Central Thailand

Khao pad

Name: Khao pad
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 cups day old jasmine rice cooked rice; Chicken, boneless, thinly sliced; 2 egg; 1 small sliced onion; 4 cloves chopped garlic; 1 in wedges tomato; 2 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tsp soy sauce; a pinch of sugar jaggery; 1/4 tsp white pepper; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Cucumber, slices, to serve; Lemon, lime wedges; a few sprigs coriander leaves (cilantro)

Day old rice, a screaming hot wok and a squeeze of lime. Thai fried rice is all about restraint.

15 minTime

32 gProtein each

mildSpice

The lime on the side1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgg, chicken, fish sauce and lime.

The original

638kcalsame

32 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

15minutessame

Khao pad gai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cooked rice3 cups day old jasmine rice

Chicken, bonelessthinly sliced

Egg2

Onion1 small, sliced

Garlic4 cloves, chopped

Tomato1, in wedges

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Fish sauce1 tbsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Jaggerya pinch of sugar

White pepper¼ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Cucumberslices, to serve

Lemonlime wedges

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a few sprigs

Method

4 steps

1Heat oil in a wok until smoking. Fry the garlic for 10 seconds, then the chicken until cooked through with no pink.
2Push aside, add the eggs and scramble until just set. Add onion and tomato and toss for a minute.
3Add the rice, breaking clumps, and toss over high heat. Season with fish sauce, soy, sugar and white pepper.
4Toss in spring onion and serve with cucumber, coriander and lime.

Serve it like this

Press into a bowl and turn out as a neat dome, with cucumber slices, a lime wedge and a spoon of fish sauce with chillies alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Central Thailand

Khao pad

Day old rice, a screaming hot wok and a squeeze of lime. Thai fried rice is all about restraint.

15 minTime

32 gProtein each

mildSpice

The lime on the side1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgg, chicken, fish sauce and lime.

The original

638kcalsame

32 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

15minutessame

Khao pad gai.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cooked rice3 cups day old jasmine rice

Chicken, bonelessthinly sliced

Egg2

Onion1 small, sliced

Garlic4 cloves, chopped

Tomato1, in wedges

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Fish sauce1 tbsp

Soy sauce2 tsp

Jaggerya pinch of sugar

White pepper¼ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Cucumberslices, to serve

Lemonlime wedges

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a few sprigs

Method

4 steps

1Heat oil in a wok until smoking. Fry the garlic for 10 seconds, then the chicken until cooked through with no pink.
2Push aside, add the eggs and scramble until just set. Add onion and tomato and toss for a minute.
3Add the rice, breaking clumps, and toss over high heat. Season with fish sauce, soy, sugar and white pepper.
4Toss in spring onion and serve with cucumber, coriander and lime.

Serve it like this

Press into a bowl and turn out as a neat dome, with cucumber slices, a lime wedge and a spoon of fish sauce with chillies alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Khao pad

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Khao pad

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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