This is a night of firsts! First time cooking Thai food. First time using my Martha Stewart red dutch oven. I swear if she wanted to marry me and we lived in a state that allowed it...I would in a heart beat. Anyways....also the first time the hubby cooked dinner with me...fun!
Despite what you're thinking from my last two posts, I do cook a lot of healthy dishes. I am currently doing Weight Watchers so on recipes like this one, I will include the PointsPlus values. The recipe is a random mix of recipes I found online and just plain good sense. And I bulked it up with A LOT of veggies! It may not be authentic Thai, but the hubby and I enjoyed it.
2 Tbsp Thai Kitchen Green Curry Paste
2 cans coconut milk (lite)
3 boneless/skinless chicken breast, cut into bit size pieces
3 Tbsp Soy Sauce (you could use fish sauce, if you're into that sort of thing)
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 can bamboo shoots
3 carrots, peeled and chopped into cute diagonal pieces
1 red bell pepper, chopped into bite size pieces
1 green bell pepper, chopped into bite size pieces
1/2 onion, chopped into bite size pieces
1 c. pineapple chunks (we chopped in half...you can leave big if you want)
Serve with Jasmine Rice (follow directions on package)
I used my dutch oven over medium heat. Pour in coconut milk along with curry paste until it's well incorporated. As that comes to a simmer, toss in the chicken, soy sauce, brown sugar and bamboo shoots. Cover and cook for about 20 min. While that's cooking, you can start making your rice so it's ready when the curry is done. After that, dump in all the fruits and veggies, cover again and cook until the veggies are at your preferred consistency (for me..it was approx 15 minutes).
Note: if you like a thicker sauce...just mix a couple Tbsp of flour to equal parts water and then pour into the curry...that should thicken it right up!
*To make it more spicy - add thai chilles or crushed red pepper flakes*
Pour over rice and enjoy.
Yields 6 servings @ 1 1/2 cups each serving
WW+ Stats:
Curry = 8 pts.
Rice = 3 pts.
Total Meal = 11 pts.
Personally, I would brown the chicken and veggies first, just to give it more flavor. Also, instead of water and flour, you could try tempering cornstarch (taking some of the warm coconut milk and mixing it with the cornstarch, then pouring back in). Sounds delicioso!
ReplyDeleteOooo...sounds yummy! I will have to try it. Now check out our wedding blog at lorinandjulie.wordpress.com. Maybe I'll write one about how we found our officiant :)
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