41 Thai Recipes to Make at Home
If you take a deep dive into our recipe database, you'll notice a few interesting things: 1. the liberal use of Aleppo pepper; 2. a relative lack of banana recipes; and 3. quite a lot of Thai recipes. With regard to no. 3, it's pretty obvious why. The salty, sweet, savory, spicy cuisine is just plain craveable, as these 41 recipes inspired by it deliciously demonstrate.
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne, Prop Styling by Graylen Gatewood1/41Som Tum Thai (Green Papaya Salad)
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Pearl Jones, Prop Styling by Tim Ferro3/41Mango Sticky Rice
Photo by Heami Lee, food styling by Judy Haubert, prop styling by Rebecca Bartoshesky4/41Pad See Ew With Chicken
Peden + Munk10/41Southern Thai-Style Fried Giant Prawns
This thai recipe pairs perfectly with Coconut Rice.
Peden + Munk16/41Steamed Fish with Lime and Chile
This is the definition of minimalist Thai cooking. The steam not only gently cooks the fish until just tender but also creates an instant, complex sauce from a handful of basic ingredients. Scoring the fish's flesh allows more of the flavor to season the fish and facilitates faster steaming. The fish is cooked on a plate that fits inside the steamer, to catch the juices.
Peden + Munk19/41Curried Beef Stew
All Thai curries start with a handful of aromatic ingredients (chiles, galangal, lemongrass, turmeric, etc.) pounded into a paste with a granite mortar and pestle. The paste is then stirred into soups or stews (often with coconut milk), or used as the basis of sautéed dishes. Use a mini-processor to make the curry paste if you'd like, although this incendiary stew will take on a deeper flavor if you can use a granite mortar and pestle.
37/41Hot Pepper Noodles
40/41Thai Chicken Soup
41/41Thai Larb
