Preheat a grill on medium. In a bowl, combine shrimp, scallops, oil, lemongrass and garlic. Season to taste. Thread 2 shrimp and 2 scallops alternately onto skewers.
For the Nam Jim sauce, crush chili pepper, coriander root and garlic with a mortar and pestle, 3-4 mins, into a paste. Add lime juice, brown sugar and fish sauce, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Grill seafood skewers 1-2 mins each side, until lightly browned and shrimp are just cooked through. Serve skewers with sweet and sour sauce for dipping.
make the nam jim: Place the garlic, chili herbs, fish sauce, sugar, shallots
Preheat grill. Cut 2 deep slashes through skin and flesh of each piece of chicken. Whisk together sugar, cumin and salt then rub into chicken. Set aside for 10 mins to marinate.
Meanwhile, to make the nam jim, combine garlic, chilies, cilantro roots, fish sauce, palm sugar, shallots and lime juice in a blender or food processor. Puree until smooth. Set aside.
Grill chicken, skin-side down, for 5-6 mins. Flip over and cover with foil. Cook until chicken is cooked through.
Serve chicken on a bed of mint and basil with nam jim.
Preheat grill. Using a fork, prick chicken skin several times. Combine sugar, cumin and salt then rub over chicken. Let stand for 5 mins.
For the nam jim, combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Set aside.
Grill chicken over low heat, covered, for about 20 mins, or until cooked through.
Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients in a large serving bowl and toss with 2 tbsp nam jim.
Serve chicken with salad and remaining nam jim.
Preheat grill. Coat steak with oil. Season. Grill until browned on both sides and cooked to your liking. Set aside, cover and let rest for 10 mins. Slice thinly.
Arrange greens, cucumbers, shallots and cashews on a serving platter. Set aside.
To make the nam jim dressing, blend or process all ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over vegetables then arrange sliced steak over top. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
hrimp completely. Reserve shells for sauce (recipe to follow) and rinse shrimp
Put meat in heavy kettle.
Add onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves and salt and pepper.
Just about cover the meat with boiling water.
Cover kettle and simmer for 3 to 4 hours.
Remove, slice and serve in Horseradish Sauce (recipe follows).
Sprinkle with parsley.
Add Coconut MILK to a medium size sauce pan warm at a medium heat. As it begins to heat, incorporate the Red Curry paste and blend.
Allow mix to heat until you see the oil from the paste begin to surface (about 8-10 minutes).
Add remaining ingredients and continue blending until smooth.
Reduce heat allow to simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve in a small bowl or small plate with your Satay Appetizers.
to form a smooth sauce.
If the sauce is too thick
Using a mortar and pestle, mash garlic and cayenne peppers together with the powdered sugar.
Add fish sauce, water and lime (or lemon) and mix well.
This recipe can easily be doubled.
Add finely shredded carrot and thinly sliced cilantro and green onion for garnish.
Slice chicken into 5 thin strips, about 5 per breast.
Flatten with a Chinese cleaver or mallet.
Mash shrimp; add onions, lemongrass, salt and pepper and blend into a thick paste.
Lay ham strips on the chicken pieces; add a tsp of shrimp to each, and roll.
Secure with toothpicks.
Dip in cornstarch, then fry in oil in a skillet until golden brown.
Serve with my recipe for\"Nuoc Cham- Vietnamese Spicy Fish Sauce\" (recipe#25375).
longside some Buttermilk Ranch Dippin' Sauce. (See Cook's Note).
nd cooked through.
Tahini Sauce.
Blend or Process Tahini
Blanch the spinach in boiling water for one minute. Drain and place on a serving dish.
Heat oil in a wok and stir fry the lamb until nearly cooked (a couple of minutes or so). Add remaining ingredients and stir fry until the lamb is completely cooked and still tender.
Pour the lamb and the sauce over the spinach. Garnish with cilantro and serve.
GINGER-SCALLION SAUCE RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS: Combine the ginger, scallions&
ome of this for the sauce recipe.
Add 1/4 cup
econds.
Add the spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, parsley, basil and
Drizzle with Garlic-Soy Dipping Sauce. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and
Mix and cook in a large roaster pan in oven at 325 degrees for several hours until thickened to your liking.
Hot pack into pint jars; seal with hot lids and rings.
Set jars upside-down on a thick towel for 15 minutes (set the timer); then put right-side up.
As the jars cool, you'll hear some *kitchen music* which means they've sealed nicely.
Store in a cool dark cellar or cupboard.
NOTE: This is the base for my chicken barbecue sauce recipe which calls for 1/2 cup bbq sauce, 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup soy sauce--to DIE FOR!
CHICKEN RECIPE: In a large bowl, combine