• Thai Cooking Classes
  • Thai Recipes
  • Latest Posts
  • About
    • A Thai-Foodie Love Story
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Icons

  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Thai Cooking Classes
  • Thai Recipes
  • Latest Posts
  • About
    • A Thai-Foodie Love Story
  • Contact
  • Mobile Menu Widgets

    search for your fav thai recipe

Thai-Foodie.com logo

Thai-Foodie

A Thai Food Love Affair

Yum Bacon | Spicy Thai Bacon Salad

July 20, 2015 · In: Rice Dishes, Salad, Thai Fusion

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Yum Bacon | Spicy Thai Bacon Salad

One of my favorite parts about having my sister-n-law, Oi, from Thailand in town for the last month was cooking with her. I’ve never seen Dom’s mom lift a pan or Chef’s knife, unless she was slathering it with soap and water at the sink. So, his sister learned how to cook from her aunt, and Oi’s mouth-wateringย Thai food is a testament to her aunt’s pro Thai cooking skills.

Yum Bacon | Spicy Thai Bacon Salad

Since Oi could get all the classic Thai food dishes in Thailand, and I cook those a lot, we chose to cook fun, new recipes she found on Thai cooking blogs written in Thai. I got such a cooking rush making Thai food I hadn’t had in ages, or Thai fusion dishes that were such funky twists on typical Thai dishes.

Yum Bacon | Spicy Thai Bacon Salad

< >

An awesome Thai fusion dish we made together, was Bacon Yum, a Spicy Thai Salad with Bacon. One of my guilty pleasures is bacon, so as I ate the bite-size pieces of crispy bacon slathered in a Thai sweet, lime, garlic and chili sauce sprinkled with cilantro, I felt like I had entered the gates of heaven.

Yum Bacon | Spicy Thai Bacon Salad

Bacon Yum took only about 10 minutes to make, and our only regret was that we didn’t make more! Try it with some jasmine rice and a Thai-Style Omelete for dinner, and tell me what you think!

*Many thanks to my sweet 2.5 year old son/ sous chef Rocco whose hands you see in the photos helping me arrange my props ๐Ÿ™‚

Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Yum Bacon


5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

No reviews

  • Total Time: 20 minutes
Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

Description

Try one of our favorite fusion Thai dishes, a Thai-style salad with crispy bacon and a spicy, sweet, savory Thai sauce!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 10 slices of bacon of your choice (we like thick-cut)
  • juice from 2 limes
  • 1–2 tsp. sugar
  • 1–2 tbsp Fish Sauce
  • 2–3 tbsp. Thai Chile Paste (Prik Pao)
  • 2–5 Thai chilies finely chopped
  • 2 shallots, sliced into strips
  • 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • handful of coarsely chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. Make the bacon whatever way you prefer whether it’s baking it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, microwaving it about 1 minute per slice, or cooking it on the stove top.
  2. Once bacon is cooked (I prefer it crispy for this dish), chop it up into bite-sized pieces as show in pictures in post.
  3. While bacon is cooking, wisk in a medium bowl the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, thai chili paste, Thai chilies, shallots and garlic. Add the bacon and sprinkle cilantro on top.
  4. Eat it with jasmine rice, and we like it with a Thai-Style Omelette too!
  5. Enjoy!

Notes

Yum is translated from Thai to English as “salad”, but it’s not really what Americans would picture as a salad, but that’s because we don’t have a better word to describe it. Yum in Thai can mean a room temperature protein that is mixed with herbs and shallots with a sauce base of fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, Thai chilies and garlic.

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2-3

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @thaifoodie on Instagram

 

By: Sherri Pengjad ยท In: Rice Dishes, Salad, Thai Fusion

you’ll also love

A Week in the Life of a Thai Foodie A Week in the Life of a Thai-Foodie
thai green curry pasta | thai-foodie.comEasy Thai Green Curry Chicken Spaghetti
Sriracha Ginger Grilled Chicken Kebabs Recipe Sriracha Ginger Grilled Chicken Kebabs Recipe

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

Next Post >

5 Reasons Why You Can Cook Thai Food Too

Primary Sidebar

meet sherri

meet sherri
meet sherri

hey dear! wanna know how I fell in love with Thai food, Thai Hubby and Thai cooking?

get all the deets here

find your fav thai recipe

Connect

Featured Posts

Pineapple Chicken Fried Rice | thai-foodie.com

Pineapple Chicken Fried Rice (Thai Style) โ€“ Easy Weeknight Recipe

thai khao pad in wok

Easy Thai Khao Pad (Better Than Takeout Fried Rice!)

thai vegetable fried rice

Vegetable Thai Fried Rice

Advertise

SiteGround Ad

Copyright © 2025 ยท Theme by 17th Avenue