Authentic Thai Cooking with Mommy and Baby

Crunchy Fried Duck (เป็ดทอดกรอบ)

2011-12-09T22:57:00.000-08:00

I made crunchy fried duck for our snack tonight. I used the leftover pieces of duck from last night when I made duck curry. I cut the duck into small pieces including the bones and skin. This dish is a great appetizer, but you can also serve it as a main course if you like. I also fed my girl a bit of duck and rice for dinner and she loved it.

Ingredients: serves 2-4 people
1) whole duck, cut into small pieces
2) 1/4 cup chopped garlic, but don't peel the white skin this time
3) 1 tsp red curry paste
4) 1 tsp ground pepper
4) 1 and 1/2 Tbsp breading flour
5) 1 and 1/2 tsp salt
6) 4-5 pandan leaves (do not worry if you cannot find them)
7) 4 Tbsp water
8) 2 cup cooking oil to fry the duck

Directions
1) put the duck pieces in a medium bowl, then add the chopped garlic, red curry paste, flour, salt, ground pepper, and water. Use two large spoons to mix everything together for 5-10 minutes and make sure everything is well mixed. Cover your bowl with plastic wrap or a shopping bag and put it in the refrigerator for at least one hour. The longer you marinate it, the better it will taste.
2) add cooking oil into a large pan or pot to fry the marinated duck. Wait until the oil is absolutely hot, then add the duck meat into the hot oil. Don't put too much duck in the pan, make sure every piece is covered with oil.
3) turn the duck a few times while the oil is boiling.
4) add pandan leaves when you see the duck is turning golden brown. (If you have pandan leaves)
4) Take the cooked duck out from the hot oil when you your duck turns golden brown. Let the duck cool down for a few minutes, then put the pieces on a paper towel to soak up the oil before you serve them.
5) Enjoy your tasty duck!

add garlic, red curry paste, flour, salt, ground pepper, and water and mix it together

cover your duck in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour

fry the duck pieces in hot oil

serve and enjoy!

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Duck Curry (แกงเผ็ดเป็ดทอด)

2011-12-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

I made my duck curry dish for dinner today. My father-in-law and family friend Juriaan joined us too. I bought a whole frozen duck from Southeast Market at 900 South and 400 East and I thawed it overnight. I only used the duck breasts for my dish, and I saved the rest for another duck dish tomorrow. My husband loved it so much, and he gave me 9.8 out of 10. He loved it but he said that he wanted it to be more spicy!

Safina also ate duck and rice for dinner, and she loved it!

Ingredients: serves 2-4 people
1) 2 duck breasts (if you get a whole frozen duck, allow it to thaw overnight or until it is soft)
2) 2 Tbsp red curry paste
3) 1/2 cup Thai basil leaves
4) 2-3 lime leaves (don't worry if you can't find it)
5) 6-7 Thai eggplants or 1-2 zucchini, cut into quarters
5) 7-8 small tomatoes, uncut
6) 400 ml. (13.5 oz.) coconut milk can
7) 1 cup water
8) 1 Tbsp palm sugar or white sugar
9) 1 Tbsp fish sauce or 1/4 tsp salt

Directions
1) add coconut milk and red curry paste into a pot, then stir it slowly on low heat for 5-10 minutes or until your curry is boiling.
2) add the rest of the coconut milk from the can into the pot, then add the water into the pot. Stir it together for a few minutes.
3) add Thai eggplants, tomatoes, lime leaves into the pot, stir every few minutes while the curry is boiling for about 15-20 minutes on medium heat.
4) add sugar and fish sauce to taste. Then stir it for a few minutes before you add the basil leaves.
5) put your curry into serving bowls and add the sliced duck breasts on top (see below).

Fried Duck Breasts
1) carefully cut the duck breasts from your thawed duck, and leave the skin on.
2) slice squares into the fatty skin of the duck breasts.
3) fry the duck in a dry pan, begin with the fatty skin facing down, then turn it over until the duck turns golden brown. Duck meat has a lot of fat so you don't need to add oil. Cook it until it is medium or medium rare, then remove it from heat and cut it into thin slices.
4) add the duck slices on top of your curry and enjoy!
5) serve it with rice.

Thai eggplants, small tomatoes, lime leaves, and basils

2 duck breasts

cut squares into the fatty duck skin before frying

coconut milk and red curry paste

add the rest of your coconut milk into the pot

add 1 cup water

add Thai eggplant, tomatoes, and lime leaves

fry the duck breasts in a dry pan, with the fat facing down

golden duck

add fish sauce, sugar and basil leaves just before you serve it

Add the sliced duck on top, and you are done!

Thank you so much for reading,
Subin and Safina

Pumpkin Coconut Custard (สังขยาฟักทอง)

2011-12-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

One of the best things about Thai food is that it all makes amazing leftovers, so that is what we will eat tonight. But I made a special new dessert from a pumpkin that I bought last week. This dessert is so easy to make with simple ingredients, and it is so delicious as well. My husband gave me 10 out 10 for this dish. You can do it!

