Evil jungle prince with chicken (or with mixed vegetables
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Boneless chicken breast OR- Mixed vegetables, (see note below) to |
| 6 | smalls | Red chile peppers |
| ½ | Stalk fresh lemon grass | |
| 2 | Kaffir lime leaves | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
| ½ | cup | Coconut milk |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt to |
| 4 | tablespoons | Fish sauce, based on personal taste (omit for veggie version) to |
| 15 | Basil leaves | |
| 1 | cup | Chopped cabbage |
Directions
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@... (Stephanie da Silva)