Thai Food

[murphee]

I am going to a thai restaurant tonight and i was curious if there are low carb items that anyone reccomends.

[slimndown]

Re: Thai Food

The duck is usually really good and they should have one that's only seasoned but served with chutney on the side (which you don't have to eat), but beware - most of thai food contains sugar. Some appetizers may be induction friendly, sometimes they have shrimp wrapped in spinach....Have fun!

[tickletussler]

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Murphee you've probably been to the thai restaurant by now!

You know what is the most atkins-friendly thai food that I have found? (that is after checking with our thai friends how they cook the food in their thai restaurant) - it is the Thai beef salad. You can even ask for them not to put sugar in the dressing and most good thai restaurants quickly whip up the dressing on the spot rather than pre-made coz it really only consists of fish sauce, lemon juice, some salt and sugar (but you can do without the sugar). The thai beef salad has perfectly cooked pieces of beef served with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and lots of onions (usually the red ones here) but you don't have to eat all of it coz the raw ones can really stink your breath and load the carbs.

otherwise, stick with thai stirfries rather than curries (which have coconut milk) and you can request for no sugar in your foods because they don't even add fillers like the chinese restaurants do. Thai food has heaps less sugar than Japanese food and if you stick to the salads, the BBQ meats (with sauce separate) and stirfries, you can get better tasting food then chinese, eat as little or as much hot food, and not have any of the flour/cornstarch/fillers that you would get in chinese or vietnamese food.

[Sheshy]

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Oh yum, Thai food...it's been forever!! I love all of it, but my favorite is totally off limits right now, darn it!

[tickletussler]

Re: Thai Food

Oh yum, Thai food...it's been forever!! I love all of it, but my favorite is totally off limits right now, darn it!

Why? what's your favourite? There are heaps more than what I've mentioned that you can eat Shelly!

[Sheshy]

Re: Thai Food

Hi Tickle,

Pad Thai is my favorite...really really really hot!

[tickletussler]

Re: Thai Food

I found this fantastic pad thai recipe made with shirataki noodles. Can you get those Shelly?
Shirataki noodles I found out about from Nursey and when I finally managed get hold of em after quizzing my japanese colleagues I discovered they were made from konnyaku (or the only English equivalent) the yam bean. I don't know how or why but the carbs are incredibly low - well, 3g carbs for approx 4oz. I would tend to use this when I have to sub for spaghettie. I don't eat it often but it is a lifesaver when I have to avoid eating pasta and can't order something else.
If you can find the shirataki noodles (usually in Japanese supermarkets and ask for noodles made with konnyaku (pronounced kon-yah-ku), these usually come in bags of liquid and dried and usually in the chiller compartment, if you can find the noodles, I'll be happy to give you the lo-carb pad thai recipe i found!