Thai Food Recipe: Stuffed Squid in Soup (Gang Jued Pla Muk)

Stuffed Squid in Plain Soup in Thai, Gang Jued Pla Muk Yud Sai

Stuffed Squid in Plain Soup

Gang Jued Pla Muk Yud Sai

แกงจืดปลาหมึกยัดไส้

Prepare:

10 squids (small size)
1 cup minced pork
3 cucumbers (peeled and cut horizontally 4 times)
2 group scallion (cut 1 inch long)
1 group coriander (cut 1 inch long)
1/4 cup minced carrot
2 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tbsp. light soy sauce
1 tsp. pepper
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
3 cups stock from pork or chicken bone

 

Cooking Instructions:

1. Clean the squids very well.

2. Mix minced pork with 1 tbsp. minced garlic, pepper, minced carrot and light soy sauce.

3. Stuff the squids with mixed pork and close the hole with its tentacles.

4. Peel the cucumbers and clean.

5. Fry 1 tbsp. minced garlic until it has aromatic smell.

6. Heat the stock. When it is boiling, add stuffed squids and cucumber. Cook for 8 minutes then remove from the stove.

7. Add scallion, coriander and mix well. When you serve, don’t forget to sprinkle fry garlic in the soup. It will give the nicest smell that makes your stomach cry.

When I was writing this recipe, I was thinking about the time I studied at primary school, Anuban Yasothon. It was also where my aunt taught.

This was an Anuban School, I will call it a brand name school because in all provinces all over Thailand there is a school with this name. They have the same pattern of rules and food, characteristic of teachers and students. I can compare it because I went to this brand name school to study in Yasothon and work in Ubon Ratchathani, where I first met my husband. :p hehe

10 years after I finished grade 6, I can’t believe they have the same food and same taste to serve their students. The good thing is the food, stuffed cucumbers in plain soup, reminded me of the time in the passed 10 years. (They made it stuffed cucumber because the squid is too expensive… haha)

However, the plain soup with cucumber in it always tastes so good. It has a little sweet taste from cucumber and great fragrance.

I hope แกงจืดปลาหมึกยัดไส้ will remind any of you, who are Anuban family members, the time at school like it has reminded me. :)


Joy \(^v^)/

Thai Food Recipe: Grilled Squid in Spicy & Sour Salad (Yum Pla Muk Yang)

Grilled Squid Spicy and Sour Salad in Thai, Yum Pla Muk Yang

Grilled Squid Spicy and Sour Salad
Yum Bpla Muek Yang

ยำปลาหมึกย่าง

Prepare:

1 big squid (1.5 pound)
7 red onions (sliced)
1 onion (sliced)
1 tbsp. fresh ginger (sliced)
1 group coriander
10 red chili peppers (minced)
3 tbsp. lemon juice
3 tbsp. fish sauce
2 tbsp. hot sauce
1 group Chinese celery (cut 1 inch long)

Cooking Instructions:

1. Clean the squid very well. Grill until it’s cooked. Don’t make it too dry because it will hurt your teeth.

2. After that, slice into a bite-sized pieces.

3. Mix red onion, onion, ginger, Chinese celery, and minced chili pepper altogether.

4. Add lemon juice, fish sauce and hot sauce with 5 tbsp. hot water. Mix well.

5. Now, arrange lettuce on the plate and put grilled squid on top.

6. Pour spicy and sour salad mixed over it and dress with coriander. Sliced tomato on a side is your choice.


I almost cried when I was eating ยำปลาหมึกย่าง (Yum Bpla Muek Yang) a restaurant somewhere. They over cooked the squid until it got brown, then they mix it with spicy and sour sauce. I thought I would loose my tooth when I chew it. The squid was so tough!

I think you should cook it until the squid gets a little hard. Cooking it in a microwave might work but this way you won’t get a unique smell like you would get from grilling.

For me, I have it done after 2 long breaths (10 seconds) because I don’t want the heat to shrink down the size of my big SQUID! Now you know how much I love it, don’t you? Anyway, I risk myself for a bad business in the next morning after eating uncooked squid.

Joy \(^v^)/

Thai Food Recipe: Deep Fried Squid (Bpla Meuk Tod Gratiam)

Deep Fried Squids with Garlic in Thai, Pla Muk Tod Gratiam

Deep Fried Squids with Garlic

ปลาหมึกทอดกระเทียม
Pla Muk Tod Gratiam

Prepare:

1 cup fresh squids (clean and cut it thick in circle pieces)
1/2 cup tapioca flour
2 cups vegetable oil
1/2 cup crushed garlic
2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
Sliced tomato, cucumber, lettuce as much as you want
1 small cup of hot sauce

 

Cooking Instructions:

1. Drop the squid into a bowl of tapioca flour when it’s still wet.

2. Deep fry the squids in hot oil until it turns gold and crunchy. Remove from the pan and leave it drain.

3. In a different pan, add 1 tbsp. oil and garlic. Fry the garlic until it turns yellow.

4. After that, add fried squids, pepper, salt, sugar and stir quickly.

5. Turn off the fire. Serve it with sliced tomato, cucumber, lettuce as much as you want. Don’t forget hot sauce or sweet plum sauce for the children. :)

I love to eat squids! :) My husband knew that the best. When I saw fresh squids with clear and hard skin by the beach market, my eyes get big. Yummy! I have to eat more squids tomorrow!

Note from Vern: Oh my yes, this is a fact. When we go to the Korean BBQ - where we can fry the food on a grill type surface right at our table she covers her side with squid. She grills it, and there is another part of the pan that lets you heat it in the broth - she covers her side with squid in there too. It’s no exaggeration to say that she has a good 10 ounces of squid when we visit those places. It’s a wonder they make any money off us. It’s all you can eat for just 3 dollars a person. She eats all hers in Squid. I eat most of mine in the ice-cream after I eat a lot of vegetables and chicken. Thailand is so great for incredible food!

Thai Food Recipe: Stir Fried Fish (Pla Pad Kun Chai)

Stir-Fried Fish with Chinese Celery, in Thai, Pla Pad Kun Chai

Stir-Fried Fish with Chinese Celery

ปลาผัดขึ้นฉ่าย
Pla Pad Kun Chai

Prepare:

1/2 cup snapper (cut and deep fried)
1/2 cup Chinese celery
1/2 cup cut scallion
1 tbsp. cut sweet pepper (red)
3 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tbsp. stock
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. minced garlic

 

Cooking instructions:

1. Heat the pan and add garlic.

2. Stir-fry until it smells aromatic. After that, add fried snapper, scallion, Chinese celery, sweet pepper, oyster sauce and stock.

3. Quick stir and turn off the fire. Serve on top of jasmine rice.

This is my dinner for today! I just want to eat something different from what I cook at home and from what I usually order at the restaurants. This evening, I and my husband found the best restaurant here in town. The price is very cheap, consider the food they cooked but it is expensive, compare to the same type of restaurants in town. Think about the taste, it is always worth it!

This recipe you can apply it with any kind of fish. In Thailand, we mostly cook snakehead fish as it is easy to find anywhere in Thailand and cheap. You should pick the fish with less bone and make sure you get the fresh one. That way, you will taste the sweetness from its meat.

Joy \(^v^)/

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