Ingredients

1) 1 1/2 cup chopped green pumpkin or other squash (see picture)

2) 1 1/2 cup coconut milk

3) 1 Tbsp rice four

4) 4 eggs

5) 1/2 cup palm sugar or 9-10 Tbsp

6) 1 pinch salt

7) 1 handful pandan leaves (about 7 - 9 leaves, see picture)

Directions
1) Cut your pumpkin into quarters - you only need about 1/4 of a small green pumpkin for this serving. Carefully slice the hard green skin off of the quarters - the skin is very hard so be careful with your fingers!

2) Mix coconut milk, rice flour, eggs, palm sugar, salt, and pandan leaves in a medium bowl, and vigorously knead the pandan leaves into the custard for 10 - 15 minutes or until it becomes creamy.

3) Pour the custard through a strainer into a medium loaf/casserole dish and make sure to remove any pieces of the pandan leaves. You can scale the recipe to larger dishes as needed.
4) Gently sprinkle the chopped pumpkin pieces into the custard in the dish. Do not mix the pumpkins into the custard, just let them sit on top.

5) Cover the dish with plastic wrap, then put it into the microwave for 10-12 minutes on medium, or until the custard looks like cake through the side of your dish.

6) Poke the custard with a chopstick to make sure no custard sticks to the chopstick when you pull it out. If the custard sticks to your chopstick, microwave it for a few more minutes. Be careful not to burn it or the pumpkin will get very hard.

7) remove it from the microwave and let it cool down for a few minutes before you cut it into 6-8 pieces and serve it.

enjoy your dessert!

Add 1 Tbsp water into the pot to melt the palm sugar

coconut milk, eggs, palm sugar, salt, pandan leaves, and rice flour

vigorously knead the leaves into the egg mixture

strain the pandan leaves from the egg mixture

add chopped pumpkin

cover the dish with plastic wrap

after 10-12 minutes in the microwave, cut into small pieces before you serve it

enjoy!

Thank you for reading my blog,

Subin and Safina

Crunchy Fried Chicken Wings (ไก่ทอดเกลือ)

2011-11-22T21:07:00.000-08:00

I made this dish as a snack tonight. It is so good with cold beer or white wine. Believe me that you will never want to stop eating this tasty chicken! My husband loved it. Simple ingredients, but it makes an incredible snack!

Ingredients
1) 2lb chicken wings
2) 1 1/2 Tbsp tempera flour
3) 4 Tbsp water
4) 1 and 1/2 tsp salt
4) 1/2 tsp red curry paste
5) 3-4 lime leaves (if you have, no problem if you don't use lime leaves)
6) 1/2 tsp ground pepper
7) 2 cups cooking oil (to fry chicken wings)

Directions
1) marinate the chicken wings with tempura flour, water, red curry paste, and ground pepper together. Keep the marinated chicken in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
2) add cooking oil in a large pan or medium pot on medium heat, wait until the oil is absolutely hot.
3) add marinated chicken into the hot oil carefully. Turn your only two or three times for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken turns golden brown.
4) take the cooked chicken out from the hot oil.
5) let it cool for 5 or 10 minutes then serve.
enjoy your snack!

lime leaves

prepare your hot oil

add the lime leaves when your chicken is almost ready

Thank you for reading,
Subin and Safina

Pad Siew (ผัดซีอิ้ว)

2011-11-19T23:04:00.000-08:00

Today was a sunny but cold day. My mother-in-law Vicki, Safina and I went shopping together for a few hours. We bought some paper and posters for my fundraiser project next week - it was so fun!

I made a noodle dish for dinner today because it was so easy and I had all of the ingredients in my refrigerator. It made a quick tasty dinner - let's take a look!

Ingredients: serves 2-4 people
1) 16 oz. large noodles (whole noodle pack is 32 oz.)
2) 1/3 lb pork cut into small squares
3) 3 eggs
4) 2 handfuls of broccoli or Chinese broccoli (I used leftover Chinee broccoli a few day ago)
5) 3 tbsp black soy sauce or sweet sauce
6) 1 Tbsp seasoning sauce
7) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
8) 1 Tbsp garlic, chopped
9) 2 Tbsp cooking oil
10) 1 Tbsp sugar
11) 2-3 chilis for heat if you prefer

Directions
prepare noodles:
1) divide the noodles in half from the package because I made for only 2-4 people. You will have a lot of leftover noodles if you use the whole package.
2) microwave your noodles for 1-2 minutes, and keep the rest in the refrigerator for next time, then separate them from each other and put them in a bowl.
3) add 3 tsp black soy sauce into your noodles, then mix it together. Make sure that your noodles are covered with the back soy sauce (see picture) then set aside.

start cooking:
1) add cooking oil into a large pan on medium heat, add chopped garlic into the pan, then stir it until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add pork into the pan, stir it for 5-10 minutes until you can see your pork is almost cooked.
3) add eggs into the pan, stir few times until the eggs are cooked.
4) add the prepared noodles into the pan. Add oyster sauce, seasoning sauce, and sugar into the pan, then stir them all together for 10-15 minutes until the noodles are cooked.
5) add (chinese) broccoli into the pan, stir it for a few minutes then turn the heat off.
6) serve it on the serving plate, add lime and chili power on the side if you prefer.
Enjoy your meal!

