Easy Thai Recipes
By Darlene Schmidt, About.com Guide
- Easy Appetizers and Fun Finger Foods
- Easy Thai Soups
- Easy Salads
- Quick & Easy Rice Recipes
- Easy Vegetable Side Dishes
- Simple Noodle Dishes
- Easy Stir-Fry Dishes
- Easy Recipes for the Grill/Barbecue
- Easy Curry Recipes
- Simple Seafood Dishes
- Quick Vegetarian Meals
- Easy Desserts
- Thai Cooking Videos
Easy Appetizers and Fun Finger Foods
These delicious - and often beautiful - Thai appetizers are mouth-watering and taste-bud tantalizing! Great for special dinners or everyday meals, and always a hit when served at a party. These recipes also make perfect snack foods or side dishes. ENJOY!
- Thai Spring Rolls (Vegetarian, or with Shrimp)
- Easy Garlic Shrimp
- Thai Peanut Sauce/Dip - Great with Veggies and other Thai Finger Foods!
- Thai Lettuce Wraps
- Easy Chili-Garlic Shrimp
- Mini Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- Thai Barbeque Ribs
- Baked Coconut Shrimp
- Easy Mango Sauce/Dip - Great with Cooked Shrimp and more!
Easy Thai Soups
Warming, soothing soup! Try one of these easy Thai soup recipes. There's nothing like homemade Thai soup made with fresh ingredients - healthy, easy, and delicious!
- Easy & Delicious Tom Yum Soup
- Lemongrass-Coconut Noodle Soup (Vegetarian/Vegan)
- Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup
- Easy Tom Yum Soup, Step by Step (with photo instructions)
- Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk (Tom Ka Gai)
- Thai Chicken Noodle Soup
Easy Salads
These easy Thai salads are scrumptiously good, plus low in fat and calories. Plus, the salad dressing recipes (included with each recipe) are so quick and easy to make, you'll wonder why you ever bothered buying bottled salad dressings (and may never do so again!). Enjoy!
- Easy Thai Cucumber Salad Recipe
- Thai Salad with Cashews
- Green Mango Salad, Step by Step (with photo instructions)
- Easy Thai Tossed Green Salad with Coconut Dressing
- Pineapple Salad with Cucumber and Peanuts
- Fresh Papaya Salad with Shrimp & Garden Greens
- Thai Tropical Fruit Salad - Beautiful & Exotic!
- Easy Cucumber Salad
Quick & Easy Rice Recipes
If you're looking for an easy rice recipe, check out these delicious ideas - from coconut rice to Heavenly Pineapple fried rice - Thailand's signature dish!
- Easy Coconut Rice
- Easy Saffron Rice
- Coconut-Saffron Rice
- Simple Chicken Fried Rice
- Heavenly Pineapple Fried Rice, Easy as 1 2 3!
Easy Vegetable Side Dishes
Make sure you get your greens with these scrumptious Thai vegetable side dishes. Quick & easy to make, you'll learn to love your veggies with these aromatic recipes!
- Mixed Vegetables Stir-Fry with Garlic, Ginger, & Lime
- Easy Stir-Fried Bok Choy
- Garlicky Stir-Fried Eggplant
- Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan)
Simple Noodle Dishes
These noodley-good recipes are fun and easy to make. Enjoy a simple Chicken Pad Thai, or try a Thai fusion dish, like my super-easy Basil Sesame Noodles.
- Easy Chicken Pad Thai
- Quick & Easy Basil-Sesame Noodles (Vegetarian)
- Stir-Fried Rice Vermicelli Noodles with Chicken or Tofu
Easy Stir-Fry Dishes
Stir-frying is a great way to cook up a fabulous Thai dish quickly. These stir-fries are deliciously easy, but still have that great Thai taste. Perfect for times when you want to minimize your time in the kitchen. Enjoy!
Easy Recipes for the Grill/Barbecue
If you like barbecued food, you're going to fall in love with these easy Thai barbecue recipes! While most Western barbecue dishes are rather bland (relying on that fresh barbecue taste to "make the dish"), Thai barbecue is all about flavor on top of flavor. As a bonus, many of these recipes can be oven-baked or broiled indoors.
- Easy Grilled Garlic Shrimp, Step by Step (with photo instructions)
- Easy Grilled Salmon (with No-Cook Coconut Sambal!)
- Grilled Thai Steak ('Weeping Tiger')
- Quick & Easy Grilled Fish
- Thai Barbeque Ribs
- Easy Grilled Mango Chicken
- Grilled Shrimp Brochettes (pictured above)
- Easy & Delicious BBQ Chicken Wings
Easy Curry Recipes
These easy Thai curries will make you think twice about ever buying packaged curry pastes and sauces again! Real curries aren't that difficult to make, as these recipes will demonstrate. Plus, they taste far fresher and are much better for you. Enjoy!
- Easy Thai Yellow Curry Chicken
- Simple & Beautiful Thai Shrimp Curry
- Easy Thai Fish Curry
- Penang Thai Red Curry Chicken
Simple Seafood Dishes
Few world cuisines marry as beautifully with fish and shellfish as Thai food does... So why not try some of these simple and sumptuous Thai seafood dishes? Rich and succulent, but still marvellously healthy, these easy recipes make dinner into something special.
- 15-Minute Stir-Fried Garlic Shrimp
- Thai Shrimp Coconut Curry
- Easy Grilled Fish
- Easy Steamed Fish
- Baked Salmon with Black Bean Sauce
- 20-Minute Thai Fish Curry
- Thai Scallops (in a Red Curry Sauce)
- Easy Grilled Halibut Steaks
- Mussels in Coconut-Basil Sauce
- Shrimp Fried Rice
- Fried Calamari (with "No-Cook" Coconut Dip)
- Fried or Grilled Salmon with Asparagus
- Easy Grilled Salmon with Coconut Sambal
- Grilled Shrimp & Pineapple Brochettes
- Gourmet Grilled Shrimp
- Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa
Quick Vegetarian Meals
These easy vegetarian entrees are deliciously Thai. Whether you're vegetarian, vegan, celiac, or simply looking for some healthy but real Thai food, these recipes are for you!
- Comforting Coconut-Lemongrass Noodle Soup
- Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup
- Heavenly Pineapple Fried Rice
- Easy Tossed Green Salad with Vegetarian Fish Sauce
- Classic Green Mango Salad
- Thai Lettuce Wraps
- Easy Saffron Rice
- Easy Thai Coconut Rice
- Green Papaya Salad
- Quick Cashew Salad
- Exotic Fruit Salad (Served in a Pineapple!)
- Thai Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemongrass
- Fried Corn Fritters
- Stir-Fried Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
- Easy Brown Rice Vermicelli Noodles with Shiitake Mushrooms
- Thai Glass Noodles in a Savory Sauce
- Gluten-Free Coconut Pancakes
Easy Desserts
These Thai desserts are a cinch to make, yet they taste so exotically delicious you'll want to make them again, especially considering they're low in fat and sugar compared to most Western desserts, plus most are also gluten-free. So go ahead and treat yourself to a scrumptiously guilt-free Thai treat - healthy dessert never tasted so good!
- Crunchy Fried Banana Dessert
- Thai Creme Caramel
- Coconut Pudding Cake
- Bananas & Lychees in Sweet Coconut Milk
- Warm Black Sesame Dessert
- Star Fruit in Mango-Orange Sauce
- Easy Tapioca Coconut Pudding
- Coconut Banana Custard
- Exotic Fruit Salad (Served in a Pineapple)
Thai Cooking Videos
If you're a visual person, these short videos may be just the thing to inspire the Thai chef in you. Enjoy!