Asian Recipies

We made some Asian food for some friends the other day and she asked for the recipes. So here they are. Sorry they are very "free-style" but I never measure things.

Lettuce Wraps

3TB oil

1 lb small diced meat (I always use chicken)

1 can water chestnuts, diced

1 bunch green onions, diced

Optional veggies-green pepper, carrot, onion, mushrooms

1 head lettuce

5 TBS stir fry sauce (I have to use House of Tsang--so good!!!)

Heat oil in wok, brown meat, add stir fry sauce and cook till meat is done.

Add a little water and simmer for a few minutes.

Add veggies- just cook them till they are heated through.

Serve a few spoonfuls in a lettuce leaf with peanut sauce.

**Key is to dice everything really small. And I always just use whatever veggies I have. And I usually use way more stir fry sauce than it calls for. I like it saucy.

Peanut Sauce

1/2 c peanut butter

1/2 c water

1/4 c sugar

1 tsp pepper flakes

1/2 tsp chopped ginger

1/2 tsp garlic

Bring boil, let simmer 3 mins.

***I almost always just use the first three ingredients***

Teriyaki Stir Fry

**warning- I never measure anything, so just throw in whatever amounts you have***

Chicken

Veggies-broccoli, onion, celery, carrot, whatever else you want to use.

Stir fry the chicken in some oil and water. Add veggies, steam fry them till tender crisp. Pour sauce over top, stir and serve.

Sauce:

1/3 Soy Sauce

1/3 Water

1/3 Sugar

I'm guessing on those measurements because I have no idea. It's different every time. Just taste it.

Bring to boil, thicken with corn starch.

Curry (Red, Yellow & Green)

***I'd follow the directions on your curry paste, they are all a bit different. But this is the gist.

1 can Coconut milk

Curry paste to taste

2 breasts chicken chunked

2 potato diced

2 carrots sliced

Simmer till potatoes are soft.

Drove around the valley the other day taking pictures of all the temples. I drove up a hill to get a higher picture of the Draper Temple and this was at the end of the road. This gluttonous mansion. Unless nine families are living in this, or its a hotel, its ridiculous!

Just noticed that Quinn is somehow watching "Enchanted" in the Spanish version. Funny.

Surprisingly Good Wheat Bread

Found this recipe on a ZOOM box. I bought Zoom a long time ago (sort of like creamed wheat, but gross) and needed to get rid of it. It's just cracked wheat, but you find it in the cereal isle. Took it out of the cupboard and saw a honey wheat bread recipe on the side. Its really good.

2 TBS oil
2 TBS honey
1 1/4 cups warm water
2 tsp active dry yeast
3/4 c zoom (or cracked wheat)
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
2-3 cups flour

Blend oil, honey, water in mixer. Sprinkle yeast, let raise 3 mins. Stir in zoom, wheat flour, and salt. Mix. Stir in 1 1/4 c flour and mix for 1 minute. Add enough remaining flour to make an easy to handle dough. Cover with cloth, let raise till double. Punch down. Shape into loaf. Let raise again till double. Bake 375 for 35-45 mins.

Quinn as his Dada

We laughed and laughed, and are still laughing over how clever we are for dressing Quinn up as Thurm for Halloween ; )