Thai fried rice

Thai fried rice, with common garnishes of cucumber, lime (for squeezing on top), tomato, and green onion served on a bed of lettuce.
Alternative names	khao phat
Type	Rice dish
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Central Thailand
Associatedcuisine	Thailand
Cookbook: Thai fried rice  Media: Thai fried rice

Thai fried rice (Thai:ข้าวผัด,RTGS: khao phat,pronounced[kʰâ(ː)wpʰàt]) is a variety offried rice typical of centralThai cuisine. InThai,khao means "rice" andphat means "of or relating to beingstir-fried."

This dish normally contains meat (chicken,shrimp, andcrab are all common),egg,onions,garlic and sometimestomatoes. The seasonings, which may includesoy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly somechili sauce, and the ubiquitousnam pla (Thaifish sauce), are stir-fried together with the other ingredients. The dish is then plated and served with accompaniments likecucumber slices, tomato slices,lime and sprigs ofgreen onion andcoriander, andphrik nampla, a spicy sauce made of slicedThai chilies, chopped garlic cloves, fish sauce,lime juice and sugar. It differs fromChinese fried rice in that it is prepared with Thaijasmine rice instead of regularlong-grain rice.

Thai fried rice has many variants denoted by main ingredient or region. Examples include:

• Khao phat mu (ข้าวผัดหมู) – fried rice withpork
• Khao phat kai (ข้าวผัดไก่) – fried rice withchicken^[1]
• Khao phat thale (ข้าวผัดทะเล) – fried rice withseafood
• Khao phat kung (ข้าวผัดกุ้ง) – fried rice withshrimp
• Khao phat pu (ข้าวผัดปู) – fried rice withcrab meat^[2]
• Khao phat pla krapong (ข้าวผัดปลากระป๋อง) – fried rice withcanned fish (usuallysardines ormackerel in tomato sauce)
• Khao phat kak mu (ข้าวผัดกากหมู) – fried rice with porkcracklings
• Khao phat naem (ข้าวผัดแหนม) – fried rice withnaem, a type of fermented pork sausage
• Khao phat bekhon (ข้าวผัดเบคอน) – fried rice withbacon
• Khao phat khai (ข้าวผัดไข่) – fried rice with egg
• Khao phat kaphrao (ข้าวผัดกะเพรา) – fried rice withbasil^[3]
• Khao phat namliap (ข้าวผัดหนำเลี้ยบ) – fried rice withChinese olives
• Khao phat sapparot (ข้าวผัดสับปะรด) – fried rice withpineapple, or a more elaborate version known askhao op sapparot (ข้าวอบสับปะรด), served inside a hollowed-out pineapple and garnished withraisins andcashew nuts^[4]
• Khao phat che (ข้าวผัดเจ) – vegetarian fried rice
• khao phat tom yam (ข้าวผัดต้มยำ) – a type of fried rice that is adapted fromtom yum soup and fried rice
• Khao phat kaeng khiao wan (ข้าวผัดแกงเขียวหวาน) – fried rice mixed withgreen curry paste
• Khao phat nam phrik long ruea (ข้าวผัดน้ำพริกลงเรือ) – fried rice mixed withnam phrik long ruea, a type of chili paste
• Khao phat rotfai (ข้าวผัดรถไฟ: "train fried rice")^[5] – fried rice mixed with eitherdark soy sauce or redfermented bean curd. It was sold at various stations along thesouthern railway line, hence the name^[6]
• Khao phat amerikan (ข้าวผัดอเมริกัน: "American fried rice") useshot dogs, fried chicken, and eggs as side dishes or mixed into fried rice withketchup added. It was served toU.S. soldiers in Thailand during theVietnam War, but now has become common in Thailand.^[7]
• Khao khluk kapi (ข้าวคลุกกะปิ) – fried rice mixed with shrimp paste

• American fried rice
• Fried rice
• List of fried rice dishes

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