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Som Tum
A tangy and spicy Thai green papaya salad.
⏱ 15 min🔥 120 kcalEasy
★4.5(850)
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Thai Tomatoes Recipes
12 recipes using tomatoes — Pad thai, green curry, tom yum — aromatic and bold.
These 12 thai tomatoes recipes are ready in about 36 minutes on average, with 120–620 kcal per serving, and 50% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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36 min
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266 kcal
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easy recipes
How Thai cuisine cooks with tomatoes
Thai cooking chases the balance of hot, sour, salty and sweet in every dish — fresh, aromatic and unafraid of chilli. When Thai cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for fish sauce, lime, lemongrass, galangal, Thai chilli and palm sugar, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are roasting, simmering, steaming and grilling.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, garlic, dried shrimp and palm sugar or brown sugar. The dishes here span thai classics ready in as little as 15 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Tom Yum Goong is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,840 ratings.
12 Thai Tomatoes Recipes
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Som Tum (Papaya Salad)
Spicy, tangy Thai green papaya salad with peanuts.
⏱ 20 min🔥 180 kcalEasy
★4.6(2,400)
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Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)
Thailand's most famous salad — shredded raw green papaya pounded with lime, fish sauce, chilli, palm sugar, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts.
⏱ 20 min🔥 180 kcalMedium
★4.8(1,000)
salad
Som Tam — Thai Green Papaya Salad
A bold, crunchy Thai salad of shredded green papaya pounded with chilies, lime, fish sauce, and palm sugar.
⏱ 20 min🔥 160 kcalEasy
★4.7(2,340)
soup
Tom Yum Goong
Thai hot and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime — fiery, fragrant, iconic.
⏱ 35 min🔥 220 kcalEasy
★4.9(2,840)
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Som Tum (Thai Green Papaya Salad)
Pounded green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, and a fistful of chilies — Bangkok street-cart icon.
⏱ 20 min🔥 210 kcalEasy
★4.9(1,820)
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Pad Ped Ped Yang (Thai Stir-Fried Duck with Red Curry)
Bold, fragrant stir-fry of roasted duck with red curry paste, kaffir lime leaves, Thai basil, and long red chilies — a Thai restaurant classic with restaurant-level depth.
⏱ 25 min🔥 620 kcalMedium
★4.8(620)
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Thai Corn Fritters with Tomato-Pepper Relish
Crisp-edged Thai corn fritters spiced with red curry paste, served with a quick tomato and pepper relish for dipping.
⏱ 45 min🔥 220 kcalMedium
★4.6(46)
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Thai Basil Pork-Stuffed Bell Peppers
Bell peppers stuffed with garlicky basil pork and simmered in a light tomato broth until tender.
⏱ 60 min🔥 320 kcalMedium
★4.7(74)
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Thai Smoky Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Salad
Charred eggplant and tomatoes tossed with shrimp, lime, and chili for a smoky Thai starter salad.
⏱ 35 min🔥 150 kcalEasy
★4.7(77)
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Thai Basil Pork Meatballs (Sai Ua-Inspired)
Juicy pork meatballs packed with Thai basil, lemongrass, and chili, pan-seared and tossed in a quick tomato-basil sauce.
⏱ 40 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.5(221)
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Thai Basil Roast Chicken with Tomato Nam Jim
A whole roast chicken rubbed with garlic, white pepper, and cilantro root, served with a tangy tomato-basil dipping sauce.
⏱ 100 min🔥 430 kcalMedium
★4.6(52)
Choosing & preparing tomatoes
How to choose
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Prep & storage
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
Nutrition
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Classic flavour partners: basil, garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, onion, oregano
Thai Tomatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Thai tomatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 12 Thai tomatoes recipes are ready in around 36 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Som Tum, takes about 15 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 100 minutes.
How many calories are in Thai tomatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 120 to 620 kcal per serving, averaging 266 kcal — Som Tum is the lightest option at 120 kcal.
What is the easiest Thai tomatoes recipe for beginners?
Som Tum is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 15 minutes. 50% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with tomatoes in Thai cooking?
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, garlic, dried shrimp and palm sugar or brown sugar. Thai kitchens also lean on fish sauce, lime, lemongrass, galangal, Thai chilli and palm sugar.
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