Quick and Easy Thai Recipes – Jean-Pierre Gabriel

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Quick & Easy Thai Recipes by Jean-Pierre Gabriel contains recipes that have been selected and adapted  to be “quick and easy” from his original more in-depth book, Thailand: The Cookbook. 

The author spent years traveling Thailand to compile this tome of authentic recipes from home cooks, markets and restaurants to share in his original tome. For Quick and Easy, he chose recipes and adapted them to make them approachable without sacrificing flavor or authenticity. Here there is a useful index organized by cooking time which offers recipes that range from 5 to 30 minutes to prepare. Perfect for weeknight meals or get-togethers, these selections will be sure to please.

As with the original, stunning photography and a wide variety of dishes including soups, stir-fries, curries, and grilled, poached and fried cuisine as well as snacks and drinks are covered. Definitely more user friendly for the novice cook, this book will be a go-to for Thai recipes on the fly.

If you wish to order this title, please remember Eat Your Book members receive 30% off Phaidon titles when using the link provided. Our contest page provides details for our giveaway of 3 copies of Quick and Easy Thai Recipes open to US, UK, Canada and Australian members.

Special thanks to Phaidon and the author for sharing this quick and easy Crab Fried Rice today.

CRAB FRIED RICE
Serves: 2
Cook time: 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup (175 g) Steamed Jasmine Rice (page 204)
• 4 oz/100 g crabmeat
• ½ onion, diced
• 4 tablespoons diced carrot
• ½ tomato, diced
• 2 scallions (spring onions), chopped
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 sprigs cilantro (coriander), chopped
• juice of 1 lime
For serving:
• 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
• 2 scallions (spring onions)
• lime wedges
INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Add the egg and stir until half-cooked. Increase the heat to medium-high, add the rice, crabmeat, onion, carrot, tomato, and chopped scallions and stir-fry for 2 minutes, or until cooked. Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar and stir-fry for another 2 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle with the cilantro and season with the lime juice. Serve with cucumber, whole scallions, and lime wedges.

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31 Comments

  • Kristjudy  on  May 18, 2017

    Oh the title says it all!!!

  • Titch  on  May 18, 2017

    I don't cook Thai dishes so I don't have a favourite

  • sgump  on  May 18, 2017

    Favorite Thai dish? I love tom kha gai (chicken galangal soup)!

  • jezpurr  on  May 18, 2017

    I have not had alot of Thai food so I don't have a favorite dish!!!^_^

  • lgroom  on  May 18, 2017

    I haven't eaten very much Thai food so I don't have a favorite.

  • Agaillard  on  May 19, 2017

    Chicken soup with lemongrass (Tom Kar Kai) and red duck curry with lychees… But so many others I haven't tried I am sure!!

  • meggan  on  May 19, 2017

    I love Kao soi

  • SilverSage  on  May 19, 2017

    I guess Pad Thai is my favorite, but there are so many good ones to choose from.

  • bstewart  on  May 19, 2017

    Khao Soi YUMM

  • sipa  on  May 19, 2017

    Pad See Ew

  • artmarcia  on  May 19, 2017

    Pad Thai, of course, but I also remember loving a Pomelo Salad at a restaurant in Hong Kong.

  • Siegal  on  May 20, 2017

    Thai donuts with condensed milk!

  • lebarron2001  on  May 22, 2017

    Not very original but Chicken Pad Thai is my favorite.

  • trudys_person  on  May 22, 2017

    I had a noodle soup at a restaurant in the UK (in Felcourt) that was amazing, I can't remember what it was called, but I think it was #52 – noodles, curry, spicy – it was wonderful!

  • JenJoLa  on  May 23, 2017

    To echo a few folks above, Pad Thai is my favorite Thai dish too.

  • nomadchowwoman  on  May 25, 2017

    Yes, it may be the popular (and possibly boring) choice, but I love Pad Thai.

  • lindaeatsherbooks  on  May 25, 2017

    My favourite Thai dish is som tum.

  • PennyG  on  May 26, 2017

    I love Pad Thai but I rarely eat it because it is so filling.

  • gaylearendt  on  May 27, 2017

    Panang curry… or jungle curry… Actually any Thai curry.

  • t.t  on  May 27, 2017

    tom yum soup

  • Foodo  on  May 27, 2017

    Stir Fried Ginger Chicken

  • kalex426  on  May 28, 2017

    As soon as I can get my hands on some really fresh crab, I know what I'll be making!

  • RSW  on  May 30, 2017

    any curry

  • fiarose  on  May 31, 2017

    literally any of them, i love all thai food. especially the salads, though, or any stir-fry with wide rice noodles!

  • ltsuk  on  May 31, 2017

    Fish curry

  • echilt5  on  June 6, 2017

    Emerald Garlic Chicken

  • kitchenclimbers  on  June 8, 2017

    pad thai

  • Lafauvette  on  June 9, 2017

    I love the roasted duck curry that my local Thai restaurant does!

  • jaburg  on  June 9, 2017

    Pad Thai

  • tarae1204  on  June 15, 2017

    Really, I could never get enough of perfect Pad Thai with shrimp.

  • cocecitycook  on  June 19, 2017

    Green Curry, yum!

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