Son in Law Eggs

Son in law eggs or “Khai Look Kheuy: ไข่ลูกเขย in Thai. This is a Thai traditional celebration dish. You can served as appetizer. I will show you how to make it look yummy and fancy way.I think Son in law eggs is funny name of the food but I have heard few stories as to the origin of this dish’s name. Anyway they are all different. I will tell you one version that I am really like. When a wife was on her vacation, her mother visited her home and there was only the husband in the house and he had to cook something for his mother in law. There was only leftover hard boiled eggs and basic ingredients in the kitchen, he reheated the eggs by deep frying them. Then he put what he can find in the kitchen like tamarind juice, sugar and fish sauce into the pan to make a sauce and he forget about the sauce in pan until it was thick. Then he poured sauce over the fried eggs and served them to his mother in law who was truly impressed. She is keep talking about her son in law eggs every time and everywhere she went. Son in law eggs is made from deep-fried hard boiled eggs, which have been cut into halves or quarters, and topped with a sour and sweet tamarind sauce and fried shallots. then garnish with cilantro. I made Khai Look Kheuy with my mother-in-law two years ago. I desired to reentry the recipe with my new kitchen so I can have better presentation.

Ingredients:
1) 9 eggs
2) 8 shallots
3) 3/4 cup of canola oil

Ingredients for the sauce:
1) 3 Tbsp. palm sugar
2) 3 Tbsp fish sauce
3) 4 Tbsp tamarind juice
4) 5 sprigs cilantro

Preparation:
1) Bring eggs to boil until cooked.
2) Soak tamarind paste with warm water for 15-20 minutes or until soft.
3) After that squeeze tamarind paste in a small bowl with your fingers until you take a part the paste ,seeds or fiber. Then strain and discard fibers.
4) I use the mortar and pestle to break up the palm sugar.
5) Peel shallots then wash cilantro and shallots.
6) Thinly slice shallots and cut cilantro stems into small pieces.
7) When the eggs are cooked, place them to sit in cold water to let them cold down for 15 minutes.
8) Peel hard bolied eggs and set a side for frying.
9) Before you bring the eggs to fry. Make sure the eggs are dry.
10) Heat 3/4 cup oil in a wok on medium to high heat.
11) when oil is hot add sliced shallots to fry.
12) See the shallots turn colour to gold .
13) Take it out from the wok and drain in paper tower, set aside for garnish the dish and the sauce.
14) Bring hard boiled eggs to fry until the eggs turn golden brown around the outer surface.

15) Remove and drained on paper tower.

16) Heat a sauce pan and add tamarind juice 4 Tbsp.
17) Add 3 Tbsp palm sugar.
18) Add 3 Tbsp fish sauce .
19) Stir over low heat for a few minutes until palm sugar dissolved. Keep the stir the mixture constantly, until the sauce thickens.
20) Add some of fried shallots and cut cilantro stems.
21) Mix all ingredients together.
22) Cut the eggs in half vertically and place them face-up on a serving dish.

22) to drizzle the eggs with the sauce and garnish the remaining of fried shallots and cilantro leaves.
Enjoy it. :-)

Stir fried wide rice noodles with shrimp

Stir fried wide rice noodles with shrimp or Gui Teow Kuo Gung: ก้วยเตี๋ยวคั่วกุ้ง. I try the new recipe from wide rice noodles with ground white pepper. It had very nice flavor together. My husband and I really enjoy the dish.

Ingredients:
1) 15 shrimps
2) 2 eggs
3) 1 package fresh wide rice noodles
4) 4 cloves garlic
5) 2 Tbsp thin soy sauce
6) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
7) 1 Tbsp sugar
8) 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
9) 4 sprigs green onion
10) 3-4 leaves green lettuce
11) 1 tsp white pepper

Preparation:
1) In a mortar, grind a white pepper finely.

