page_title: Fried egg
section_title: Thailand
hierarchical_section_title: Fried egg / Regional adaptations and specialities / Thailand
caption_attribution_description: English: Yam khai dao (Thai script: ยำไข่ดาว) is a salad (yam) made with fried egg (khai dao). The ingredients in this salad are: roughly chopped fried egg which has been fried in vegetable oil, onions, tomato, bird's eye chillies, Chinese celery (khuen chai), lime juice, fish sauce and sugar.
context_page_description: A fried egg, is a cooked dish made from one or more eggs which are removed from their shells and placed into a frying pan, and fried with minimal accompaniment. Fried eggs are traditionally eaten for breakfast in many countries but may also be served at other times of the day.
context_section_description: In Thai cuisine, when the words khai dao (lit. "star egg") are placed after the name of a dish, it means that one wants that dish accompanied by a fried egg. The very popular kaphrao mu rat khao khai dao for instance, translates to "basil fried pork on top of rice with a fried egg". Sometimes this is referred to as a "top egg". Fried rice is also popularly accompanied with a fried egg, such as with khao phat Amerikan and khao phat (standard Thai-style fried rice). Another popular way of eating fried eggs in Thailand is to use it as the main ingredient of the Thai salad called yam khai dao.
caption: Yam khai dao: A spicy and sour Thai salad made with crispy fried eggs
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