Chili

eggplants • green chilies • dried chilies • garlic • shallot • green onion • fish (drained) • fermented fish sauce (cooked)

pork belly, cut into thick slices (about 1/2–3/4 inch or 1–2 cm thick) • –10 fresh chili peppers (adjust to your preferred spice level) • garlic • cilantro root or 4 cilantro stems • salt (15 grams) • sugar (4 grams) • seasoning powder • chopped green onions

fresh watermeal (about 100 grams) • fresh shiitake mushrooms, straw mushrooms, or any fresh mushrooms (about 100 grams) • ground dried chili (about 80 grams) • fried shallots (about 60 grams) • fried garlic (about 30 grams) • fish sauce (about 30 grams) • palm sugar or coconut sugar (about 220 grams) • tamarind paste (about 80 grams) • sweet shrimp paste (about 25 grams) • salt (about 5 grams) • dried shrimp, soaked in water (about 25 grams) • oil (about 300 grams)

ground chili pepper (commonly used type) • rice bran oil (about 240 ml)

fish tofu (about 200 grams) • chopped garlic (about 4 tablespoons) • cilantro roots, thinly sliced • red Thai chilies, finely chopped • green onions, sliced • table salt (use less if using iodized salt) • granulated sugar • seasoning powder • ground black pepper • Oil for frying

sourdough bread • butter (about 10 grams) • mayonnaise (about 15 grams) • chili paste (about 10 grams) • shredded cooked chicken (about 15 grams)

cooked eggplants (about 1 pound/450 grams) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced • Oyster mushrooms (if available), • White part of Japanese green onion, finely chopped, • Minced garlic and minced ginger, • Guilin-style chili sauce • soy sauce • sake • mirin • broth (about 120 ml) • cornstarch •

soft tofu, cut into pieces • Oil for frying • ground pork • green onions, cut into pieces • minced garlic • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • oyster sauce • soy sauce • sesame oil • seasoning powder • granulated sugar • ground black pepper •

Sweet potato • Thai chili paste • Cooking oil • Minced garlic • Oyster sauce • Drinking water • Fish sauce • White sugar • Salt (for blanching vegetables)

king oyster mushrooms (200 grams) • red Thai chilies • cilantro • salt • granulated sugar

grilled frogs, cut into pieces • shallots • lemongrass • kaffir lime leaves • Galangal, sliced (use as much as you like) • Green onions and cilantro, to taste • Culantro, to taste • Vietnamese coriander (rau ram) • laab chili seasoning (adjust for desired spiciness) • MSG • seasoning powder • fish sauce •

catfish • pre-packaged pad cha stir-fry mix • cooking oil • chili paste • MSG (optional) • sugar • fish sauce • oyster sauce • water

red spur chilies (seeds removed, chopped) • pickled garlic bulbs (sliced) • garlic cloves (peeled) • water (120 ml) • granulated sugar (100 grams) • salt • white vinegar • glucose syrup

sugar (about 600 grams) • water (about 480 ml) • salt (about 7 grams) • vinegar (about 360 ml) • red chili peppers • garlic, peeled

finely crushed red bird’s eye chilies • finely minced garlic • distilled white vinegar • salt • granulated sugar • water • Adjust the ingredients as you like: For milder heat, use large red chilies; for medium heat, mix large red chilies with bird’s eye chilies; for extra spicy, use only bird’s eye chilies

large eggs • oyster sauce • vegetable oil • minced garlic • shallot • Thai bird’s eye chilies • fish sauce • lime juice

Omelet: 4 eggs and about 4 oz (115 grams) ground pork, seasoned with soy sauce • Vegetables for the curry: Use your favorites. Today I chose water spinach, green papaya, young watermelon, cabbage, and okra • shallots + 1 head garlic • large dried chilies + 15 small dried chilies • fermented soybean (or substitute with miso) + 1 small grilled dried fish • lemongrass + peel from 1/2 small kaffir lime • (if you have fingerroot, add a bit for extra flavor) + salt • ladles tamarind water (about 1 to 1 1/2 cups or 240-360 ml) • palm sugar + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • large lime • salt + 2 tablespoons soy sauce • Water

Chicken breast or thigh, cut into • coconut milk (about 355 ml) • Thai chili paste (nam prik pao) • chicken stock (about 355 ml) • Mushrooms of your choice • galangal • lemongrass, thinly sliced • kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces • fish sauce (about 80 ml) • sugar • lime juice (about 80 ml) • Thai bird’s eye chilies, lightly crushed and halved •

ground pork (300 grams) • dried chilies

pork bones • chicken feet • ground pork • pork blood • Dried cotton flowers • Tomatoes • Curry paste • Water (use as much or as little as you like) • Rice noodles

large shrimp • garlic, minced • green onions, sliced • finely chopped red chili • finely chopped yellow chili • finely chopped cilantro roots • salt • sugar

egg • plate of chilled cooked rice • Fried pork, cut into smaller pieces if large • heaping tablespoon of spicy chili paste • sugar • seasoning powder (such as Aromat) • red chili peppers, sliced diagonally • Basil leaves, long beans (if available)

green chilies • shallots • small Thai garlic cloves • little fermented fish sauce (optional) • fish sauce • lime juice • sugar • Fresh vegetables such as cucumber, eggplant, long beans, napa cabbage, etc • Accompaniments such as pork cracklings, boiled eggs, etc

grilled eggplants • grilled shallots • grilled bird's eye chilies • palm sugar • limes, juiced • fish sauce • ground dried shrimp

chicken breast, diced • dried chili peppers • ginger, diced • MSG • seasoning powder • soy sauce • salt • chili powder • Sichuan peppercorns (Hua Jiao/Mala pepper)

ground pork (about 7 ounces) • shallots • garlic • cilantro roots • palm sugar • chili powder (medium spicy, adjust to taste) • fish sauce • oil for frying

clam meat (about 5.3 oz) • chili paste (about 0.9 oz) • chili peppers • garlic • sugar • fish sauce • basil • vegetable oil • water

heaping tablespoon shrimp paste • bird's eye chilies • garlic • warm water • lime juice • stevia • boiled okra • boiled cauliflower • boiled broccoli • cucumber • fried salted fish or mackerel • spinach omelet (recipe available)

Chicken breast • Lemongrass • Kaffir lime • dried chilies • garlic • oyster sauce • fish sauce • seasoning sauce (green cap) • sugar • seasoning powder

steamed mackerel (can substitute with other fish) • sliced garlic • sliced shallots • dried bird's eye chilies • kaffir lime leaves • tamarind juice • fish sauce • granulated sugar • palm sugar • Oil for frying