Easy Thai Recipes
By Darlene Schmidt, About.com Guide to Thai Food
Thai food may seem complicated at first, but once it's broken down into steps, it becomes one of the easiest of world cuisines to master. Whether you're new to Thai cooking, or simply want an easy recipe to make light work of dinner, the recipes in this "Easy Thai Recipes" section should help you find what you're looking for. Enjoy a stroll through this collection, then "crack the coconut" and get cooking!
- Easy Appetizers and Fun Finger Foods
- Simple Soups
- Easy Salads
- Quick & Easy Rice Recipes
- Easy Vegetable Side Dishes
- Simply Noodles
- 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!
- Crunchy Vegetable Egg Rolls
- Fresh Spring Rolls (with Peanut Dipping Sauce)
- Crispy Spring Rolls (Vegetarian or with Shrimp)
- Thai Lettuce Wraps
- Easy Garlic Shrimp
- Mango Salsa
- Thai Tempura (Hoi Tod)
- Warm Thai Fresh Rolls (Vegetarian, or with Chicken/Beef)
- Thai Peanut Sauce/Dip - Great with Veggies and other Thai Finger Foods!
- Thai-style Chicken Wings
Simple 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 (with Coconut Milk)
- Traditional Tom Yum Kung
- Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk (Tom Ka Gai)
- Chicken and Rice Soup
- Lemongrass-Coconut Noodle Soup (Vegetarian)
- Thai-style Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemongrass
- Thai Hot & Sour Soup
- Vegetarian Tom Yum 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!
- Super-Easy Thai Tossed Green Salad
- Thai Salad with Cashews
- Easy Cucumber Salad
- Pineapple Salad with Cucumber and Peanuts
- Fresh Papaya Salad with Prawns & Garden Greens
- Green Mango Salad - a Thai Classic!
- Thai Fresh Fruit Salad - Beautiful & Exotic!
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
- 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!
- Stir-Fried Bok Choy
- Stir-Fried Asparagus with Mixed Vegetables
- Garlicky Stir-Fried Eggplant
- Mixed Vegetables Stir-Fry with Lemongrass & Lime
Simply Noodles
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.
- Stir-Fried Rice Vermicelli Noodles with Chicken or Tofu
- Easy Bangkok Street Vendor Noodles
- Thai Herbal Noodles
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!
- Basil Chicken Stir-Fry
- Easy Chicken Stir-Fry with Mushrooms and Snow Peas
- Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry - Ready in 15 Minutes!
- Special Chicken Stir-Fry with Lime Leaf & Basil
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 Barbecue Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Easy Barbecue (or Oven-Baked) Wings
- Barbecue Jumbo Shrimp - an Easy Gourmet Treat!
- Grilled Shrimp Brochettes (pictured above)
- Easy Barbecued Vegetables
- Easy Grilled Eggplant
- Grilled Salmon (with No-Cook Coconut Sambal!)
- Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa
- Quick & Easy Grilled Fish
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!
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.
- Fried Calamari (with "No-Cook" Coconut Dip)
- 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
- 15-Minute Stir-Fried Garlic Shrimp
- Mussels in Coconut-Basil Sauce
- Shrimp Fried Rice
- Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa
- Fried or Grilled Salmon with Asparagus
- Easy Grilled Salmon with Coconut Sambal
- Grilled Shrimp & Pineapple Brochettes
- Gourmet Grilled Shrimp
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!
- Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup
- Comforting Coconut-Lemongrass Noodle Soup
- Thai Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemongrass
- Easy Tossed Green Salad with Vegetarian Fish Sauce
- Classic Green Mango Salad
- Green Papaya Salad
- Exotic Fruit Salad (Served in a Pineapple!)
- Quick Cashew Salad
- Thai Lettuce Wraps
- Fried Corn Fritters
- Stir-Fried Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
- Easy Brown Rice Vermicelli Noodles with Shiitake Mushrooms
- Thai Glass Noodles in a Savory Sauce
- Heavenly Pineapple Fried Rice
- Easy Thai Coconut Rice
- Easy Saffron Rice
- 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
- Star Fruit in Mango-Orange Sauce
- Bananas & Lychees in Sweet Coconut Milk
- Coconut Banana Custard
- Coconut Pudding Cake
- Easy Tapioca Coconut Pudding
- Exotic Fruit Salad (Served in a Pineapple)
- Warm Black Sesame Dessert
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!
