Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (Or With Mixed Vegetables)

Title:
Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (Or With Mixed Vegetables)

Yield:
3 -4 serving

Categories:
Thai




Ingredients:





   1/2 lb Boneless chicken breast (or


          -1/2 lb mixed vegetables,


          -see note below)


     2 sm Red chile peppers (up to 6)


   1/2    Stalk fresh lemon grass


     2    Kaffir lime leaves


     2 tb Oil


   1/2 c  Coconut milk


   1/2 ts Salt


     1 tb Fish sauce, based on


          -personal taste (omit for


          -veggie version) (up to 4)


    10    Basil leaves (up to 15)


     1 c  Chopped cabbage






 Source: Keo's Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone, Ten Speed Press, 1986


 


 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.


 


 Posted to rec.food.recipes by arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) on


 Sep 6, 93.