Go Thai

Alright so it is 2 a.m. in Spain and I am still awake, even after I took 2 herbal sleeping pills. Joan took 2 also but it's not like he ever needs any help falling asleep, needless to say he is snoozing like a baby on the couch right now. I just had a productive conversation with Heather on skype about all sorts of things so staying up late isn't completely pointless.

I guess I can tell you what I made the other night for Joan. As I've said in previous posts, I love cooking. I love experimenting with new flavors and just seeing what happens. Well, a few days ago I was inspired to try Thai cooking. Joan is in love with Thailand and since it is a bit to expensive to just fly over every weekend, I decided to bring Thai food to him (in my own American way).

So, with the help of google I managed pretty well. I started with Glazed Cashews. A very typical dish and it is super easy to make. I warmed up some cashews in the oven for about 10 minutes while I started up a frying pan on the stove. I added oil and some cayenne peppers. When it got hot enough I put the warm cashews in the pan. I added brown sugar, cayenne spice, salt, pepper, a bit more sugar, a bit more cayenne spice ( I never measure) and a few drops of lime juice. I added some slices of red pepper in the pan and warmed those up too.After about 10 minutes or so everything was done. They were pretty amazing actually.

For the main course I made Thai lettuce wraps. I won't go into detail because after giving you my "recipe" I can see where no one would really be able to follow it, especially those of you who are sticklers for measurement. But I digress, I cooked chicken with an array of spices and soy sauce, a splash or two of Worcestershire Sauce followed with oregano, black pepper, white pepper, basil, whatever spice that was in my cupboard. I added green and red peppers to the chicken as well. When it was all done I put the chicken and peppers in a lettuce leaf, wrapped it carefully and stuck a skewer through the folds to hold it together. Although, those didn't last to long. I also recommend making tempura vegetables. Fairly easy and very good. All this on a plate with white rice. Here is a photo for the non-believers.




Alright well that post marks 2:36 and perhaps It would be wise to sleep. Hope all is wonderfully wonderful in your parts of the world. Try out this dish sometime, it is fantastic and if you can go to Thailand, I bet it's 10000 times better.