Tips:
1) marinate your pork before cooking with 2 tsp seasoning sauce and 1/4 tsp ground pepper, then keep it in the refrigerator for at least half hour to make your pork more tender.
2) you can use any kind of meat that you like such as seafood, beef, chicken, and pork.

16 oz. (half of the package)

add black soy sauce

mix together

my leftover Chinese broccoli

add cooking and chopped garlic

add pork

add eggs

add noodles

add seasoning sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar

add Chinese broccoli (optional: chilies for the taste)

done!

Thank you for reading,
Subin and Safina

Stuffed Omelet (ไข่ยัดไส้)

2011-11-18T21:30:00.000-08:00

I made an easy and simple dish for our dinner tonight. It was so tasty and healthy as well. I made this dish because I had all of the ingredients in my refrigerator, so I didn't have to buy anything at the market. It is too cold outside to go anywhere! Let's take a look together.

Ingredients: serves 2 people
1) 1/4 lb ground pork
2) 4 eggs (make egg paper, 2 egg for one serving)
3) 1 cup onion, cut into small squares
4) 1 cup carrots, cut into small squares
5) 1 cup tomato, cut into small squares
6) 1/2 cup sweet peas
7) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
8) 1 1/2 Tbspsoy sauce
9) 1 tsp sugar
10) 2 Tbsp cooking oil
11) 1 Tbsp garlic, chopped
12) 1-2 red chilies, chopped (add for taste if you want heat)

Directions
make stuffing:
1) add cooking into a large pan on medium heat, then add chopped garlic into the pan, stir it slowly for a few minutes until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add ground pork into the pan, stir it a few times for 5-10 minutes until the pork is beginning to cook.
3) add carrots, onion, tomato,sweet peas, and chopped chilies into the pan.
4) add soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar into the pan. Stir it slowly every 5 minutes for 15-20 minutes total, or until you see the carrots or onion cooked, then turn the heat off.
5) set aside.

make egg paper:
1) use two eggs for one serving - mix 2 eggs in a bowl.
2) add 1 tsp cooking oil into a large pan on medium high heat, and use a paper towel to spread the oil evenly around the pan, and make sure the sides of the pan get oil too. Then lift the pan and use your stove to heat up the sides of the pan too.
3) add eggs into the hot pan, then rotate your pan around to make sure to spread the eggs evenly around the pan to make it very thin. Cook it until the bottom side is golden brown and the top side is cooked enough, but don't turn it over.
4) when your egg paper is ready, add half of the pork and veggie stuffing into the middle of the egg paper, and carefully wrap it up like a burrito.
5) before you serve it, you can cut the top of the egg paper to show off the contents (see picture).
6) enjoy!

add cooking oil and chopped garlic

add ground pork

add onion,sweet peas,tomato, carrots, and chilies

add soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar

spread your eggs very thin to make egg paper

add the stuffing

wrap the egg paper around your stuffing

Thank you for reading,
Subin and Safina

Kow Clook Ga Pi (ข้าวคลุกกะปิ)

2011-11-17T20:35:00.000-08:00

I made Kow Clook Ga pi (Stir- fried rice with shrimp paste, sweet pork, and mixed veggies) for dinner. My husband loves this dish so much. This dish uses shrimp paste which has a very strong fishy smell, but it tastes wonderful when combined with the other ingredients. Let's take look together!

You can use fresh shrimp for this dish instead of dried shrimp if you prefer!

Ingredients serve 3-4 people

1) 4 cup steamed jasmine rice
2) 1 Tbsp shrimp paste
3) 1 lb pork, cut into one inch squares
4) 2 Tbsp white sugar or palm sugar
5) 2 Tbsp soy sauce
7) 1/2 cup red onion, sliced
8) 1/2 cup dried shrimp or fresh shrimp (roasted or fried)
9) 1 cup string beans, sliced
10) one green apple or green mango, shredded
11) 1/4 cup red or green chilies
12) one lime
13) 3 egg (omelet)
14) 4 Tbsp cooking oil
15) 1 Tbsp garlic, chopped
16) 2 tsp black soy sauce
17) 2 Tbsp water

Directions
Sweet pork:
1) add 2 Tbsp cooking oil into a medium pot on medium heat, then add 1 Tbsp chopped garlic, stir it slowly until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add pork into the pot, stir it for a few minutes, then add black soy sauce, palm sugar, and soy sauce into the pot.
3) stir pork every few minutes until the palm sugar melted. Keep stirring for about 20-30 minutes until the sauce in the pot becomes thicker. Turn the heat off.

