sugar because pineapple is sweet.
4. Let it boil then turn off the stove.
5 Serve with cooked white rice.

Credit photo from internet.

Stewed Pork (หมูอบนมสด)

Hello there!

 Today I'm posting my new stewed pork recipe. It's easy to cook and budget friendly.



Stewed Pork.

Ingredient
1.5 pounds of pork or pork spare ribs cut into bite-size pieces
5 cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp of whole peppercorn
1/4 cup of cilantro
2 Tbsp of oyster sauce
1 Tbsp of black soy sauce
1 Tbsp of light soy sauce
1 tsp of salt
2 Tbsp of olive oil
1/2-1 cup of evaporated milk
1 Tbsp of sugar

Directions
1. In a mortar, smash all the garlic, black pepper, and cilantro until well-mixed and set aside.
2. Marinate pork with all the ingredients (including the garlic, pepper, & cilantro paste) for at least 2 hours.  Marinating overnight is best.
3. In a pan, cook the marinated pork (with all the juices) with medium high heat for 5 minutes.
4. Add 1 cup of water, simmering with the lid on for 15-20 more minutes until the sauce is reduced by half and pork is tender.
5. Serve with cooked white rice.
6. Enjoy !

Credit pictures from the internet.

Rice soup with pork ข้าวต้มหมู

Hello everyone,
I'm posting a recipe for Rice soup with pork that simple and easy, good for a cold day.

Ingredient.
1. 1 pound of ground pork or 2 pounds of pork spare rib (cut to small pieces)
2. 2 Tbsp of chicken base.
3. 1/2 gallon of water.
4. 2 Tbsp of light soy sauce.
5. 1 Tbsp of white pepper powder.
6. 1 Tbsp of chopped green onion.
7. 1 Tbsp of chopped cilantro.
8. 1 Tbsp of fried garlic.
9. 4 cups of cooked white rice.

Directions.

Step 1.  Put water in a big pot on medium high heat, add soup base, light soy sauce, and bring it to a boil. Add  pork  and let  it boil for 5  minutes.

Step 2.  Lower the heat down to simmering for 15 minutes until pork spare rib is tender.

Step 3.  Put cooked white rice in a bowl add pork soup.

Step 4.  Sprinkle chopped green onion, chopped cilantro, fried garlic, and white pepper powder.

Step 5.  Enjoy! (four serving)

Fried sesame chicken (Gai Tod) ไก่ทอดงา

Hello everyone,

 Today, I'm posting a quick and easy recipe for fried sesame chicken that can serve as appetizer or dinner as well.

 Ingredients :
    2 pounds of chicken wings cut into section or drumsticks.
    2 cups of all purpose flour.
    1 Tbsp. of sesame seed.
    2 Tbsp. of light soy sauce.
    1 sp. of chicken base.
    1 tsp. of garlic powder.
    1 tsp. of onion powder
    1 cup of water or milk.
    vegetable oil for deep frying.
    salt and pepper divined

Directions:
step 1. Marinate chicken with salt and pepper at least 30 minutes.
step 2. For the batter, combined flour, a pinch of salt and pepper, sesame seed, light soy sauce, chicken base, garlic powder, onion power, and water or milk. If the batter is too thick add a little more water to desired consistency.
step 3. Dip the chicken in the batter and deep frying in medium high heat until golden brown and cooked through. Serve with sweet and sour sauce.
step 4. Enjoy!

Shrimps and Lettuce

Hi, everyone

      Today,  I'm posting shrimps and lettuce recipe for appetizer that quick and easy.

Ingredients :

1 1/2 pounds of shrimps (peeled and deveined)
1 Tbsp. of olive oil
1 head of buttercup lettuce or regular lettuce.
salt and pepper
sauce
1/2 cup of mayonnaise.
1 tsp. of Dijon mustard.
salt and pepper

Directions :
Step 1 : Sprinkle salt, pepper, and olive oil over shrimps until well coated.  Fried in medium high heat pan about 2-3 minutes until shrimps turn pink or bake in 350 degree oven for 12 minutes.

Step 2 : For sauce. Mixed mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper to taste, serve with buttercup lettuce or regular lettuce if you desired as an appetizer.

Step 3 : Enjoy!

Thai sausage (E-San sausage) ไส้กรอกอีสาน

Hello everyone,
    Today I'm posting a recipe of Thai sausage (E-San sausage).  In Thailand you can find this sausage very easy and good for appetite with cold drink.


Ingredients :

1. 1 1/2 pounds of ground pork
2. 2 cup of cook white rice
3. 1 1/2 Tbsp. of fish sauce
4. 1 tsp of salt
5. 1 Tbsp. of ground pepper
6. 1/2 cup of minced garlic
7. sausage casing

Directions :

Step 1. In a big bowl, mix ground pork, cook white rice, fish sauce, ground pepper, and minced garlic untill well combined.
Step 2. Soak casing in water to soften up.
Step 3. Stuff the mixer in the casing by sausage stuffer or cut plastic bottle and tie casing to bottle neck and use your thumb to push the mixer through.
Step 4. Tie the sausage with kitchen twine.
Step 5. Grill or bake at  350 degree about 35 to 45 minutes turn once until well done and serve with cucumber, lettuce or green cabbage and lime wedge.

Spicy Tofu (Tofu Pad Prik Pao) เต้าหู้ผัดพริกเผา

Hello everyone,
   I'm posting a Spicy Tofu recipe for everyone that likes spicy food.

Ingredients:

16 oz. of fried tofu cut into one inch cubes.
2 Tbsp. of minced garlic
2 Tbsp. of Sambal chili (ground fresh chili paste, left side of photo above)
2 Tbsp. of chili paste in soybean oil (Namprik Pao, right side of photo above)
2 Tbsp. of vegetable oil
1 Tbsp. of paprika
1 Tbsp. of fish sauce
1 Tbsp. of light soy sauce
1 tsp. of sugar
2 cups of steamed broccoli

Directions:

  1. Heat oil in a frying pan with medium high heat.  Add garlic, Sambal chili, paprika, and chili paste in soybean oil.  Cook for 1 minute.
  2. Add fish sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, and tofu.  Stir until well mixed.
  3. Serve with steamed broccoli on the side and white rice.

PS: If you like it very spicy you can add more chili.  Don't hurt yourself.