Numerous tourists bring from Thailand not only a tan, a lot of great pictures and happy experiences, but also a love of the local cuisine, adapted for Europeans, naturally, because the Thais themselves love everything very spicy. Unfortunately, not all dishes of Southeast Asian cuisine can be reproduced in Europe. Exotic lemon grass, tamarind paste and the like are required. But Khao Pad Kai - Thai fried rice with chicken - is an exception to this rule. Everything that is required for this dish can be found in any European supermarket.
It should be added that in Thai cuisine, the main dish and side dish often vary. Fried rice can be not only with chicken, but also with pork, beef, shrimp, seafood or fish. Accordingly, then the words “Nua”, “Mu”, “Gung”, “Talay” and “Pla” will be added to the name “Khao Pad”. On the other hand, Thai chicken - “Kai Pad Med Mamuang” - is equally tasty with boiled rice, as well as with special Thai Pad Pad noodles. However, this is not all. Even if you decide to cook chicken with fried rice, then in this case there is no one template. You can add pineapple, vegetables, cashews, honey, curry, oyster sauce or ketchup. This dish is extremely popular in Thailand, so every family has its own recipe. Do not be afraid to experiment and you.
Thai Chicken with Vegetables
Half a kilo of chicken, dry with a towel, cut into thin strips and leave to marinate in soy sauce for half an hour. Meanwhile, chop the onion in half rings, two bell peppers in thin strips, cut the carrots into small cubes. Three slices of garlic are passed through a press. We strain the chicken, but do not pour the soy sauce. Ideally, this dish requires a special wok pan. She has a thin bottom in the middle and thicker at the edges. However, you can cook chicken in an ordinary skillet. Pour vegetable oil into it, calcine it and spread the breast. After ten minutes of roasting without a lid, we transfer the meat to a plate, and place vegetables in its place. We fry them literally five minutes without a lid, after which we return the chicken, pour in a gram of fifty dry wine and three tablespoons of liquid honey. We breed a little starch in a small amount of soy sauce, pour into a pan. We maximize the fire under it and cook another five minutes.
Another recipe with vegetables
According to this requirement, a delicious Thai chicken will be ready in forty minutes. No need to marinate meat. Just fry it in oil until white and put it on a plate. Chopped vegetables (onions, carrots and peppers) fry. In a bowl, mix four tablespoons of soy sauce with flour. Add honey, a clove of garlic passed through a press, a pinch of black pepper. Also add two tablespoons of curry to the sauce. Pour vegetables with this liquid, put in a pan and chicken. Quench everything with a quarter of an hour. Separately, we cook Jasmine rice in a double boiler. If desired, it can be fried. We put it in bowls, put the main dish on top.
Cooking Authentically
If you are not afraid of difficulties or if you are currently in Southeast Asia, then you can cook the Thai-style chicken dish according to all the rules. You will need two tablespoons of red curry paste, the same amount of fish or oyster sauce and vegetable oil. Also stock up on sorghum stems (lemon grass). We start to cook. Curry with a quarter cup of water and oil. Pour into a wok and warm up. Add a pound of skinless chicken breast chopped into slices, mix, pour the fish sauce, fry over high heat and move to the edge of the pan, sprinkling with chopped lemon sorghum. In the center of the wok, pour two pre-loosened eggs. Fry for one minute, cut into strips, mix with chicken. We also add two glasses of boiled rice of the Jasmine variety. Stir actively so as not to burn. Separately, you can serve spicy or sweet and sour sauce.
Thai Chicken with Pineapple
We mix flour and starch in a plate, roll the chicken breast cut into strips in this breading. In a pan, calcine the vegetable oil and fry the meat until golden color. Add a small piece of shabby ginger and canned pineapples, strained from the syrup. Next, squeeze two garlic cloves into a pan through a press and pour two tablespoons of tomato paste. Add a finely chopped slice of chili pepper. Now it remains only to pour the pineapple juice into a frying pan, cover and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat. This dish goes well with both boiled and fried rice.
Kai Pad Med Mamuang
Translated, this means "cashew chicken." In Thai, it should also be with a fair amount of hot chili peppers, but for the delicate stomachs of Europeans, prepare a dish without this last ingredient. We cleanse the breast from the skin, cut into long strips, breading in flour. Sweet pepper, 2-3 cloves of garlic, chop the feathers of green onions and shallots. Fry the chicken in vegetable oil until tender, transfer to a napkin to stack fat. In the place of meat we place vegetables, fry for 3 minutes. Add 100 g coarsely roasted cashew nuts. Now it’s the turn to pour the sauces: a spoonful of fish, twice as much as oyster and tomato. Sprinkle the contents of the pan with sugar to taste. Mix and add chicken. After a minute, turn off and serve with boiled rice. This is the most successful side dish for such a dish.
Fried rice with basil and chicken
This is not so difficult. Cook rice in a double boiler - it should turn out two cups. As always, Thai chicken is thin strips of filet without skin and bones. For this dish we need a spoonful of basil paste. We fry it on low heat for one minute. After that, add chicken and cook for seven minutes. After this time, put the green peas and boiled rice. Mix. Pour with two tablespoons of fish sauce, sprinkle with a small amount of sugar. In another pan, fry two tablespoons of chopped shallots and a few cloves of garlic. Sprinkle with these spices the rice already taken from the fire. Garnish with fresh cucumber sticks and fried egg.