1-2 tablespoons fish sauce Fresh ground pepper Pinch salt 1 teaspoon sugar 8 oz (250 g) or more pork bones 3 oz (100 g) lean pork, sliced into bite-sized pieces or lean ground pork 6 cups (1½ liters) water 3 thin slices fresh ginger root 1 lb (500 g) Chinese cabbage, preferably the green-stemmed variety [...]
This sauce, served with rice, is similar to the Chili Jam of Thailand. You can buy it in Asian food stores but here is a recipe to make your own. Oil for deep-frying 1 large head of garlic, peeled and sliced 10 long red chilies, roasted in dry pan until aromatic and seeded 4 slices [...]
This soup is also a favorite in northern Vietnam and is good accompanied by Spicy garlic Sauce and Dried Beef or Heavenly Beef. 1 lb (500 g) pork bones, chicken bones and trimmings or 1 lb (500 g) fish heads 6 cups (1½ liters) water 4 shallots or 1 small onion, peeled 2 stalks lemongrass, [...]
2 tablespoons oil 3 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tablespoons finely chopped shallots 1 lb (500 g) ground pork 2 tablespoons palm sugar Freshly ground pepper Fish sauce or salt to taste 2 oz (50 g) roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped 10 oz (300 g) sago or tapioca pearls Chopped fresh coriander and chili strips for garnish [...]
Rice crisps are made from dried pieces of the layer of hard rice by the evaporation method. They are usually available in packets in Asian food shops. You could substitute with pieces of rice cakes from any supermarket, though they are not so crunchy and delicious. 7 oz (200 g) lean ground pork 7 oz [...]
This is another Chinese dish that the Thais have made their own. If a foreigner (farang) in Thailand will like only one Thai dish, it will almost certainly be this one. This is my adaptation of a modern version taught to cooking students at the Suan Dusit Teachers’ College in Bangkok. 1 lb (500 g) [...]
This is one of those dishes indicative of Southeast Asia. Introduced everywhere by overseas Chinese, it seems very much at home in the northern town of Nan, where this recipe comes from. 3 tablespoons oil 12 oz (350 g) fresh flat rice noodles (buy the folded slabs available in Asian food stores and slice into [...]
