Shrimp Tempura
Shrimp tempura fries up light and shatter-crisp when the batter stays ice-cold and the oil runs hot. Get the prep and tentsuyu sauce ratios right here.
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Tom Yum Fried Rice: Bold Thai Sour-Spicy Flavor in Every Bite
The Leftover-Rice Glow-Up You Need Every Thai cook worth their fish sauce has a hot-sour answer to day-old rice, and this is it: tom yum fried rice. Think of the classic tom yum soup with shrimp — lemongrass, galangal, lime, chili — distilled into a screaming-hot wok of rice, where every grain picks up that … Read more
Pad Thai with Shrimp
Pad Thai is the dish that made Thai food famous in America, and the shrimp version is the one most people order first. Chewy rice noodles get tossed in a sweet, sour, and salty tamarind sauce, then wrapped around plump shrimp, ribbons of egg, and crisp bean sprouts, with crushed peanuts and a squeeze of … Read more
Goi Du Du: Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad (Crunchy, Sweet & Tangy)
The Salad That Tastes Like a Breeze Off the Mekong If you've only ever eaten green papaya salad in a Thai restaurant, you're meeting one half of the family. Thailand's som tum is famous for its punch — pounded raw, aggressively spicy, unapologetic. Vietnam's version, goi du du, takes a gentler path. The shredded green … Read more
Mi Quang: Vietnamese Turmeric Noodles with Shrimp and Pork
Mi quang is the kind of dish that makes you wonder why it took so long to meet it. It's a signature of Quang Nam province in central Vietnam — wide rice noodles tinted a gorgeous gold with turmeric, topped with shrimp and pork, showered in fresh herbs, and finished with crushed roasted peanuts and … Read more
Banh Xeo: Vietnamese Crispy Crepes with Shrimp and Pork
There is a sound every Vietnamese street stall cook listens for, and it's right in the name. "Banh xeo" means, roughly, "sizzling cake" — the batter hits a hot pan and goes xeo, a sharp hiss that promises the crepe will come out thin, lacy at the edges, and deeply golden. Get it right and … Read more