Showing posts with label easy recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easy recipes. Show all posts

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Thai Coconut Chili Chicken

This dish is easy, quick and very tasty as well.  I am in love with Thai dishes, but have found some of them rather involved, I love a dish I can make quickly and still have the wonderful Thai taste, this is one of those.


1 lb or so of cut up chicken ( tenders or thighs boneless)
5 cloves of crushed or diced garlic
2-3 T coconut oil
1 10oz cup of bamboo shoots drained.
1 t or so of sucanat or organic cane juice or granulated honey
1 1/2 t of chili paste
1 green onion cut up in small pieces
All of the white part of a leek sliced in thin rings and separated and 5 thin slices of the green top.

First cut up all ingredients, as you are almost done cutting, begin heating a wok or cast iron skillet over a med high heat.

 Once it is hot enough to make a drip of water dance, add  the coconut oil.  Then add in the chicken and the garlic.  Stir fry until chicken is cooked through and garlic is fragrant.

Then add in the bamboo shoots ( drained) heat though. While that is heating combine the fish sauce, sugar or sucanat or honey and chili paste and mix together.  Then add these to the skillet or wok.

Heat through and add in the remaining ingredients. 

Stir fry for about a minute and serve.

Optional-  May also add in a couple of T of coconut milk, or 6 fresh mint leaves or 1/4 of a red pepper.  If you add the coconut milk or mint leaves add at the end with the remaining ingredients.  If you add the red pepper add at the same time as the bamboo shoots.


Sunday, February 7, 2010

Plantain Perfection

Ever wonder what in the world you are supposed to do with Plantains?  You know those things that look like very big bananas and cost a bit more?

Well here is a very very simple, but also very very good recipe!


2 Plantains

3 tblspns butter

Cinnamon to taste



Heat a skillet ( I prefer cast iron) on a med heat.  while it is heating, cut up the plantains into slightly angled    slices ( so that they are oval shaped) . Add butter to heated skillet, add cinnamon, sprinkling over plantains.  Put plantains into skillet and cook over med heat until cooked through.  Serve warm.

Very good and very easy!