Category: Thai
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Simple Salads – This with a Thai Inspiration
I have lately been into the simplest of salads. Tonight I made Pad Thai and mixed up a simple tomato and cucumber salad to go with it, using rice vinegar and sugar in the dressing to give it an Asian twist. Someone commented on an earlier post about using a food chopper for things like…
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Red Chicken Curry in Coconut Milk Recipe
I periodically make a coconut curry with either chicken or tofu and a variety of vegetables depending on what I have on hand. I follow the basic recipe on the jar of Thai red curry paste. Start your rice cooking while you fix this and it should all be done about the same time. This…
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Chicken Coconut Soup
I was on a coconut milk trend after last night so made this Chicken Coconut Soup. Last night I made two recipes from The Minimalist Cooks Dinner by Mark Bittman, both of which I’d cooked before. I really like this book and need to remember to get it out more often. The recipes are generally quite…
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Tofu Curry
More coconut curries…. This time we used a firm tofu rather than any meat. Sauteed some onion and garlic in oil, then added a tablespoon of red curry paste and stirred it around. I put some of the tofu in at this point to fry it a bit. I think next time I’ll fry the…
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Thai Red Chicken Curry
I wasn’t overly impressed with the beef and red curry, but I think it was the steak that was the problem. Last night I combined a few different curry recipes to come up with a red chicken curry that was delicious! I would have added a can of bamboo shoots if I’d had them around,…