Great Thai food is all about balancing four flavours — sweet, sour, salty and spicy — in a single dish. These four classics teach you exactly how, from a silky green curry to the hot-and-sour punch of tom yum. Here are our best home-tested Thai recipes.
Authentic Pad Thai
Stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind, fish sauce, egg and peanuts — the takeout favourite done properly, in 30 minutes. Get the recipe →
Thai Green Curry
A fragrant coconut curry built on a homemade green curry paste, with tender chicken, Thai basil and eggplant. Get the recipe →
Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai)
The Bangkok street-food classic: minced chicken seared hard with garlic, chili and holy basil, served with a crispy fried egg. Get the recipe →
Tom Yum Goong
Thailand’s iconic hot-and-sour shrimp soup, perfumed with lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime — a Bangkok night market in a bowl. Get the recipe →