Fried rice with shrimp paste:
1) add 2 Tbsp cooking oil into a large pan on medium heat. Add 1 Tbsp sliced onion into the pan then stir it until the onion turns yellow.
2) add shrimp paste into the pan, add 2 Tbsp water into the pan then mix it together with the cooked onion for a few minutes or until your shrimp paste is mixed with water.
3) add steamed rice into the pan, then stir the rice with the shrimp paste for 10 - 15 minutes. Make sure that every grain is mixed with the paste.
4) turn the heat off.

How to serve:
1) See the pictures below.

How to make sweet pork
add garlic and cooking oil

add pork

add black soy sauce

add palm sugar

add soy sauce

sweet pork

Prepare your sides

cut your omelet into small slices

string beans

green apple

string beans, red onion, green apple, red chilies, and lime

sliced omelet, fried dried shrimp

How to make rice with shrimp paste

cooking oil, and sliced onion

add shrimp paste

add water

mixed it together

add steamed rice

mixed rice and shrimp paste together

Done! Mix everything on your plate together before eating.

Thank you for reading,
Subin and Safina

Eggplaint Salad (ยำมะเขือเผา)

2011-11-17T08:58:00.000-08:00

Surprise! There are 12,000 page views on my cooking blog! I am so happy with these numbers and I am so sorry that I didn't post any dishes for the last two months. I was so busy taking care of my baby, Safina. She is eleven months old and she is walking. Keeping me busy!

Today I made my eggplant salad dish. It was a bit sour and spicy. You can serve with rice or just by itself. My husband said he loved it and it was so fresh. Let's take a look together.

Ingredients: serves 2-4 people

1) 3 eggplants (2 lbs)
2) 1/4 lb cooked ground pork
3) 2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
4 1 cup celery, sliced
5) 2-3 red chilies, chopped
6) 2 Tbsp sugar
7) 1/2 cup red onion, sliced
8) 2 Tbsp garlic, chopped
9) 3 Tbsp lime juice
10) 1/4 tsp salt

Directions
1) Grill or bake the eggplants on medium for 30-40 minutes or until they cooked/ soft, then peel the skin off the grilled eggplants. Cut into one inch pieces then put on the serving plate.
2) Mix cooked ground pork, soy sauce, celery, red chilies, sugar, red onion, garlic, lime juice, and salt together. Then pour this on top of the grilled eggplants.
3) garnish with tomatoes or red chilies.
4) enjoy!

Thank you for following for blog,
Subin and Safina

Lao Chicken Curry (หมกไก่)

2011-09-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

Today I made a special dish from north-eastern Thailand for dinner. Let's take a look!

Ingredients serves 2-4 people
1) 1 lb chicken, cut into squares
2) 1/2 cup holy basil leaves
3) 1/4 cup lemon grass, sliced
4) 1/2 cup green onion, cut into one inch long
5)1/4 cup red onion or shallots, sliced
6) 4/5 fresh chilies, chopped or smashed
7) garlic cloves, chopped or smashed
7) 2 Tbsp thick fish sauce (see picture of ingredients)
8) 1 tsp soy sauce
9) 1/2 tsp sugar
10) 1/4 cup chicken stock

Directions
1) add chopped chilies and chopped garlic into a medium pot on medium heat (no oil), then add chicken, red onions, and lemon grass into the pot, then stir them together for 15-20 minutes or until the chicken in almost cooked.
2) add thick fish sauce, soy sauce, and sugar into the pot, then mix it all together for a few minutes.
3) add chicken stock into the pot. Stir a few times while it is boiling for 10-15 minutes.
4) add green onion and holy basil into the pot, still them with other ingredients for a few minutes, then turn the heat off.
5) serve the curry with rice.
Enjoy your dish!

chicken, red onions, lemon grass, smashed chilies, and smashed garlic

Add thick fish sauce

add soy sauce

Add sugar

Add chicken stock

Add green onions and holy basil

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina

Boiled Chicken with Fish Sauce (ไก่ต้มน้ำปลา)

2011-09-12T21:37:00.000-07:00

This dish is simple and easy to make, and the sweet and sour sauce was amazing. Let's take a look together.

Ingredients for chicken serves 2-4 people
1) 2 lb chicken (I used thighs for this recipe)
2) 4 Tbsp fish sauce
3) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
4) 2 Tbsp soy sauce
5) 6-7 garlic cloves, cut into quarters
6) 1 tsp sugar
7) 3 cups water

8) 1/4 cup lemon grass, slices

9) 4 sliced fresh turmeric

10) 1/3 cup cilantro

Directions
1) add water into a pot, then add fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic, sugar, cilantro, lemon grass, and turmeric on medium high heat. Wait until the water in boiling.
2) add the chicken into the boiling water, then turn the heat on medium. Cover it with a lid, let it boil for 30 minutes, then turn the heat off.
3) take the cooked chicken out, and let the chicken cool down for a few minutes. Keep the soup in the pot for the next step.
4) cut the cooked chicken into halves, then put it on a serving plate. Pour a bit of the chicken soup on top of your chicken (to keep your chicken from getting too dry when you serve it)
5) spread a few cilantro leaves and sliced red bell peppers on top before serving.
6) serve your dish with the sauce recipe below. Pour the sauce over each serving before eating.
Enjoy!!

