Recipe for Kua Gai?

January 12, 2007 4:11 PM

RecipeFilter: How can I make the Thai dish Kua Gai?

I ordered Kua Gai from a Thai place last night and it was delicious. Flat, wide rice noodles, egg, scallions, tofu, and ... stuff. What is the stuff? I'm good at Thai food from recipes, but I don't have the intuition to make it myself yet, so I can't determine which ingredients will make that taste. It wasn't spicy, but it certainly wasn't bland -- the only word I can think of to describe it is very "substantial." Just seemed to be a simple combination of oil + spices, but whether it's peanut/sesame/other oil, and which spices are involved, I do not know. It did taste a little peppery.

Here is the menu listing from the place I ordered it from. Google tells me it's on the menu at some other restaurants, but it doesn't give me any recipes. Is there another spelling I'm not aware of?

posted by olinerd to food & drink (7 comments total)

Tamarind or tamarind concentrate?
posted by furtive at 4:42 PM on January 12, 2007

Tamarind gives it a sweet/sour taste, doesn't it? It didn't really have that...
posted by olinerd at 4:46 PM on January 12, 2007

There's almost certainly some fish sauce in there.
posted by mr_roboto at 5:18 PM on January 12, 2007

pickled mustard greens?
posted by macinchik at 5:56 PM on January 12, 2007

I couldn't find anything similar in David Thompson's Thai Food, which is pretty encyclopedic.

While Googling a bit I noticed that notable food blogger Pim of Chez Pim mentioned the dish in a post...you might consider getting in touch with her? If she doesn't already know a recipe or trick she might get a kick out of the challenge.
posted by bcwinters at 6:07 PM on January 12, 2007

Here's a recipe.
posted by goetter at 11:19 PM on January 12, 2007

Yes! Thank you, goetter!
posted by olinerd at 7:21 AM on January 13, 2007