Adam'S Laksa For One - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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100 g chicken, thinly sliced (or other meat or seafood of your choice)
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon coriander
2 teaspoons lemongrass
2 teaspoons red curry paste (hotness to your liking)
1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce
2 cups hot chicken stock (or seafood or vegetable or beef depends on what meat you used)
80 g noodles (dry weight)
1/2 cup coconut milk or 1/2 cup cream
2 cups assorted fresh vegetables (bok choy, snow peas, broccoli etc.)
1 tablespoon peanut oil (not olive oil)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Preparation
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Heat a wok until it is hot.
Add 1 tbsp peanut Oil and 1 tsp sesame oil.
When the oils are hot add the chopped onion and stir for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the ginger, garlic, curry paste, then stir until thoroughly mixed.
Do not burn.
Next, open widows in the house and grab a tissue to wipe your teary eyes because the aromatic smell is so strong BUT smells delicious.
Add chicken and stir for 2 minutes, coating well with the paste.
Add chili sauce, fish sauce and stir for 30 seconds.
Add the hot stock, stir.
Add the cooked noodles and simmer for 2 minutes.
(Cook noodles of your choice as per noodle directions)
Then add the lemongrass and coriander; stir well.
Add the chopped assorted vegetables; stir for a minute.
Do not over cook the vegetables.
Add the coconut milk or cream and stir and simmer for 1 minute.
Remove from the heat and serve immediately in a huge bowl.
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