Name: Khao Phad Moo (Fried Rice with Tomato Sauce)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 lemon, cut into wedges (optional); a handful of coriander leaves, chopped; 300 g pork or chicken, finely sliced; 1 cucumber, sliced; ground white pepper, to taste; 1 spring onion; 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla); 3 tablespoons tomato purée; 750 g cooked rice; 2 tablespoons cooking oil; 1 onion, peeled and diced; 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Little Thai Cookbook

By Marshall Cavendish

Published 2014

About

This dish of fried rice with pork and tomato sauce makes a quick and easy one-dish meal, and it is child-friendly too! Leftover roast pork or chicken may also be substituted in place of the uncooked meat.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
300

Method

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and stir-fry until lightly browned and fragrant.
Add the pork or chicken and stir-fry for about 3 minutes. Add the onion, fish sauce and tomato purée. Stir well, adding a little water and oil if the mixture becomes too dry.
Turn up the heat and stir-fry for another 3 minutes until the pork or chicken