Best 6 Thai Jasmine Rice Recipes

GRILLED TUNA OVER JASMINE RICE WITH A WASABI AND THAI VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Garnish: long chives
• In a mixing bowl, mix together wasabi and honey. Wasabi mixture should be a pourable consistency. Transfer into a squirt bottle and place aside.
• In a saucepan, reduce orange juice to a sugar syrup, be careful not to burn. Add vegetable stock, red curry paste, white wine, shallots and garlic and bring to a boil. Reduce by half. Transfer contents in a blender. Add rice wine vinegar and puree slowly adding the safflower oil until emulsified. Transfer to a squirt bottle. Set aside.
• Season tuna fillets with Kosher salt and black pepper (using 7/8 salt and 1/8 pepper) then grill tuna fillet to desired doneness.
• In a saute pan emulsify butter and water, add jasmine rice and heat.
• In another saute pan over high heat, heat oil and saute straw mushrooms, lychee nuts. On a serving plate arrange seaweed in a circle. Place rice in center on top of seaweed, carrot strips on top of rice keeping in mind you want to see carrots. Sprinkle around the edge of plate straw mushroom-lychee nut mixture. Place tuna fillet on top of carrots, squirt Thai vinaigrette on top of tuna and then squirt the wasabi glaze on top of Thai vinaigrette. Garnish with long chives.

WARM JASMINE RICE SALAD WITH SHRIMP AND THAI HERBS

Steps:

• When the rice is just cooked and has sat 10 to 20 minutes, combine it with the chile, dried shrimp, peanuts, cucumber, cilantro leaves, and mint.
• Combine the lime juice, fish sauce, oils, and sugar, and mix into the rice. Toss in the black pepper and shrimp. Serve on a bed of greens.

FRIED RED THAI JASMINE RICE WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat a large wok or large, heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until a drop of water evaporates upon contact. Add the oil, tilt to spread across the pan, and add the carrot and shrimp. Stir-fry until the shrimp is pink and opaque, about two minutes. Add the garlic, and stir-fry just until golden, 15 to 30 seconds. Add the rice. Stir-fry for about two minutes by scooping the rice up, then pressing it into the pan and scooping it up again. The rice should have a seared taste. Add the scallions and fish sauce, stir together for a half-minute to a minute and transfer to a platter. Sprinkle the cilantro over the top, and serve, passing the garnishes of your choice. Diners should squeeze lime juice onto their rice as they eat.

THAI RED CURRY AND JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 2-inch pieces.
• Add oil to a large pan and heat. Add chicken and sear over fairly with heat until lightly browned.
• Add red curry paste and cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring with a wooden spatula.
• Pour coconut milk into pan and mix to combine, scraping bottom of pan to remove any sediment.
• Add chicken stock and sweet potato. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until sweet potato is completely tender but still holding its shape and sauce had reduced slightly. Taste and adjust seasoning; add salt if needed.
• Cook rice according to package directions in unsalted water.
• Ladle curry over rice in warmed wide-rimmed bowls. Garnish with fresh minced cilantro and sliced onions.

THAI MUSSELS WITH JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Boil rice until tender.
• Scrub mussels and remove beards, fill a large saucepan with water, enough to cover mussels, bring to the boil and add mussels reduce heat. Simmer covered until mussels open, drain and discard any that have not opened.
• In another large saucepan add a small amount of peanut oil and paste and cook until fragrant. Add water, both stocks, sauce and sugar, bring to a boil.
• Add coconut milk and coconut cream, reduce heat to a simmer, Add cooked mussels to broth and cook until heated through. Add coriander, onions and lime juice stir, serve immediately.
• To serve divide jasmine rice among 4 serving bowls and top with mussels, spoon broth over, garnish with coriander leaves.

THAI JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• 1. Rinse rice: Add rice to a 2 1/2-to-3 quart heavy saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, and cover rice with cold water by 2 inches. Swirl rice around in water several times with your hand, and drain. Repeat procedure 2 more times, or until water runs clear. Drain rice well in a sieve to remove all water.
• 2. Return rice to pan and add enough water (about 3 3/4 cups) to cover rice by about 3/4 inch. Measure by placing the tip of an index finger in the surface of the rice and ensuring that water surface is at the first joint.
• 3. Bring water to a boil, uncovered, and boil rice 15 seconds. Cook rice, covered, over very low heat without lifting lid, 15 to 29 minutes, or until water is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove pan from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Turn rice gently with a flat wooden spatula and keep warm, covered. Rice is best served within 1 hour of cooking.