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:

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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)

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