This menu is known in English as “Shrimp Paste Fried Rice” or “ข้าวคลุกกะปิ” in Thai and pronouns as “Khao Clook Gapi”. This is one of my husband favorite menu. He love the flavor of the fired rice and the sweet pork with others vegetable on the side are very good combination and full of nutrition in one meal.
This dish could be for lunch or dinner, however, it’s quite filling meal. So, make sure you exercise or do yoga after you have this plate for dinner. ^_^
Shrimp paste has salty flavor from the real sea shrimp and it make as paste form. I use this shrimp paste and cook it with steamed rice in a sauce pan. To cut down the salty taste from shrimp paste, I make sweet pork on the side and others vegetables and side dish.
I think you could called this plate as “One-Plate Shrimp Paste Fried Rice”
Serve for 4
Ingredients Shrimp Paste Fried Rice
- 2 cups of Rice, steamed
- 3 tablespoons of Shrimp Paste
- 2 tablespoons of Vegetable Oil, I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- A few leaves of Cilantro for garnish
Preparation
- In a large sauce pan, added oil and steamed rice at medium low heat, stir for a few time to break up the rice.
- Then added shrimp paste and stir well until everything corporate.
- Put this fried rice onto each serving plate at the middle of the plate and garnish with cilantro leave over the fried rice.
Ingredients for Side Dishes
- 4 cloves of Shallots, thinly sliced
- 3 Thai Green Bean, cut 1/2 inches length
- Fried Thai Northern Style Sausage, thinly sliced
- Fried Egg, thinly sliced
- Sweet Pork
Preparation
As Thai style of this plate we use this side dishes ingredients to decorate with Shrimp Paste Fried Rice and I put fried rice at the middle and side dishes surround the fried rice and shown on the main picture.
For fried Thai Northern Style sausage, I cut thinly sliced and cook them on a fry pan for a couple minutes or until they look golden brown.
Ingredients for Fried Egg
- 4 large Eggs, beat
- 1 tablespoon of Vegetable Oil
Preparation
- In a medium size fry pan, pour oil into a pan at medium heat and wait for about 2 – 3 minutes.
- Then pour half of egg into a pan and let it cook for 2 -3 minutes each side.
- After the egg done, cut them on a cutting board as thinly long sliced.
Ingredients for Sweet Pork
- 1 pound of Pork Belly, 1/4 inch sliced
- 4 cloves of Shallot, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons of Palm Sugar
- 1 tablespoon of Thai Sweet Thick Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon of Light Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon of Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon of Vegetable Oil
Preparation
- In a small pot, added oil and saute with pork for 1 – 2 minutes at medium heat.
- Then reduce heat to medium low and added the left of ingredients and stir well.
- Let it simmer for about 5 to 10 minutes to let the flavor of sauce go into the meat.
This menu is more work for one plate and, I think, it worth to try it because this plate tastes really good that my husband always request me to cook this menu for him often.
