Food
April 3, 2023
Skip Takeout With Three Simple Thai Recipes You Can Make At Home
Vancouverite and YouTube star Pailin Chongchitnant is back with her second book, Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week. Following the success of her debut cookbook, Hot Thai Kitchen, her latest book focuses on recipes that can be made easily and quickly. From crowd-pleasing appetizers like Tomato Coconut Salsa to hearty mains like Minimalist Pad Thai, these restaurant-quality thai dishes will inspire you to skip takeout and get cooking. Scroll down!
Tomato Coconut Salsa
Your guests will love this Thai twist on chips and salsa. Serve it at an appetizer at your next dinner party or use the salsa as a garnish for chicken or fish. “I created this recipe several years ago when I needed to bring snacks to a potluck, and being who I am, I felt the need to make it at least a little bit Thai,” says Paillin.
Get the recipe here.
Minimalist Pad Thai
“Traditional pad thai is quick to make but tedious to prep for. There are a lot of ingredients, some of which aren’t pantry staples even for Thai people,” says Pailin. Here, Pailin tweaked a classic recipe and made an easier version that might just be better than your local take-out joint.
Get the recipe here.
Chicken Wing Tom Yum Soup
Tom Yum Soup is traditionally made with shrimp, and Pailin has put a twist on it that involves less work (and clean up!). “The chicken version has a simpler, cleaner-tasting broth, and it is one of the most soul-soothing dishes we have to offer,” she says.
Get the recipe here.
Janis Nicolay
Excerpted from Sabai by Pailin Chongchitnant. © 2023 Pailin Chongchitnant. Photographs by Janis Nicolay. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.