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Nong's Thai Kitchen : 84 Classic Recipes that are Quick, Healthy and Delicious.
Title:
Nong's Thai Kitchen : 84 Classic Recipes that are Quick, Healthy and Delicious.
Author:
Daks, Nongkran.
ISBN:
9781462915255
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (163 pages)
Contents:
Frontcover -- Title Page -- Contents -- My Love Affair with Thai Food -- Nongkran, Pad Thai Champion! -- Thai Ingredients and Utensils -- Basic Methods and Techniques -- Basic Recipes -- CHAPTER 1 Thai Appetizers and Finger Food -- Thai Beef Jerky -- Galloping Horses -- Siamese Chicken Wings Stuffed with Crab Meat -- Chicken Satay -- Chicken Wrapped in Pandan Leaves -- Thai Quesadillas -- Grilled Pork Skewers -- Thai Chicken Burgers with Thai Pesto -- Thai Shrimp Cakes -- Grilled Beef with Roasted Rice Powder Dipping Sauce -- Peanut Wafers -- CHAPTER 2 Thai Soups -- Shrimp Soup with Coconut Milk and Thai Ginger -- Spicy Lemongrass Soup with Chicken and Mushrooms -- Chicken Noodle Soup -- Spicy Lemongrass Soup with Salmon and Mushrooms -- Winter Melon Soup -- Rice Soup with Shrimp -- CHAPTER 3 Thai Salads -- Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce -- Corn Salad -- Pomelo Salad with Shrimp -- Watercress Salad with Shrimp -- Eggplant Salad -- Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Spicy Cucumber Salad -- Green Papaya Salad -- CHAPTER 4 Thai Poultry, Meat and Seafood -- Chiang Mai Spicy Pork Dip with Vegetables -- Crispy Mussel Pancakes -- Grilled Chicken -- Stir-Fried Chinese Okra with Shrimp and Eggs -- Chicken with Thai Basil -- Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli with Crispy Pork -- Grilled Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaves with Tamarind Dipping Sauce -- Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce -- Three-Flavored Fish -- Steamed Fish with Lime Sauce -- Stir-Fried Asparagus with Shrimp -- Spicy Beef with Mint Leaves -- Stewed Pork and Eggs -- Fish Fillets with Ginger -- Stir-Fried Shrimp and Chicken with Cashews -- CHAPTER 5 Thai Curries -- Green Curry with Chicken, Bamboo Shoots, and Thai Eggplant -- Dry Pork Curry with String Beans -- Pineapple Curry with Shrimp -- Roasted Duck Curry with Wild Eggplants and Tomatoes -- Steamed Seafood Curry -- Curry with Grilled Beef and Vegetables.

Chiang Mai Pork Curry -- Panang Beef Curry -- Southern Thai Chicken Curry -- Beef Curry with Potatoes and Peanuts -- Red Curry with Pork and Eggplant -- CHAPTER 6 Thai Noodles and Rice Dishes -- Chiang Mai Noodles with Beef Curry Sauce -- Fresh Rice Noodles with Beef and Thai Basil -- Old-Fashioned Fried Rice with Thai Basil and Crispy Shallots -- Noodles with Fish Curry Sauce -- Pad Thai -- Noodles with Shrimp and Mung Bean Sauce -- Fresh Rice Noodles With Chinese Broccoli and Pork -- Chicken with Snow Peas and Bamboo Shoots Over Rice -- Fried Rice with Pineapple, Ham, and Raisins -- Shrimp and Crabmeat Fried Rice -- Chicken Rice -- American Fried Rice -- Drunken Spaghetti with Shrimp -- Stir-Fried Clams with Chili Paste and Thai Basil Over Spaghetti -- Stir-Fried Noodles with Chicken and Thai Chili Paste -- CHAPTER 7 Thai Vegetarian Dishes -- Stir-Fried Bean Sprouts with Bean Curd and Snow Peas -- Stir-Fried Preserved Radish with Eggs and Green Onions -- Stir-Fried Water Convolvulus with Soybean Sauce -- Bean Curd with Thai Basil -- Stir-Fried Asian Eggplant with Bean Curd and Thai Basil -- Vegetarian Curry with Bean Curd -- Tri-Color Pickles -- Eggs with Tamarind Sauce -- Steamed Eggs -- CHAPTER 8 Thai Desserts and Drinks -- Bananas and Tapioca in Sweet Coconut Milk -- Sweet Black Rice Pudding -- Pumpkin in Coconut Milk with Palm Sugar -- Tapioca Pudding with Shredded Young Coconut -- Sweet Sticky Rice and Mangoes -- Deep-Fried Bananas in Spring Roll Wrappers -- Sweet Custard and Pumpkin -- Thai Iced Coffee or Iced Tea -- Thai Limeade -- Sources for Thai Ingredients / Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright -- Photo Credits.
Abstract:
Only one chef has proved her mastery over celebrity chef Bobby Flay in the Food Network's Pad Thai Throwdown challenge: Nongkran Daks. Now, the master chef and owner of Virginia's renowned Thai Basil restaurant shares her secrets for creating Thai cuisine's most beloved dishes at home—using ingredients that can be found in most grocery stores. In Nong's Thai Kitchen, Daks teams up with veteran food writer Alexandra Greeley to show readers how to prepare classic Thai recipes such as: Chicken with Thai Basil Shrimp Soup in Coconut Milk Spicy Beef Salad with Mint Leaves Roasted Duck CurryThai food is famous for its balance of sweet, sour, salty and hot flavors. This unique symphony of tastes and sensations is why Thai restaurants and cookbooks have entered the mainstream. What most people don't realize is that once elusive Thai ingredients such as fish sauce, lemongrass, coconut milk, cilantro, basil and shallots are now easily found, making it easy to prepare mouthwatering Thai dishes at home for far less money than they would cost in a restaurant. All the recipes in this essential Thai cookbook are healthy, easy to make and inexpensive, so step into Nong's Thai Kitchen and begin a culinary journey to the tropical heart of Asia!.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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