This stir-fried chicken with cashews recipe makes the Cambodian dish cha moan krop svay chanti, which has its origins in China. The delicious dish is a cross between a Sichuanese dish and a Cantonese dish that’s found elsewhere in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. It’s a cousin to a dish known as ‘cashew chicken’ in the … Read more
This crispy chicken skins with spicy chicken mince recipe makes a fantastic starter for a Southeast Asian themed dinner party. When the chicken skins firm up in the oven, they form a perfect ‘crisp’ and an excellent vehicle for this classic minced dip found in Cambodia and Thailand. Perfecting crispy chicken skin, and in particular … Read more
This Cambodian chicken rice porridge recipe makes borbor sach moan, Cambodian congee. Called borbor sach moan in Khmer, it’s thought that this chicken rice porridge is a dish of Chinese origin and part of the Cambodian-Chinese culinary heritage rather than a Khmer dish, but no matter its provenance it’s become a comfort food favourite of … Read more
This Cambodian chicken curry recipe makes one of Southeast Asia’s most comforting chicken curries. While it has a depth of flavour that comes from dried spices and fresh aromatic ingredients, it has a richness thanks to a liberal use of coconut cream and milk, and a gentleness due to the mild red chillies. When Terence … Read more
Som tam and gai yang – salad Isaan style and grilled chicken – became our go-to meal throughout out journey around the off-the-beaten-track Isaan region of northeastern Thailand. The splendid Khmer temples may be the Isaan region’s most alluring attraction, yet for us the food markets and fiery cuisine of northeastern Thailand were equally as tantalising. Som Tam and … Read more