What Thai Recipes Can I Find on ThaiTable?
ThaiTable's homepage features a set of popular Thai dishes spanning noodles, soups, stir fries, salads, curries, and desserts. Each featured recipe lists a difficulty level (Easy or Medium), a cooking time, and whether it's vegetarian-friendly, so you can pick something that fits your ingredients, schedule, and skill level. If you're not sure where to start, the site offers a "Browse Recipes" entry point and a "What Can I Cook?" option for finding dishes based on what you have on hand.
Featured recipes at a glance
The homepage highlights eight dishes as the most popular starting points:
| Dish | Thai name | What it is | Difficulty | Vegetarian | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pad Thai | Pad Thai | Stir-fried rice noodles with chives, bean sprouts, and shrimp | Medium | Yes | 40 min |
| Tom Yum Goong | Tom Yum Goong | Shrimp in a clear soup of lemongrass, kaffir lime, hot pepper, lime juice, and fish sauce | Medium | — | 20 min |
| Fried Rice | Kow Pad | Thai-style fried rice | Easy | Yes | 30 min |
| Pad See Ew | Pad See Ew | Stir-fried rice noodles with Chinese broccoli and soy sauces | Easy | Yes | 25 min |
| Laab | Larb | Spicy ground pork or chicken salad with lime juice, chili pepper, and fish sauce | Easy | — | 15 min |
| Chicken Curry | Gang Gai | Chicken and Thai eggplant in red curry | Medium | — | 45 min |
| Green Papaya Salad | Som Tum | Shredded green papaya, cherry tomatoes, and green beans with lime dressing | Easy | Yes | 10 min |
| Mango on Sticky Rice | Kow Neuw Mamuang | Ripe mango on coconut-milk-soaked sticky rice | Medium | Yes | 20 min |
How the recipes are organized
The featured set covers the main categories of Thai cooking:
- Noodles — Pad Thai and Pad See Ew, both stir-fried rice noodle dishes but with different sauces and vegetables.
- Soups — Tom Yum Goong, a hot-and-sour shrimp soup built on lemongrass, kaffir lime, lime juice, and fish sauce.
- Stir fries — Fried Rice, Basil Eggplant (Pud Makua Yow), and Chicken Basil (Gai Pad Gra Pow).
- Salads — Laab and Green Papaya Salad (Som Tum), both dressed with lime and chili.
- Curries — Chicken Curry (Gang Gai), a red curry with Thai eggplant.
- Desserts — Mango on Sticky Rice (Kow Neuw Mamuang).
Choosing a recipe by time, skill, or diet
The labels on each card make it easy to filter mentally:
- Shortest options (10–20 min): Green Papaya Salad (10 min), Laab (15 min), Basil Eggplant (15 min), Tom Yum Goong (20 min), Chicken Basil (20 min), Mango on Sticky Rice (20 min).
- Easiest (marked Easy): Fried Rice, Pad See Ew, Laab, Green Papaya Salad, Basil Eggplant, Chicken Basil.
- Vegetarian-friendly: Pad Thai, Fried Rice, Pad See Ew, Green Papaya Salad, Mango on Sticky Rice, Basil Eggplant.
- Longer projects (40–45 min): Pad Thai and Chicken Curry.
If you want a quick weeknight dish, the Easy recipes under 20 minutes are the safest bet. If you're cooking for vegetarians, stick to the dishes marked Vegetarian. Note that some recipes list alternatives in their descriptions — Laab, for example, can be made with ground pork or chicken.
Getting started
From the homepage you can browse the full recipe collection or use the "What Can I Cook?" tool to match recipes to ingredients you already have. The site also notes that recipes come with step-by-step guides, real ingredients, and Thai pronunciations, which helps if you're unfamiliar with terms like kow pad or som tum.