Khao Pad (Thai Fried Rice) - East Asian Recipe

Khao Pad (Thai Fried Rice)

🌍 East Asian, Thailand Difficulty: ●●●○○

Fried rice exists across Asia but the Thai version is distinguished by fish sauce and jasmine rice specifically.

Ingredients

• 3 cups cold day-old jasmine rice
• 200g protein (shrimp, chicken, or crab)
• 3 eggs
• 1 onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• cucumber and tomato slices
• scallions
• lime
• white pepper

Method

1. Step 1 — Stir-fry garlic in oil on high heat.
2. Adding — Add protein, toss 2 min. Push to side, scramble eggs.
3. Adding — Add cold rice, break clumps.
4. Adding — Add soy, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar. Toss rapidly.
5. Plating — Plate with cucumber, tomato, scallion, lime.

Tags: cold day-old jasmine rice, protein, eggs, onion, garlic cloves · Source: Brittani's Almanac