Ingredients for sauce

1) 2 Tbsp fresh chilies
2) 2 Tbsp lime juice
3) 2 tsp sugar
4) 4 Tbsp chicken soup from above
5) 2 Tbsp garlic cloves, chopped

Directions
1) mix fresh chilies, lime juice, sugar, chicken soup, and chopped garlic together in a small bowl.
2) serve it with chicken.

water, curcuma longa, cilantro, lemon grass, and garlics

Add fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar

Add chicken

Cover it with the lid

fresh chilies, lime juice, chopped garlic, sugar, and chicken soup

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina

Fried Banana Flower (หัวปลีทอด)

2011-09-11T21:48:00.000-07:00

This is a very special, unique appetizer dish! I bought a banana flower at my Asian market, and shredded it to make a special fried dish for you tonight. Most American people have never tried a dish like this. So let's take a look!

Ingredients: serves 2-3 people
1) 1 banana flower, finely sliced (see pictures)
2) 1 1/2 Tbsp red curry paste
3) one egg
4) 2 tsp sugar
5) 1/2 tsp soy sauce
6) 6 Tbsp tempura flour
7) 5.6 oz. coconut milk
8) 3-4 lime leaves, finely slices
9) 1 Tbsp salt
10) 1 cup cooking oil to fry mix banana

Directions
1) peel leaves off of the banana flower until you see the white banana leaves (see picture). Then slice the banana leaves finely and soak them for a few minutes in the salt water. Drain the sliced banana and set aside.
2) mix red curry, coconut milk, soy sauce, tempura flour, egg, and lime leaves in a bowl for a few minutes.
3) add the sliced banana leaves into the mixed curry
4) add cooking oil in to a pot or pan. Wait until the oil is hot, then make medium-sized balls of the banana-curry mix and put them into the hot oil. Fry them until the banana turns golden-brown, and repeat this until your mix is gone.
5) serve it with sweet sauce as an appetizer.

peel the red leaves off until you see the white leaves

shred the banana flower

add salt

add lime leaves, egg, curry paste, coconut milk, soy sauce, tempura powder, and sugar

mix it all together

drain the banana flower

mix the banana flowers into the curry mix

fry the banana flowers and make them into balls

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina

Pad Kapao TaLe (ผัดกระเพราทะเล)

2011-09-11T21:31:00.000-07:00

This dish is the same idea as my other dish, Spicy Stir-Fried Beef with Basil, but we are using seafood and we don't need black soy sauce for this version. It has a different taste but it is still delicious. I didn't make it too spicy today because my parents-in-law joined us for dinner, and I only used a few chilies for my dish. Let's take a look!

Ingredients serve 2-4 people

1) 10-15 shrimp, frozen or fresh

2) 1/2 lb squid rings, frozen or fresh

3) 1/4 scallops (about 10 scallops), frozen or fresh

2) 1/2 cup basil leaves

3) 3 garlic cloves, smashed or chopped

4) 5 fresh chilies, smashed or chopped (level 2-3 spicy out of 10)

5) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce

6) 1 Tbsp soy sauce

8) 1 tsp white sugar

9) 2-3 Tbsp cooking oil

Directions

1) clean the squid, shrimp and scallops

2) heat up the cooking oil in a pan for a few minutes, then add smashed garlic and chilis and stir on medium high heat until the garlic turns yellow.

2) add seafood into the pan, stir it for 5-10 minutes or until the seafood is almost cooked.

3) add oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar into the pan, stir them all together for 5-10 more minutes. Make sure that your seafood gets mixed thoroughly with all of the other ingredients.

4) add basil leaves into the pan, stir them a few times, then turn the heat off.

5) serve your dish on a large plate, then enjoy it with steamed rice.

Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar

add basil leaves

Thanks again for reading,

Subin

Stir-Fried Asparagus with Shrimp (ผัดหน่อไม้ฝรั่งกุ้งสด)

2011-09-04T23:01:00.000-07:00

I cooked this last week but I just remembered to post it. I hope you will enjoy cooking with me.

Ingredients
1) 1 lb Asparagus
2) 10 shrimp, remove tails or scales
3) 2 garlic cloves, chopped
4) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
5) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
6) 1/2 tsp sugar
7) 2 Tbsp cooking oil
8) 1 Tbsp salt mixed into 8 cups of water

Directions
1) cut asparagus into three inch long pieces, then soak it in the salt water for a few minutes, then drain it.
2) add drained asparagus into boiling water for a few minutes, take them out then put them into cold water for 5-10 minutes (this process will help keep your asparagus green while you are cooking until serving). Drain the asparagus and set it aside.
3) add cooking oil into a pan, add chopped garlic, stir it slowly for 5 minutes or until the garlic turns yellow.
4) add shrimp into the pan on medium high heat, stir slowly for 10-15 minutes or until the shrimp is pink.
5) add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar into the pan, stir a few times for a few minutes.
6) add cooked asparagus into the pan, stir with other ingredients for a few minutes, then turn the heat off.
7) serve on a serving plate!
Enjoy!

add salt in the water to soak asparagus

drained

boil asparagus

soak boiled asparagus in the cold water

drained

add sugar

add oyster sauce

add soy sauce then add asparagus

done!

