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Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (Or With Mixed Vegetables)

Recipe

Title:

Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (Or With Mixed Vegetables)

Categories:

Thai, Poultry

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

Directions

1. Thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips.
2. (If doing veggie version, cut vegetables into thin strips.)
3. Grind together red chili peppers, lemon grass, and kaffir lime leaves in a food processor or pound in a mortar.
4. Heat oil to medium-high and saute pepper mixture for 3 minutes.
5. Stir in coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add chicken (or vegetables) and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked (same time for veggies).
7. Reduce heat to medium-low.
8. Stir in fish sauce (if using), salt, and basil.
9. Serve on a bed of chopped cabbage.

Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.

Directions

1. (3-4 servings)

Directions

1. Source: Keo's Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone, Ten Speed Press, 1986 From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)

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