Dish 26 - Thai Chicken Patties

Thai Chicken Patties

Serves 4-6; Prep Time: 20min; Cooking Time: 15min

Ingredients:
400g chicken mince
1/4 cup slice water chestnuts
2 Tbsp red curry paste
1 Tbsp fish sauce
1 egg white
1 tsp sugar
1/4 cup beans, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp kaffir lime leaves
1 Tbsp oil for pan frying
Jasmine rice, to serve
Sweet chilli sauce, to serve

Method:

1. Combine all ingredients in a non-metallic bowl until well mixed.
   
2. Form the mixture into golf ball-sized pieces, then flatten slightly.
   
3. Shallow fry in hot oil until golden brown on both sides.
4. Serve with rice and sweet chill sauce on side.
   

Notes: I couldn't find the lime leaves, so these weren't added and I think the patties were fine without. Big Spring ABSOLUTELY loved this dish and couldn't get enough! I thought they were pretty good as well! By themselves, I found the patties were a little fishy, but combined with the rice and sweet chilli sauce, the flavours were well balanced.

Recipe Source: Woolworths Local Supermarket Catalogue

Dish 17 - Vegetable Laksa

Vegetable Laksa

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp red curry paste
400g can coconut milk
2 medium carrots
2 medium zucchini
2 squash
small head broccoli
1 cup sugar snap peas
1 pkt singapore noodles

Method:

1. Prepare noodles as per packet instructions.
2. Meanwhile, in a large fry pan, add paste and milk and bring to the boil while stirring.
3. Add all vegetables to the fry pan and coat with liquid. Allow to sautee until vegetables are just softened, stirring occasionally.
4. Serve over the noodles.

Note: You could really add whatever vegetables you felt like. The author of the recipe suggested mushrooms, but as Big Spring and I don't really like mushrooms, I omitted them. Although really, really tasty, Big Spring really missed meat in the dish, so next time I'll add some chicken. It should work really well in this recipe.

Recipe Source: A dear friend, Rachel's blog