Evil jungle prince with chicken (or with mixed vegetables)
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb Boneless chicken breast 1/2 c Coconut milk -OR- 1/2 ts Salt
- 1/2 lb -Mixed vegetables
- 1 -to - (see note below) 4 tb Fish sauce
- 2 -to - based on personal taste
- 6 sm Red chile peppers - (omit for veggie version)
- 1/2 Stalk fresh lemon grass 10 -to
- 2 Kaffir lime leaves 15 Basil leaves
- 2 tb Oil 1 c Chopped cabbage
Instructions:
Thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips. (If doing veggie version cut vegetables into thin strips.) Grind together red chili peppers lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves in a food processor or pound in a mortar. Heat oil to medium-high and saute pepper mixture for 3 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes. Add chicken (or vegetables) and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked (same time for veggies). Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in fish sauce (if using) salt and basil. Serve on a bed of chopped cabbage. Note: ===== For mixed vegetables choose from among bell peppers string beans water chestnuts tomatoes (small cherry tomatoes are best) bamboo shoots miniature corn asparagus cucumbers zucchini Japanese eggplant and mushrooms. I particularly like string beans or asparagus a few cherry tomatoes shredded (rather than sliced) bamboo shoots miniature corn and some straw mushrooms or slender (Japanese) eggplant. (3-4 servings) Source: Keo's Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone Ten Speed Press 1986 From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
