Thai & Indonesian
Fifth Rule of Cooking Club
Know your coconut milk products. The On-On Gourmets cooking club met Saturday at the home of Anitra and Manzo Spezzatino for an evening of Thai cooking and consumption. Three new members attended: Pomodoro Calde, an experienced cook with years of…
Crouton’s Red Curry with Chicken & Eggplant
Last night I felt like making a curry with some chicken breast filets, so I did a quick sweep of the cupboard and fridge and pulled out these items: I had two different kinds of red curry paste, a Thai…
Crouton’s Red Curry with Beef
Lately I’ve kept the cupboard stocked with coconut milk and a supply of red, green, and Penang curry paste. Because if you have those basics — and some rice — you can make a nice Thai curry out of whatever…
Crouton’s Green Curry w/Chicken & Eggplant
The last time I made green curry with chicken, I thought I’d gone a bit overboard on the ingredients. This time I wanted to try something simpler. The result? My best green curry yet! Notes Many Thai curry recipes call…
Crouton’s Green Curry w/Chicken & Lime
Tonight’s Thai curry experiment was a green curry over rice. I based it on a couple of recipes I viewed online, but modified to our own tastes and available ingredients, so I think I can call this dish a Crouton…
Crouton’s Chicken Satay w/Cucumber Salad & Frites
When we lived in Holland we discovered satay, the Indonesian/Thai peanut sauce served with skewered pork and chicken, even as a dip for pommes frites (French fried potatoes). We still love satay, and occasionally make it with chicken and our…
Crouton’s Kaeng Phed Cai (Red Chicken Curry)
Update (4/10/10): I prepared this dish again last night, trying another brand of red curry paste and adding shrimp. Since the curry mixture can be soupy, I decided to serve it over rice in bowls — it was much prettier…
Crouton Cooks Keo
I recently dug out Keo’s Thai Cuisine, a cookbook that’s been sitting on our shelf, unopened, since 1992. What got me off my ass, Thai-cooking-wise? Shame. Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken (& Shrimp) You see, I admitted on Facebook to…