Thai dinner tonight!

[eyesroll]

I'm cooking Thai for the SO and his daughter. (She's 3 and will eat anything, or not, based on her mood.)

The menu:
¥Fresh spring rolls with noodles, lettuce, scallion and red pepper, with peanut sauce
¥ÊPud Se Ew, with chicken, broccoli and wide rice noodles in a sweet-ish soy sauce
¥ÊSticky rice with vanilla custard (standing in for coconut milk) and mango

I took a Thai cooking class this week and am eager to try out some of the recipes.
Wish me luck.

[ernstbass]

1. That sounds great

I love anything w/ peanut sauce. I've been experimenting w/ some of the Thai curry pastes. Thai food just has layer upon layer of flavors which make for grat dining. Enjoy!!

[eyesroll]

2. I learned a little secret about Thai curry...

...a lot of it is made the same way:

1. Bring curry paste (amount depends on type; look at the bottle for help) and 1/2 the coconut milk to a boil
2. Add meat and the other 1/2 of coconut milk, bring to boil
3. Add potatoes, if using, and bring to a boil; cook for 5-10 minutes
4. Add onions
5. Last few minutes of cooking, add softer veggies, fish sauce, peanuts, vinegar, sugar to taste

Serve with rice.

[politicat]

3. Please post your Se Ew recipe...

I've been messing with the ones I have, trying to replicate a flavor and I'd love more to work with.

That sounds like such a feast, I'm jealous.

[eyesroll]

4. Sure thing!

I eyeballed a lot of the seasoning, rather than measured it outright, so I'm making guesses here.

1.5 pounds boneless chicken, cut into small pieces, marinated in oyster sauce and fish sauce (about 2:1 oyster-to-fish)

Stir-fry in a wok vegetable oil until the chicken is cooked through; push to one side

2 eggs

Crack the eggs into a cup, then slide into the empty part of the wok. Break the yolks, stir lightly. When the egg is almost set, mix it in with the chicken, and push again to the side

1 pound cooked (if they don't come ready to stir-fry) fresh wide rice noodles, cut into long thin strips

Stir-fry the noodles (add a little more oil if need be); add a generous splash of dark soy sauce (for color)

2 cups or so broccoli florets

Add broccoli and stir-fry everything together, and add approximately 1 tbsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar, 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, a few grinds of white or black pepper

Serve when broccoli is as done as you like. You also can let people season their own with fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar and pepper.

The cool thing about this is that I spent $10.50 at the Asian grocery store, and ended up with oyster sauce, dark and light soy sauces, wide rice noodles, rice stick noodles, two cans of coconut milk, a bottle of Thai "chicken sauce" (good on wontons, in peanut sauce, on fried chicken -- even KFC) and a tub of masaman curry paste.

My BF liked the dish, and his daughter refused to eat, even though she watched with great interest as I cooked it.

Monday, I'm making masaman curry (adults only).