Thai fried rice, with common garnishes of cucumber, lime (for squeezing on top), tomato, and green onion served on a bed of lettuce.
(Thai: ข้าวผัด,
Khao Pad or Khao Phad) is a variety of Fried rice that is prepared in the style of central
Thai cuisine. In Thai khao is rice) + pad (of or relating to being
stir-fried). One of the ways the dish differs from Chinese fried rice is that it is prepared with Thai Jasmine rice instead of regular long-grain rice. It also is much less oily than its Chinese counterpart because of the way its cooked. It normally contains a meat (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, and crab are all common), egg,
onions, and tomatoes.
Green onions,
cilantro, and
fried garlic are then mixed in. However, each individual place varies as it is a ubiquitious dish. Then poured over the concoction are a myriad of seasonings, including soy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly some
chili sauce, and the ubiquitous
nam pla (fish sauce). These are stirred in, and then the dish is plated and served with accompaniments like cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime and sprigs of green onion.
Other dishes include Coconut Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดมะพร้าว
Khao Pad Maprao), and Pineapple Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดสับปะรด
Khao Pad Saparod).
Khao Op Saparod is a fancier fried rice pineapple dish with raisins and nuts and almost always comes served inside a cutout pineapple.
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