Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tuesday dinner

(not every Tuesday.  just this past Tuesday)

Inspired by my cousin, Matt Vandre, who cooked something like this for us when we visited him in Bristol.

Ingredients
2 Tbsp thai curry paste (I used green - the stuff in the tub by Mae Ploy)
1 can coconut milk
carrots, sliced into thin "coins"
chicken breasts, maybe 12 oz, sliced fairly thin
1 onion, sliced (1 cut across equator, rest o cuts longitudinal)
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
1 small head broccoli, florets only
8 oz snow peas
1 can water chestnuts, sliced
ginger, minced - about a marble-sized piece
juice of 1 lime plus more for garnish

Cook curry paste, coconut milk, carrots, and chicken until carrots are soft and chicken is done.  Add onion & ginger.  Add everything else. Serve over rice.

If I have fresh basil on hand, I'll use it next time.
Cilantro would also make a nice garnish.
All 3 Wilands liked it.  Spice level good.