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Coca Cola Chicken (ไก่ต้มโค้ก)

2011-09-04T22:58:00.000-07:00

We had some friends and their kids over to our house last night, and I made three dishes for the party. My girl had a good time playing with the other kids, and I was so happy to see my girl playing while I was cooking.

First dish was Coca Cola Chicken. This dish can be appetizer or a main course. Everyone loved it. Let's take a look.

Ingredients

1) 3 lb chicken

2) 1 liter bottle of Coca-Cola

3) 3 garlic cloves, chopped

4) 2 Tbsp soy sauce

5) 1 tsp salt

6) 3 Tbsp cooking oil

Directions

1) marinate chicken with chopped garlic, soy sauce, and salt together then set aside.

2) add cooking oil into a medium pot on medium high heat, add marinated chicken into the pot (see picture), then turn the chicken a few times until you can see all the chicken become yellow.

3) add Coca-Cola into the pot, then let it boil for one hour or until the coca cola boils away. Stir it a few times while the is boiling. (see picture)

4) serve it on a serving plate.

Enjoy!

add cooking oil

marinated chicken with chopped garlic, soy sauce, and salt

add marinated chicken into the pot

turn it a few times until the chicken turns yellow

Add coca cola

Done!

Thanks for reading,

Subin and Safina

Thai Pork Jerky with Garlic and Pepper (หมูทอดกระเทียวพริกไทย)

2011-09-04T22:54:00.000-07:00

This dish is usually a finger-food appetizer in Thailand. We usually eat with sticky rice, but I didn't make it today. Let's take a look together.

Ingredients: serves 4-6 people
1) 4 lb pork, chopped into small pieces (see picture)
2) 10 garlic cloves, chopped
3) 1 Tbsp ground pepper
4) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
5) 2 tsp black soy sauce
6) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
7) 1 1/2 tsp salt
8) 1 cup cooking oil to fry pork

Directions
1) mix your pork with chopped garlic, ground pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce, black soy sauce, and salt together for 5 minutes, and marinate the pork at least one hour. Keep it in the refrigerator before you cook it.
2) add cooking oil into a deep pan on medium high heat, wait until the oil is extremely hot, then add marinated pork into the pan. (I fried my marinated pork in two batches because this much pork was too much to fry at one time). Stir-fry the pork until the pork is cooked or the pork turns golden-brown.
3) take the pork out from the hot oil, then rest it on a paper towel to soak up extra oil.
4) serve it on a serving plate.

Thank you for reading,
Subin and Safina

Broccoli Stir-Fried with Shrimp

2011-09-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

I made this dish three weeks ago. I just remembered that I didn't post it yet. I boiled the broccoli before I stir-fried it because I wanted my broccoli to still be green when I served it - if you don't boil it, your broccoli will look a bit sad!

Ingredients serves 2 people
1) 1 medium size bunch of broccoli
2) 6-8 shrimp, remove tails and scales
3) 2 garlic cloves, chopped
4) 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
5) 1 tsp soy sauce
6) 1/2 tsp sugar
7) 2 Tbsp water
8) cooking oil

Directions: serves 2-3 people
1) cut the broccoli into medium size pieces that are easy to eat.
2) add broccoli into boiling water for a few minutes, then take it out and soak it in cold water for 5-10 minutes, then drain them. Set aside.
3) add cooking oil into a pan on medium high heat, add chopped garlic, stir it for 5 minutes or until the garlic turns yellow.
4) add shrimp into the pan, stir them until they turn pink.
5) add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and water into the pan, stir them together for 5 minutes. then add cooked broccoli into the pan, stir for a few minutes again then turn the heat off.
6) serve it on a serving plate
Enjoy your meal!

boiling the broccoli

soak in cold water to preserve the color

drained

add oyster sauce

add soy sauce and add water

add sugar

done!

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Thai Omelet (ไข่เจียว)

2011-09-04T22:46:00.000-07:00

My husband and my father-in-law loved this dish. It was very easy to make it and it was so different from an American omelet.

Ingredients serves 2-3 people

1) 5 eggs
2) 2 green onion stalks, finely sliced
3) 1 small red onion or shallots, finely sliced
3) 1 tsp lime juice
4) 3 fresh chilies
5) 2 tsp soy sauce
6) 2 Tbsp cooking oil

Directions
1) whip the eggs for 30 sec-1 minute.
2) add green onion, red onion, lime juice, fresh chilies, and soy sauce together, then whip them together again for 30 sec.
2) add cooking oil into a pan on high heat, wait until the oil is extremely hot, then add the mixed eggs into the hot oil. Wait until the first side turns golden brown, then turn it over once and cook until the second side is the same color.
3) serve it on a serving plate. We ate it with rice.
Enjoy!

