Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh ginger root, minced
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
2 teaspoons hot chile pepper, minced
2 teaspoons ketchup
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 12 oz package of tapioca/rice noodles (if you can’t find these noodles, use regular -not thin- spaghetti noodles)
1 lb. shrimp. peeled and deveined
Fresh mint
Directions:
Pour water and vinegar into a saucepan, [...]
Posted in Salads, Thai on August 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Ingredients:
2 medium to large cucumbers (if using organic, you can leave the skin on; otherwise, slice off the skin)
1 shallot, minced (OR substitute 2 cloves garlic, minced)
2 green onions, sliced
handful of fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces
1 fresh red chilli, de-seeded and minced (OR if you prefer a milder salad, substitute 1/2 diced [...]
Posted in Ethnic, Poultry, Thai on January 31st, 2007 No Comments »
INGREDIENTS
2 cups uncooked jasmine rice
1 quart water
1/4 cup red curry paste (less if you want a milder spice)
2 (13.5 ounce) cans coconut milk
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into thin strips
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups sliced bamboo shoots, drained
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1 green bell pepper, julienned
1/2 small onion, [...]
Posted in Ethnic, Thai, Vegetarian on December 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
Most Pad Thai recipes are pretty much the same but we have experimented quite a bit and this so far is the best damn Pad Thai we can come up with. We use Tamarind nectar in this recipe instead of tamarind since we have been unsuccessful finding it locally.
Ingredients:
1/2 c. white sugar and 1 1/2 [...]