Khao Pad (Thai Fried Rice) - East Asian Recipe

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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.