A breakfast classic from western Asia Ingredients 6 eggs 4 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 large tomatoes (ripe) 2 sweet red capsicums 2 sweet green capsicums 1 teaspoon salt (more to taste) ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes (optional) Method Peel and dice the onion. Peel the tomatoes […]
Serves 4 Ingredients 1.4 kg whole chicken (or chicken drumsticks) 2 litres chicken stock 1 tbsp oil (peanut or olive) 4 garlic cloves, chopped 5 cm fresh ginger, peeled and grated 3 kaffir lime leaves 2 stems lemongrass, bruised and quartered 1 tsp ground turmeric 1 ½ tsp ground coriander 1 ½ tsp ground cumin […]
Serves 4 Ingredients 2 chicken breast fillets (cut into strips) 1 capsicum (sliced into strips) 6 spring onions (sliced) Oil for frying ½ cup plain flour, mixed with salt and pepper ½ cup fresh coriander (chopped) Mango sauce 1 fresh ripe mango (flesh scooped) 1 red chilli (deseeded and diced) 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar […]
Serves 6 Ingredients 1 kg chicken (diced) 2 onions (diced) 2 tbsp oil 75 g butter Butter chicken paste (I like Patak’s) 2 tsp ginger (grated) 2 tsp garlic (chopped) 300 ml water 400 g tinned tomatoes (or tomato puree) 300 ml cream (light) 1 tsp sugar (optional) Salt and pepper to taste Method Heat […]
Serves 4 Ingredients 100 g vermicelli noodles 2 tsp cooking oil 4 spring onions (thinly sliced) 1 jar laksa paste 1 litre chicken stock 270 ml can coconut milk (light) 400g skinless chicken breast fillets (thinly sliced) 1 red capsicum (thinly sliced) 200 g green beans (thinly sliced) 1 cup bean sprouts (rinsed) ½ bunch […]
Serves 4 Ingredients 4 chicken thighs 4 cups coconut water (or water) 5 cm piece of ginger peeled and thinly sliced (julienne strips) 1 shallot finely chopped 1/3 cup kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) 2 star anise 1 cinnamon quill 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped ½ tsp Chinese five spice powder 2 tbsp fish sauce […]
Serves 4 Ingredients 750 grams chicken thigh fillets, trimmed and diced 1 tbs cooking oil (peanut) 250g packet long-life dried noodles 4 shallots, sliced thinly 2 bunches of bok choy, trimmed, sliced stems, and leaves shredded ½ cup of Kecap Manis (available in most supermarkets in sauce aisle) Garnish: finely sliced chilli or capsicum Method […]
Makes 18 Ingredients 750 g firm white fish fillets (such as snapper or ling), coarsely chopped 1 garlic clove quartered ½ cup fresh coriander leaves 3 kaffir lime leaves, centre veins removed and finely shredded 3 teaspoons red curry paste 2 tablespoons fish sauce 8 green beans, finely sliced Pinch salt Vegetable oil for shallow […]
Serves 4-6 Ingredients 800g chicken fillet (thinly sliced) 2 large cloves garlic (minced) 1 birdseye chilli (deseeded and finely chopped) 3 tbsp oil (coconut, vegetable, peanut or canola), for frying 1 cup basil leaves (preferably Thai holy basil) Sauce 2 tsp light soy sauce 3 tsp oyster sauce 3 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp water […]
Serves 4-6 Ingredients 200g chicken thighs, finely sliced 200g prawns, peeled and deveined 200g dried rice noodles (or 500g fresh noodles) 100g (1½–2 cups) bean sprouts 3 green shallots, chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped and crushed 2 tbsp soy sauce 3 tbsp ketjap manis sauce 1 tbsp oyster sauce […]