On Sun 23 Apr 2006 08:18:00a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?
Quoted message said:David and I have been trying out the little 'no-name' mexican places
near my house. They're a bit sketchy at times but when the food is good
the food is GOOD.
Last week he surprised me with a burrito from one of them. It was a
tasty barbacoa burrito that I wolfed down. Sadly, at 2am I was ripped
from sleep with a painfully rolling belly. Spent the next many hours
losing all of the meals from the past year or so.
Throughout the week I've been okay but still had rolling belly. I did
the only logical thing and ate Ethiopian, Thai and South Indian food.
Don't know if it was the smartest move, but in my defense, I got tom kha
from the thai place and that's my idea of comfort food.
Anybody have a tried and true tom kha recipe?
I don't know if this is authentic, but it's very tasty.
3 cups chicken broth
1 x 14 oz. can coconut milk
1/3 cup finely sliced galangal (ginger may be substituted)
1 cup bite-size pieces of boneless chicken breast
1/2 cup straw mushrooms (or sliced button mushrooms)
1-1/2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
2 teaspoons Thai chile paste
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
Serrano chiles, sliced (optional)
Combine chicken broth, coconut milk and galangal in a large saucepan. Bring
to a boil and stir for 1 minute. Add chicken meat and stir for 1 minute.
Add mushrooms, lemon juice, sugar, fish sauce and chile paste and stir for
1 minute. Pour into individual soup bowls and top each with cilantro
leaves. For a hotter experience, top with sliced serranos. Yum!
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Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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