Jasmine rice is a lovely, subtly perfumed rice used across South East Asia. It’s strongly associated with Thai food, and used for serving with everything from Thai marinated chicken to Chilli Basil Stir Fry, Satay Skewers and the many Thai curries out there.
Sometimes when I come home from work I don’t want to make a meal from scratch so I cheat and use a shop-bought sauce like Sainsburys Thai Green Curry Style Sauce.
Tender chicken legs are served with fragrant ginger and coconut rice in this easy and budget-friendly one-pot dinner.
Thai green chicken curry is one of the best known dishes of Thai cuisine, and despite its complex flavours, it is actually quite easy to make at home.
This is an authentic Prawn/Shrimp Pad Thai recipe from Spice I Am, a critically acclaimed Thai restaurant.
One of the main reasons why Thai food is so delicious is because authentic Thai food is made from a carefully balanced taste of sweet, salty, spicy and sour all at once. It’s called “Umami”, a subtle flavour of tasty, savoury wholesomeness, discovered over 100 years ago.
These Thai style chicken satay skewers are a guaranteed hit at any party, they certainly are at any of mine!
Lamb shanks and Massaman curry were made for each other. This incredibly easy Thai-style recipe slow cooks them in the oven until the meat is falling off the bone, braised in a rich, coconut Massaman curry sauce.
Red Thai leftovers is a different way to use up the leftover meat from Sunday dinner. Works best with chicken or pork.
I’m a retired aeronautical engineer living in Tunbridge Wells, England. I love cooking and food history.
My grandchildren said, “Grandad, you ought to share your favourite recipes and histories online”. So here they are!
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