Add soy sauce, red onion, green onion, and chilies.

Add lime juice

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina

Waterfall Pork (น้ำตกหมู)

2011-09-04T22:43:00.000-07:00

This dish is the same idea as Laab Moo, but for this dish you have to grill or roast your pork before you mix it with the other ingredients. Let's take a look.

Ingredients: serves 2-4 people
1) 1 1/2 pounds sliced grilled or roasted pork
2) 3 Tbsp ground crunchy rice
3) 1/4 cup green onion, finely chopped
4) 1/4 cup red onion or shallot, finely sliced
5) 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
5) 1 Tbsp chili powder, for medium spicy level
6) 1 1/2 Tbsp lime juice
7) 1 Tbsp fish sauce or 1/4 tsp salt
8) 1 tsp sugar
9) 1 garlic clove, chopped
10) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
11) 1/4 tsp baking powder

Directions
1) mix sliced pork, chopped garlic, soy sauce, and baking powder together, and marinate it for at least one hour or you can marinate it over night. Keep your marinated pork in the refrigerator.
2) grill or roast the marinated pork for 30 minutes on 400 F (for medium), then cut into medium rectangles and set aside.
3) mix crunchy rice, green onion, red onion, cilantro, chili powder, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and pork together for a few minutes (make sure that your pork everything is completely mixed together)
4) serve it onto a serving plate.
Enjoy your meal!

Marinated pork with chopped garlic, soy sauce, and baking powder

Roasted pork

Mix pork with all ingredients

done!

Thanks again for reading and follow my blog,
Subin and Safina

Stir-Fried Noodles with Vegetables and Chicken (ผัดมาม่าไก่)

2011-08-31T22:24:00.000-07:00

This is a simple and easy lunch for us today! Let's take a look together.

Ingredients serves 2-3 people
1) 4 noodle packets
2) 1/3 cup sliced chicken
3) 2 garlic cloves, chopped
2) 3 cup cabbage
3) 1/2 cup carrots
4) 1/2 cup celery
5) 2 Tbsp cooking oil
6) 1/3 cup water

Directions
1) add noodles from the packets into the boiling water for a few minutes or until the noodles are soft. Take the noodles out and drain them. Set aside.
2) mix all dried spices from the noodle packets with warm or hot water, set aside.
3) add cooking oil into a pan on medium heat, and chopped garlic into the pan, stir it until the garlic turns yellow.
4) add chicken into the pan, stir slowly for 10-15 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
5) add mixed sauces into the pan, stir it with chicken for 5 minutes.
6) add cabbage, carrot, and celery into the pan, stir them for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are almost cooked.
6) add drained noodles into the pan, stir them together with other ingredients for 5-10 minutes (make sure your noodles are mixed with the ingredients), then turn the heat off.
7) serve it on several plates and enjoy! Add chili powder to taste if you want it more spicy.

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina

Rice Soup (ข้าวต้มไก่)

2011-08-31T22:20:00.000-07:00

I made Thai breakfast at the cabin. My father-in-law and my husband were the first to eat this dish. It is not a heavy meal, and it is very different and more fresh than American breakfast. Let's take a look together.

Ingredients serves 2-4 people
1) 3 cup streamed rice
2) 32 oz. carton of chicken stock
3) 1/3 cup chicken, finely sliced
4) 2 garlic cloves, chopped
5) 1 tsp cooking oil

Garnish
1) chili powder
2) soy sauce
3) green onion
4) cilantro
5) fried garlic
6) sugar
7) lime slices

Directions
1) add cooking oil into a pot, then add chopped garlic, stir it on medium heat for 5 minutes or until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add chicken into the pot, stir it slowly for 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.
3) add chicken stock into the pot, stir one or two times, then wait for the soup to boil, add the steamed rice into the pot, and turn the heat off.
4) serve the rice soup in a small bowl for one serving, add a bit of each garnish in your soup to taste.
Enjoy your breakfast!

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Fried Pork Laab (ลาบหมูทอด)

2011-08-31T22:17:00.000-07:00

This is the third dish from last night. This is Fried Laab Moo, and it is good as an appetizer or main dish as well. Let's take a look together and I hope you enjoy cooking with me.

Ingredients
1) 1 lb ground pork
2) 3 Tbsp ground crunchy rice
3) 1 tsp chili powder (add one more tsp if you want medium spicy)
4) 1/4 cup red onion or shallot, finely sliced
5) 1/4 cup green onion, finely sliced
6) 1/4 cup cilantro, finely sliced
7) 2 tsp fish sauce or 1/2 tsp salt
8) 1 tsp sugar
9) 1 1/2 Tbsp lime juice
10) 4-5 dried red chilies, fried
11) 2 Tbsp rice flour
12) 1 cup cooking oil to fry the mixed pork

Directions
1) mix ground pork, crunchy rice, chili powder, red onion, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, rice flour in a bowl together for 5-10 minutes.
2) take small handfuls of the pork mix and make small patties, then set aside.
3) add cooking oil into a separate pot or pan on medium high heat, wait until the oil is hot.
4) add a few pork patties into the hot oil, turn it once or twice when each side becomes brown or cooked.
5) take the cooked pork patties from the oil, then set them on a paper towel to soak up the oil.
6) enjoy!

make small pork patties

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Stir-Fried Mixed Vegetables (ผัดผักรวม)

2011-08-30T22:22:00.000-07:00

I also made this dish tonight for my father-in-law, he loves vegetables so much every night. Let's take a look at how easy and simple it is to make this light and healthy dish! You can use any kind of vegetables that you like to make this dish.