2) There are ingredients. Clean shrimps. Peel garlic, wash green onions and green lettuce leaves , place wide rice noodles on a plate, heat in microwave about 2-3 minutes, and separate clumped noodles into single strips.
3) Cut green onions into small pieces and mince garlic.
4) Heat oil in a wok on medium heat.
5) When oil is hot, add minced garlic. Stir fry until fragrant.
6) Add shrimps.
7) Stir-fry until the shrimp is getting cook.
8) Make room for the eggs in the middle, scramble with spatula, and spread eggs in a thin layer.
9) When the eggs are cooked.
10) Then add separated wide rice noodles.
11) Season with thin soy sauce, sugar and oyster sauce.
12) Stir-fry until noodles get in to the sauce.
13) Add ground white pepper.
14) Stir-fry until all ingredients mix well.
15) Add cut green onions.
16) Stir-fry quickly for a 30 seconds and remove from heat.
17) Arrange green lettuce leaves on a plate, put stir-fried wide rice noodles with shrimps on them. Serve immediately. Enjoy

Fried Rice Shrimp with Shrimp Paste with bean oil

Fried Rice Shrimp with Shrimp Paste with bean oil or Khaow Phad Mun Gung: ข้าวผัดมันกุ้ง. I had some cooked rice in my hand. I think I want to try to make some dish that I can use shrimp paste with bean oil. I have it in my refrigerator long time ago and I don't use it much in my cooking. I got a call from my Thai friend about shrimp paste with bean oil. What is the dish you can cook with it. This recipe must be one of the dish that you can use shrimp paste with bean oil. It is very delicious and simple to make it.

Ingredients:
1) 15 shrimps
2) 2 cups cooked rice
3) 1 cup Thai basil
4) 3 cloves garlic
5) 5 fresh chilies
6) 1 Tbsp shrimp paste with bean oil
7) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
8) 2 Tbsp thin soy sauce
9) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
10) 1 and 1/2 Tbsp canola oil

Preparation:
1) The ingredients you will need.
2) Peel garlic and remove the Thai chilies pepper stem. Wash them well then then coarsely pound in a mortar.

3) Heat oil in a pan on medium heat.
4) When the oil is hot, add garlic and chilies pepper into the pan. Keep stir fried until fragrant.
5) Add shrimps.
6) Seasoning shrimp paste with bean oil, oyster sauce and thin soy sauce. and sugar.
7) Stir fry until the shrimps are getting cook.
8) Add cooked rice.
9) Stir fried all ingredients until mix thoroughly. 10) Add Thai sweet basil.
11) Stir quickly for 30 seconds and remove from the heat. Enjoy !
12) Put the fried rice on a plate, garnish with fresh sweet basil leaves and it is good to serve with sliced of tomato too.

Thai fried rice with shrimp

Thai fried rice with shrimp or Khow Phad Gung: ข้าวผัดกุ้ง in Thai. First of all, I would like to say happy New Year to all of you. May the new year bring you peace, joy and happiness. Here is a first simple recipe of new year but great and healthy for you to cook sometime at your kitchen. I hope you love it and enjoy to cook Thai dish with me. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
1) 2 cups cooked rice
2) 20 Shrimps
3) 2 eggs
4) 3 Tbsp thin soy sauce
5) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
6) 2 Tbsp canola oil
7) 2 cups Chinese broccoli
8) 3 cloves of minced garlic

For hot sauce ( Optional)
1) 1 Tbsp lime sauce
2) 3 fresh chilies
3) 2 Tbsp fish sauce

Preparation:
1) Clean shrimps. 2) Peel garlic then mice garlic, wash Chinese broccoli and pat dry.
3) Heat canola oil in a pan on medium heat.
4) When the oil is hot, add minced garlic into the pan. Stir fry until fragrant.
5) Then add shrimps.
6) Stir-fry until the shrimps are getting cook.
7) Add cooked rice then season with oyster sauce, thin soy sauce , and sugar.
8) Make room for eggs in the middle. 9) Scramble with spatula.
10) Spread eggs in a thin layer until the egg is cooked.
11) Stir well until the egg and rice get together.
12) Add Chinese broccoli.
13) Keep stir well until Chinese broccoli is getting soft. Turn off the heat.
14) Serve immediately with some sliced cucumber, sliced tomato or hot chillies sauce. Enjoy.