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🇹🇭Thai Recipes

Explore Thai cuisine — from green and red curries to pad thai, som tam papaya salad, and regional Northern/Northeastern/Southern traditions.

10 recipes

Thai cuisine balances sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and umami through fish sauce, lime, palm sugar, and chilies. Regional substrands include Northern Lanna (Khao Soi), Northeastern Isaan (Som Tam, Laab), Central (royal Bangkok), and Southern (coconut-heavy, fiery).

🧂 Essential Pantry

Fish saucePalm sugarLimeThai chiliesLemongrassGalangalKaffir lime leavesThai basilCoconut milkCurry paste (red/green/yellow/massaman)

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Thai · Soups
Gaeng Som (แกงส้ม) — Thai Sour Curry with Fish and Vegetables
Gaeng Som is a bright, coconut-free Thai sour curry built on pounded curry paste, tamarind, fish sauce, and palm sugar. This central Thai version uses fish and crisp vegetables for a light, sharp, deeply savory family meal.
60 min 4 250 cal

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Thai · Salads

Larb Gai (ลาบไก่) — Thai Minced Chicken Herb Salad

Larb gai is a bright minced chicken salad from Laos and Thailand's Isan region, prized for lime, fish sauce, toasted rice powder, chile, and fresh herbs. It is often served with sticky rice and raw vegetables as a shared family dish.

30 min 4 230 cal

Panang Curry — Rich Thai Coconut Beef Curry - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Main Courses

Panang Curry (แกงแพนง) — Rich Thai Coconut Beef Curry

Panang curry is a thick, fragrant Thai curry known for its glossy coconut richness, roasted peanut depth, and citrusy makrut lime aroma. This beef version is gently simmered until tender and finished with a balanced sweet-salty heat.

75 min 4 628 cal

Thai Pad See Ew — Charred Wide Rice Noodles with Pork and Chinese Broccoli - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Main Courses

Thai Pad See Ew (ผัดซีอิ๊ว) — Charred Wide Rice Noodles with Pork and Chinese Broccoli

Pad See Ew is a Thai-Chinese street-food favorite built on fresh wide rice noodles, dark soy, egg, meat, and Chinese broccoli. The signature flavor comes from high-heat wok charring, not heavy sauce.

30 min 2 720 cal

Tom Yum Goong — Hot-and-Sour Thai Shrimp Soup - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Soups

Tom Yum Goong (ต้มยำกุ้ง) — Hot-and-Sour Thai Shrimp Soup

Tom Yum Goong is Thailand’s iconic hot-and-sour shrimp soup, built on fresh lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime leaf, chiles, fish sauce, and lime. This clear version highlights clean broth, bright acidity, and the sweetness of shell-on shrimp.

45 min 4 185 cal

Som Tum — Thai Green Papaya Salad - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Salads

Som Tum (ส้มตำ) — Thai Green Papaya Salad

Som Tum is Thailand’s bracing green papaya salad, especially beloved in Isan and across street-food stalls nationwide. It balances lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chile, peanuts, and dried shrimp in a pounded mortar-style dressing.

25 min 4 200 cal

Massaman Curry — Thai Muslim Beef Curry with Potatoes and Peanuts - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Main Courses

Massaman Curry (แกงมัสมั่น) — Thai Muslim Beef Curry with Potatoes and Peanuts

Massaman curry is a Thai Muslim-influenced curry known for coconut richness, warm dried spices, potatoes, and peanuts. This beef version is gently simmered until tender, with tamarind, palm sugar, and fish sauce balancing sweet, sour, and savory depth.

160 min 6 695 cal

Thai Green Curry — Fragrant Coconut Chicken Curry - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Stews

Thai Green Curry (แกงเขียวหวาน) — Fragrant Coconut Chicken Curry

Thai green curry is a central Thai coconut curry known for fresh green chiles, basil, makrut lime, and a balanced sweet-salty heat. This version uses a pounded paste, chicken, Thai eggplant, and rich coconut cream.

60 min 4 590 cal

Pad Thai — Tamarind Rice Noodles with Shrimp - authentic thai recipe

Thai · Main Courses

Pad Thai (ผัดไทย) — Tamarind Rice Noodles with Shrimp

Pad Thai is Thailand’s iconic stir-fried rice noodle dish, prized for its balance of sour tamarind, salty fish sauce, palm sugar, egg, tofu, shrimp, peanuts, and fresh herbs. It is a classic street-food meal and home wok dish.

40 min 4 610 cal

Aromatic Coconut Chicken Curry Soup — Velvety coastal-style coconut curry broth - authentic international recipe

Thai · Soups

Aromatic Coconut Chicken Curry Soup (سوپ کاری مرغ با نارگیل) — Velvety coastal-style coconut curry broth

Inspired by Southeast Asian coastal kitchens, this silky soup layers ginger, turmeric, and cumin into a coconut-rich broth. Tender chicken and carrots make it a nourishing, fragrant bowl for cool nights.

45 min 4 465 cal