Ingredients
1) 1 cup purple cabbage
2) 1 cup green cabbage
3) 1 cup sweet green pepper
4) 1 cup carrots
5) 1 cup broccoli
6) 1 cup celery
7) 3 Tbsp oyster sauce
8) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
9) 1 tsp sugar
10)3 Tbsp water
11) 2 Tbsp chopped garlic
12) 2 Tbsp cooking oil

Directions
1) add cooking oil into the pan on high heat, wait until the oil is hot then add chopped garlic into the pan, stir it until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add all vegetables into the pan, add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and water as well. Stir them together quickly for 5-10 minutes then turn the heat off.
3) serve it in a serving plate.

add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and water

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Stir-Fried Chicken with Chili Paste (ไก่ผัดพริกเผา)

2011-08-30T22:17:00.000-07:00

We are staying at Scott's parents' cabin until Thursday. We are having a great time together, and tomorrow we will go hiking for one hour. It is so cold here compared to Utah so I have to wear a sweater, but it is so nice to not use the air conditioner every night!

I made three dishes tonight because my father-in-law joined us at the cabin. I am so happy to cook for him, but I wish my mother-in-law could join us as well - she is in Portland visiting her sister.

Let's take a look together how to make this dish.

Ingredients
1) 1 lb chicken
2) 1 1/2 Tbsp chili paste with soya bean oil (medium hot)
3) 1/2 cup onion, sliced
4) 1/3 cup green onion, cut into one inch long pieces
5) 2 Tbsp soy sauce
6) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
7) 1/4 tsp sugar (or more, add to taste)
8) 3 garlic cloves, chopped
9) cooking oil

Directions
1) add cooking oil into a pan on medium-high heat, stir it slowly for few minutes or until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add onions and chili paste into the pan, stir them slowly for 10 minutes or until the onions are almost cooked.
3) add chicken into the pan, stir for a few minutes, then add soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar (if you want) and stir them together for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.
4) add green onions into the pan, then stir for a few minutes, then turn the heat off.
enjoy the meal!

add chopped garlic

add onions and chili paste

add soy sauce, oyster sauce

Thanks again for reading,
Subin and Safina

Boiled Sweet Bananas

2011-08-29T12:29:00.000-07:00

Dessert time after dinner today. Simple and easy to make this dish - enjoy!

Bananas

1) 4-5 not ripe bananas (still green)

2) ½ cup sugar

3) 5.6 oz. coconut milk

4) ½ tsp salt

5) ¼ tsp roasted sesame seeds

6) 2 ½ cup water
7) fresh raspberries or other fruit (optional)

Directions

1) add the sugar into the water and bring it to a boil.

2) add green bananas into the boiling pot on medium heat, then let the bananas boil for 40-50 minutes or until the sugar water is almost boiled away (see picture). Only turn them a few times while they are boiling. Take the bananas out and set them on a plate.

3) put coconut milk in a separate pot, then add salt into the pot on medium low heat. stir it slowly for 10 minutes until the coconut milk becomes thicker.

4) pour the thick coconut milk over the cooked bananas, then sprinkle the sesame seeds and fruit over the top.

5) serve it for dessert!

Thanks for reading,

Subin and Safina

Stir-Fried Chicken with Bamboo Shoots (ไก่ผัดหน่อไม้)

2011-08-29T12:23:00.000-07:00

We don't have any plans while we are staying at the cabin. We are just being lazy and it feels great! I made this dish for dinner last night. My husband said that this dish was so delicious as always. Let's take a look together.

Ingredients: serves 4
1) 1/2 lb chicken, cut into one inch pieces
2) 16 oz. bamboo shoots, drained it from the can
3) 15 dried chiles, chopped or smashed (medium spicy)
4) 1/3 cup basil
5) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
6) 3 Tbsp oyster sauce
7) 1/2 tsp sugar
8) 3 garlic cloves , chopped
9) 1/4 cup water
10) cooking oil

Directions
1) add cooking oil into a pan, then add chopped garlic and chopped dried chilies, stir it on medium heat for 5 -10 minutes or until the garlic turns yellow.
2) add chicken into the pan, stir it slowly for 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is almost cooked.
3) add bamboo shoots, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and water into the pan, stir them together with the chicken for 10-15 minutes.
4) add basil into the pan, stir it a few times then turn the heat off.
5) serve it on a large plate and eat with rice.
Enjoy!

Thanks for reading,
Subin and Safina