Southeast Asian Recipes
Authentic Southeast Asian recipes — Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Malaysian, and Indonesian dishes with vibrant flavors.
7 recipes
Southeast Asian cooking is defined by the balance of five flavors: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. From the fish sauce-forward dishes of Vietnam and Thailand to the coconut-rich curries of Malaysia and Indonesia, this region produces some of the most complex and satisfying food on earth. The techniques are often simple — stir-frying, steaming, grilling — but the flavor layering is sophisticated, built on fresh herbs, fermented pastes, and aromatic roots.
Thai
4 recipes
Larb (Thai Meat Salad)
Larb — Thailand's national salad with minced chicken, lime, fish sauce, herbs, and toasted rice.
Som Tum (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
Som tum — Thailand's iconic green papaya salad with fish sauce, lime, chili, and roasted peanuts.
Thai Green Mango Salad
Thai green mango salad with crunchy unripe mango, roasted peanuts, and a fish sauce-lime dressing.
Tom Kha Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup)
Coconut milk soup with chicken, galangal, lemongrass, and lime. Teaches the Thai principle of balancing sour, salty, sweet, and spicy in a single bowl.
Vietnamese
3 recipes
Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwich)
Crispy baguette with marinated pork, pickled vegetables, and fresh herbs.
Bún (Vietnamese Noodle Salad)
Bún with grilled lemongrass pork, cold rice noodles, fresh herbs, and nuoc cham dressing.
Vietnamese Pho (Beef Noodle Soup)
Aromatic beef broth simmered for hours with star anise, cinnamon, and ginger.