this is a page for
Browsing Tag: Thai
Tonight I am making a delicious Thai dish, Swimming Rama, also known as Swimming Angel and a host of other names. It is simply quickly cooked thinly sliced lean chicken or pork, dressed in a coconut based peanut sauce served over wilted spinach and either rice or rice noodles. I made this dish as an ‘Experiment’ post nearly three years ago so this one is overdue for a real recipe. I am going with chicken breast and rice noodles for a simple, yet elegant meal perfect for this Sunday evening. Give it a try, you won’t regret the effort it requires! Save Print Swimming Rama Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 40 mins Serves: 1  …
Here we are, officially remanded to our homes, and quickly finding that eating the same thing is not very fun. It is also a bit of a challenge when running to the grocery store is like a running a gauntlet of coronavirus carrying zombies searching for toilet paper. So here is my take on a simple chicken curry using mostly pantry and basic ingredients. I bought some Thai basil to make Thai Basil Fried Rice and thought this dish would be perfect for the remaining basil. This dish comes together quickly and is full of flavor, perfect for elevating a weeknight dinner after being sequestered on home arrest during this pandemic. Save Print Thai Basil Chicken Curry Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total…
Here is a quick Thai inspired beef satay dish that really satisfies. Intensely flavorful and simple to prepare, I just don’t know why I haven’t made this dish before… or 100 times before as a matter of fact. I like these skewers of marinated thinly sliced beef with peanut sauce when preparing as appetizer or jasmine rice and stir fried vegetables when made as a meal. Really, nothing much more is needed. And with these waning days of summer, it is a great excuse to fire up the grill. So invite some friends and make this tasty appetizer, your guests will thank you! Save Print Simple Beef Satay Prep time: 2 hours 15 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: …
Well my new job has keep me quite busy and out of the kitchen, but this week I had a chance to work on a few new recipes – and here are the results from one of them. Swimming Angel is a popular Thai restaurant dish with steamed spinach, white rice, and a stir fried protein (and maybe some vegetables), covered in a spicy, yet sweet peanut sauce. There is a reason why this dish is popular, it is wonderfully delicious when done well. I think the key aspect of this dish is the sauce – slightly spicy, slightly sweet, slightly nutty, and silky smooth. I researched this sauce once in the past and this simple recipe produces the results I desire. The ingredients are just coconut cream…
This recipe comes from several sources which I have combined to make this one. I wanted to try something new yet familiar that would be easy to prepare yet extremely flavorful. The added beauty of this dish is that it can be made with chicken instead of prawns, served with rice or rice noodles, made with any vegetables you want or have on hand, and the spiciness can be adjusted to suit your tastes. It is easy to see the Thai influence in this dish and I think this recipe honors that great culinary style while using readily available ingredients. I will admit that I struggled to name this dish so I opted for a general description rather than something with a bit more flair. Although under any…
Tonight’s recipe is a combination of several Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice recipes I found during my research and of course, my own little tweaks. The primary tweak is adding more vegetables (a the great recipe extender!) providing different textures and flavors to the standard fried rice. Naturally, the key to this dish is the Thai basil. I have read that Italian or regular basil can be substituted, but I cannot imagine that being possible. Thai basil has a very unique flavor and fragrance – which is what this dish is all about! So do yourself a favor and find Thai basil for this dish. I find it at my local supermarket, but also at just about every Asian market in the area. (Psst, while you…
Do you ever get a hankering for a certain flavor or dish? Tonight, I really wanted a robust yellow curry but did not feel like going out. So… I made it for myself. I increased the variety of vegetables and flavors with two types of peppers, pickled galangal and ginger, and sambal. I paired it with jasmine rice, but I bet it would work just as well with thin rice noodles. The results were delicious, if I say so myself. This dish really satisfied my ‘hankering’ for yellow curry. I can’t wait until I get that hankering again! Save Print Yellow Curry Chicken Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 35 mins Serves: 1 Ingredients…
Want to kick things up a little bit? Then this dish is for you. Last night’s dinner was based on Thai crab fried rice, but I wanted more than the delicious dish I can get at any number of Thai restaurants in the area. So I mashed up a simple beef stir fry with crab fried rice to create Surf and Turf fried rice. This way I incorporated vegetables into the meal, paired the richness of the crab with some beef, and created something new (I think). This dish is a great shareable since it definitely makes enough for two… or you could just enjoy leftovers next day! So now that I have your attention, let’s get it done! Save Print Surf and…
As part of the planning, I knew I would have Thai basil, ginger, and cilantro left over from the Drunken Noodles meal, so it was time for me to make one of my favorite dishes – fried rice. Fried rice is one of the ultimate dishes in that you can make it so many different ways with whatever ingredients you have on hand. But tonight, it is not just any fried rice, but yellow curry fried rice. I have had several different variations of this dish at restaurants; some with pineapple, some without, some with Thai basil, some without, etc. Tonight I am making the version without pineapple just because I have so many vegetables planned. Again, the key to this dish is prior preparation. I find my…
Feeling like something spicy? Feeling like something incredibly satisfying? How about robust flavors? Well, if all this sounds great to you, may I suggest tonight’s meal – Drunken Noodles! I made this recipe with chicken, Thai basil, cilantro, fish sauce, ginger, shallot, scallions, cabbage, carrot and a host of other supporting ingredients. Yes, I used a chicken breast (of course) but thinly sliced beef, prawns, etc work equally well. The challenge of this dish is in the preparation. Have everything ready to go before you start because once you get started, it comes together quickly. I’m hungry, so let’s dive in! Save Print Drunken Noodles Cuisine: Thai Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 40…