As the main cook in our house - well only cook really - I often get in recipe ruts.
Cooking is the easy part.. deciding what to make every day is frustrating.
Luckily I am surrounded by food lovers and recently my friend Sarah sent me links to some Thai recipes.
The website is called Hot Thai Kitchen and Pai, a Thai chef does short, entertaining video tutorials and demystifies Thai cuisine. Her recipes are deeelicious and you may even learn some of the language.
I am so hooked on these recipes that I signed up as a Patreon member, bought the book and may even get the tee shirt!
The first recipe Sarah sent me uses ground pork and was perfectly timed because this summer I had so much mint in the garden. I was blown away at how easy it was to make and how delicious it was.
Laab Moo - Ground Pork and Mint Salad
The second recipe I tried - Spicy Garlic Lime Pork takes 15-30 seconds to cook the pork!! - that’s insane and yes it is cooked properly - There is a little prep time and you have to velvet the pork for 20 mins but such a quick dish to cook and soo good!
Moo Manao - Spicy Garlic Lime Pork.
The recipe calls for pork shoulder but you can use loin so I used pork chops.
TIPS-
You have to thinly slice the pork against the grain - so it is a bit fiddly if you use pork chops and you do need a sharp knife - it's a little easier if the chop is partly frozen.
If you are worried about thinly slicing the pork you could cut the slices a bit thicker and pound them thinner with a rolling pin.
If you have a large pork roast you could take a few slices off for this recipe then you can roast the rest - 2 meals from 1 roast!
Here are some more recipes I tried
so far they have all have been delicious
Steamed Salmon with the Garlic lime sauce from the Moo Manao recipe - we steamed the salmon on a plate to keep all the juices - a tip I got from watching the Steamed fish video
Pad See EW (pan-fried rice noodles) - this is one of our favourites!
Thai salad with leftover roast chicken
Epic Thai burger - this is made with beef and I will definitely make it again with pork or chicken but probably not with beef - (just my preference)
Pad Thai - Carl is not a bean sprout fan so next time I will use cabbage.
Lemongrass Chicken - another favourite and I used pork chops that I sliced thinly
Thai green Curry - soo good
Lockdown glass noodle stirfry - I used rice noodles because I didn’t have glass noodles - this is a good one for stretching meat further
Panang curry - this is really easy to make and no veg - this is the one I am going to teach Carl how to make… wish me luck 🙂
honey garlic ribs - steam the ribs first - such a great tip.
Green curry Stir fried rice - another great recipe for stretching meat further - I used our ground pork
Pot Stickers - a great way to stretch out 1lb ground pork
I would love to hear from you if you try any of the recipes from this site or if you have any suggestions that I should try.