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To: radiohead
Asian cooking is my latest challenge.. Any recipes would be appreciated.. :)
86 posted on 11/24/2006 3:01:33 PM PST by carlo3b ("Leave the gun, take the cannoli")
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To: carlo3b

I've been teaching several Asian cooking classes this year. If and when things slow down a bit for me, I'll send you some of the "hits".


93 posted on 11/24/2006 3:10:47 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks
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To: carlo3b

I made the your turkey recipe earlier today. I'm never content to leave things alone w/a recipe. My son likes it, but I think the next time I would do w/o the oil at the begining. Using leftover turkey, I just didn't seem to need the peanut oil. Putting sesame oil on the turkey and dredging it in the other ingredients would probably be enough. Maybe a touch more sesame oil in the pan. I'm just re-heating, not cooking, and it seemed like a bit too much oil for our tastes (even using less than you recommended).

Here is a quick Thai soup (from Rachel Ray), that I make frequently:

THAI NOODLE SOUP

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium size yellow onion, peeled, quartered and thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
2 poblano or anaheim peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup shredded carrots
6 cups, 1 1/2 quarts, chicken broth
1 1/2 pound chicken tenders cut into bite size chunks, 2 packages
2 small bundles from a 3.75 ounce package of bean thread noodles
3 tablespoons cilantro leaves, chopped
15 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
1 lime

Heat a large heavy-bottomed soup pot with vegetable oil over high heat. Once you see the oil ripple, add the sliced onion, chopped garlic and sliced peppers. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Add 1 cup shredded carrot and 6 cups chicken stock or broth. Cover with a lid and bring up to a simmer. Once simmering, add the chicken simmer 5 minutes then add noodles and simmer 5 minutes more. Remove the soup from the heat and add the cilantro, basil and the juice of 1 lime.

I usually do w/o the lime and the cilantro (I'm one of those people w/a genetic thing that makes cilantro taste like soap). The basil is probably necessary. Once you make this, you'll be surprised how quickly it goes (after all Rachel is making it in 30 minutes) and you can make it frequently.

I order a lot of Thai foods from Import Foods. They run a Thai recipe site: http://importfood.com/recipes.html which you might find interesting.


97 posted on 11/24/2006 3:19:12 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
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