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Thai Fried Rice Recipe (Khao Pad) Print E-mail

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About The Recipe

In Thai we call this dish Khao Pad. Khao means rice, and Pad means to fry. Rice is the main export product of Thailand, and has a history of cultivation going back thousands of years. The word for meal in Thai is Gin Khao which literally means eat rice.

Fried Rice is very easy and fast to make, this dish is considered fast food in Thailand and is always an option when you want to make something quick, easy and good.

Everyone makes fried rice a bit differently, so feel free to experiment with different ingredients that you have in your fridge. This recipe uses chicken, but you can substitute pork, shrimp, or tofu. You can also add vegetables such as carrots and broccoli. Experiment with what you like. There’s even a variety in Thailand called American Fried Rice that's make with ketchup!

Recipe Info.

  • For: 1-2
  • Preparation time: 10 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Utensils
  • Wok
  • Spatula

Ingredients
  • 2 cups of cooked rice
  • 1 small chicken breast
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 3 tablespoons of oil
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of black soy sauce
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 green onions


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Preparation
  • Cook rice
  • Chop garlic
  • Chop green onion
  • Slice chicken into 1 inch pieces
  • Beat egg

Cooking
  • Turn the stove to medium heat
  • Add oil into the wok
  • When the oil is hot add the garlic
  • Add chicken
  • When chicken cooked add rice, and stir about 1 minute
  • Add soy sauce and black soy sauce, stir to mix the rice and sauce together about 1 minute
  • Add egg and stir until egg is cooked
  • Add green onion and stir

Serve
  • Garnish with cucumber and lime.
 

Comments  

 
-1 #17 ohmu 2012-01-16 21:41
This is a delicous food. I try this at home it delicous:-)
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+1 #16 jack 2011-12-06 00:42
thank you so much for the wonderful videos which explain very well the process to make real Thai dishes.
You are very good at this!
We hope you keep adding new tasty dishes to the list of wonderful meals!
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+2 #15 laurent 2011-11-23 12:03
Hi !
i wanted to say thank you ! Because i've been living in thailand for a while, tried to reproduce from various websites the real khao pad as i liked to enjoy it back when i lived in bangkok.... but I always ended disappointed.
And today for the first time, really i managed to replicate one.
Readers, be confident, this IS the real thai friend rice :)
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0 #14 Kenneth Beamer 2011-10-03 21:58
I spent time from 1968-69 in Takhli Thailand, and they had these food carts that came around and served khao pad, it had the best taste. I have tried to find the receipe, nothing I have tried has the taste. Could it be a local receipe? Can you help?
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+1 #13 Cindy Acosta 2011-08-17 03:53
by the way, is there any substitute for tamarind paste and palm sugar if this two are not available? I'm from philippines and it's not easy for me to find those ingredients here or maybe I just dont know where to find it. thanks :)
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0 #12 Cindy Acosta 2011-08-17 03:45
Please add more recipe.. enjoy watching your cooking demo.
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0 #11 Tina 2011-07-04 15:11
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hey anchalee...i really enjoy watching the videos of your recipes. please put up more recipes when you can.

I have a question regarding black soya sauce. Is it the same as Kecap manis?

Thanks.


our family is all thai and kecap isn't the same as black soy sauce. on the label it will say black soy sauce you may find this at any asian store. It makes it dark but also alittle sweet to where it needs to be. hope that helps. :)
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+1 #10 Aly 2011-04-06 22:46
I really enjoyed the video of this recepie you posted on youtube. I even tried making it but I didnt have black soysauce. It actually tasted really good, but a little salty because i overused the normal soysauce tryinh to make it look dark.
Could you tell me where I coul buy it online?
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0 #9 Hannah 2010-12-14 03:24
Also, I used jasmine rice. Adds a lot to it! Works really well too if you use day old rice for some reason instead of freshly made
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0 #8 Hannah 2010-12-14 03:22
I used Stir fry sauce instead of dark soy sauce and it was AMAZING!!!!!!! If you crisp up some ginger and garlic in a pan before you follow the recipe and used that infused oil it adds a lot of flavor AND you can sprinkle it on top when you serve it. ITS AMAZING!!!!!!
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