[massplumber2008]

Hi everyone... :) I'm wondering if we have any thai food experts out there?

I've been cooking thai food for about 2 years now and I've searched every website I could find but I am still having trouble getting authentic recipes that are even slightly close to restaurant quality food.

Anyone have any SPICY thai recipes that they have made personally? Let me know...

And no... pad thai is not what I am looking for... :p

Thanks...

MARK

[bolt in blue]

Mark,

I highly recommend Learn Thai Cooking - ThaiTable.com - deep knowledge of Thai food - I haven't made anything too spicy off there, but I absolutely love both of the bbq pork recipes that they have listed there.

Chris

[massplumber2008]

Thanks... I'll check it out!

[lawanwadee]

I can help if you are more specific on what you are looking for... I am a Thai.

[massplumber2008]

I appreciate that... :)

I am specifically looking for authentic basil chicken dishes. I have tries numerous recipes online (including Kasma-Loha's), but none are even close to restaurant quality.

Thank you for your time!

MARK

[lawanwadee]

Follow this recipe.. just substitute shrimps with chicken...

Pad Ka-Prao Goong (Fried Shrimps with Holy Basil Leaves)


Ingredients
450 grams medium-sized shrimps, cleaned, shelled and deviened

5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
5-10 Thai chillies, chopped and pounded coarsely

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
4 tablespoons low sodium chicken broth (no salt homemade broth is the best)

1 cup fresh holy basil
Dash of ground white pepper


Preparations

1. Mix oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, chicken broth in a cup.

2. On high heat, pour vegetable oil in the wok, when hot add garlic and chilies, quickly stir until golden and aromatic. Then add shrimps, and continue Stir-frying until shrimp is nearly cooked.

3. Pour in the ingredients in number 1, basil leaves and stir-fry another 15-20 seconds.

4.Transfer to the serving dish and sprinkle with ground black pepper. Serve immediately with hot steamed rice.

Note: Shrimps should not be cooked longer than 2 min.





Variation: Substitue some shrimps with mushrooms, calamari, or any kind of meat of your choice.



Enjoy!

[massplumber2008]

Lawanwadee:

I wanted to stop by and let you know that I tried this recipe and it was actually very nice... :)

From experience I swapped some of the regular soy sauce for a sweet soy sauce and the flavor was very close to a recipe I have tasted at one of my favorite local thai restaurants! I also added some flat rice noodles, green and red peppers and onions... excellent dish!

Thank you very much for posting it!

MARK

[twinkiedooter]

Whatever you do Mass, don't put Kikkoman Teriyaki Miso sauce on your food. My son says that this is Japanese Drano! It is extremely, extremely hot. I bought this by mistake on day instead of the Kikkoman Traditional Teriyaki and my son hit the ceiling and had me take it back to the store.

The Kikkoman Traditional Teriyaki sauce is a wonderful concoction that you might like. I love it. It is very flavorful and a sweet soy sauce with sesame seeds in it. I like it over just plain white rice.

It's a bit pricey at around $4 a bottle, but well worth it. It makes any Oriental or Asian dish taste great.