Red Curry

Korbin made this for us! It was delicious and we even made it two nights in a row! It tasted just like a restaurant's. Here is the link to where we found the recipe: 

http://www.marcussamuelsson.com/recipe/red-thai-chicken-and-pumpkin-curry-recipe


Ingredients:

• 1 small onion, yellow
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 tbsp red Thai curry paste
• 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 tsp palm sugar/ brown sugar
• 3 tbsp grape seed or vegetable oil
• 1lb boneless and skinless thighs, cubed in to 1"piece
• 1/2 red bell pepper, julienne
• Juice from 1 lime
• Handful of fresh cilantro, on stem (I" long pieces)
• 1/4 cup fresh Thai basil
• Salt
• Steamed rice or a toasted baguette
• Cayenne Pepper
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Directions:

1. Blend the red curry paste, the onions and garlic. Heat the oil in a pan and saute the mixture over low to medium heat until the aromas of paste begin to emerge.

2. Shaking the can well, whisk in half the coconut milk and all the sugar to the pan. Once the oil begins to separate from the mixture, add the chicken and simmer until the chicken is fully cooked. Add the pumpkin, julienne of red pepper and the remainder of the coconut milk and cook until the pumpkin is fork tender. Taste and season with salt if necessary and add the lime juice.

3. Remove from heat, add the basil leaves and garnish with cilantro.

Sweet and Sour Chicken and Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• 2 cups white rice
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 head of broccoli
• 1/3 cup carrots
• 1/3 yellow onion
• 1/4 green pepper
• 8 slices of ham
• 6 eggs
• breadcrumbs
• soy sauce
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp water
• 2/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp ketchup (try homemade ketchup!)
• 2 tsp soy sauce

• serves 4-6 people

Directions

1. Cook the chicken in a large sauce pan. At the same time cook the rice in a medium sauce pan.
2. While the chicken and rice are cooking, prepare the vegetables and ham but chopping and cutting into diced pieces.
3. Once the rice is done put 1/2 stick of butter to prevent the eggs from sticking. Add 4 eggs and mix in thoroughly. Add vegetables, ham  and soy sauce into the rice and stir.
4. Once chicken is done cooking. Dice it and bread by dipping it into eggs and breadcrumbs. Cook chicken in a medium frying pan with vegetable oil until the chicken is browned.
5. Make the sweet and sour sauce. Mix together cornstarch and water in a small bowl, and set aside.  Add remaining ingredients to a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Add in cornstarch mixture (as a thickening agent) and mix thoroughly.  Continue cooking an extra minute or two, until sauce is thick. Remove from heat and enjoy!