Thai
Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng (Stir-Fried Morning Glory)
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Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng (Stir-Fried Morning Glory) is Thai home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the water spinach into 3-inch lengths, keeping stems and leaves separated.
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Wash thoroughly and spin dry.
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Mince the garlic and chilies together.
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Heat the oil in a wok over the highest possible heat until it just starts to smoke.
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Add the garlic, chilies, and chili bean paste and stir-fry for 15 seconds, moving constantly so it does not burn.
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Add the water spinach stems and toss hard for 30 seconds.
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Add the leaves, fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar, and toss over the highest heat until just wilted but still bright green, about 1 minute total; speed and high heat are what keep this dish crisp.
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Serve immediately alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng (Stir-Fried Morning Glory), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng (Stir-Fried Morning Glory) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Fish | Yes | Ajat (Cucumber Relish) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 160 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 7 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 660 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Pad Pak Boong Fai Daeng (Stir-Fried Morning Glory) takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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