How to Cook Khao Pad Naem

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients needed to make Khao Pad Naem:

• 5 cups rice, cooked, drained and cooled
• 1 large package fermented pork, chopped into bite-sized chunks
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• ¼ tsp freshly ground white pepper
• ½ bird’s eye chili, deseeded and chopped
• Spring onions
• Few fresh cilantro sprigs

Cooking instructions for Khao Pad Naem:

• Drizzle oil in a large wok and heat it over high flame until it shimmers.
• Throw in the garlic and sauté briefly, stirring often, until it turns fragrant.
• Stir in the fermented pork chunks as well as onion slices and continue to stir fry for another couple of minutes or until the meat browns.
• Empty the cups of cooked rice into it and stir them into the mixture, breaking them up with a wooden spoon at the same time.
• Cook the rice-pork mixture for about 2-3 minutes, stirring periodically to coat well with the oil and add a splash of fish sauce.
• Sprinkle the ground white pepper as well as sugar on top and give them a nice stir to mix well.
• Shift the mixture to one side of the wok and crack the eggs at the other side.
• Cook them for a while, stirring vigorously, until they are scrambled and set.
• Fold the scrambled eggs into the rice mixture until they are distributed evenly throughout it and adjust the seasonings.
• Pile it up onto serving plates and sprinkle some spring onions, fresh cilantro and chopped chili on top.
• Serve right away.

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Last Updated on April 5, 2013 by