Thai fried rice
Thai fried rice is a variety of fried rice typical of central Thai cuisine. In Thai, khao means "rice" and phat means "of or relating to being stir-fried."
This dish normally contains meat, egg, onions, garlic and sometimes tomatoes. The seasonings, which may include soy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly some chili sauce, and the ubiquitous nam pla, are stir-fried together with the other ingredients. The dish is then plated and served with accompaniments like cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime and sprigs of green onion and coriander, and phrik nampla, a spicy sauce made of sliced Thai chilies, chopped garlic cloves, fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. It differs from Chinese fried rice in that it is prepared with Thai jasmine rice instead of regular long-grain rice.
Variants
Thai fried rice has many variants denoted by main ingredient or region. Examples include:- Khao phat mu – fried rice with pork
- Khao phat kai – fried rice with chicken
- Khao phat thale – fried rice with seafood
- Khao phat kung – fried rice with shrimp
- Khao phat pu – fried rice with crab meat
- Khao phat pla krapong – fried rice with canned fish
- Khao phat kak mu – fried rice with pork cracklings
- Khao phat naem – fried rice with naem, a type of fermented pork sausage
- Khao phat bekhon – fried rice with bacon
- Khao phat khai – fried rice with egg
- Khao phat kaphrao – fried rice with basil
- Khao phat namliap – fried rice with Chinese olives
- Khao phat sapparot – fried rice with pineapple, or a more elaborate version known as khao op sapparot, served inside a hollowed-out pineapple and garnished with raisins and cashew nuts
- Khao phat che – vegetarian fried rice
- khao phat tom yam – a type of fried rice that is adapted from tom yum soup and fried rice
- Khao phat kaeng khiao wan – fried rice mixed with green curry paste
- Khao phat nam phrik long ruea – fried rice mixed with nam phrik long ruea, a type of chili paste
- Khao phat rotfai – fried rice mixed with either dark soy sauce or red fermented bean curd. It was sold at various stations along the southern railway line, hence the name
- Khao phat amerikan uses hot dogs, fried chicken, and eggs as side dishes or mixed into fried rice with ketchup added. It was served to U.S. soldiers in Thailand during the Vietnam War, but now has become common in Thailand.
- Khao khluk kapi – fried rice mixed with shrimp paste