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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Recipe Book Recipe Reviews => Topic started by: CreamPuff63 on January 25, 2012, 01:02:03 pm
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In this 40o heat there is no way I want to turn on the oven or stove even, so this was a great dish to have today. There was a perfect blend of spiciness and herbs, and just the right amount of chicken and broccolini. Probably not going to be a meal that young children will like with the chilli, but we loved it. 5/5
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This is another one on my 'to do list' CP, you and I seem to have the same choices from this book ;D
I'm sure people like Hally will leave the chilli out for their children and it will still taste great.
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We enjoyed this one too but next time I would combine it all in the thermosaver and not the TM bowl as my noodles got a bit mashed up in places. Only used a piece of seeded chilli for half quantity and would have liked a little more liquid/sauce as I find chicken breasts in this type of meal a little dry - would use thighs next time but that is just a personal preference of mine.
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This is on my list for next week.
Sounds like I will need to leave the chilli out so ds can eat this. He loves chicken, noodles & brocolini :)
Thanks for the tip about the chilli.
H :)
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We were going to have a chicken pie for dinner tonight but ran out of time to prepare it. I found this and made it. We really loved it and will be doing it many more times.
5/5 from us.
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Made this for dinner tonight and I couldn't believe how quick and easy it was. I only used one generous handful of coriander leaves and one teaspoon minced chilli (equivalent of one chilli) so that hubby and four year old would eat it. I used palm sugar and one thing I noticed was that it hadn't quite melted down after the four minutes of sauteing so I found a small lump of it in amongst the noodles at the end. Apart from this, I highly recommend this dish, we will definitely be making it again in our house!
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I've had that problem before in recipes using palm sugar asha, now I grate it before adding it to alleviate that problem.
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Thanks for that idea judydawn...I'll try that next time. We found another lump of palm sugar in the leftovers we had for dinner tonight so grating it first sounds like a much better idea!
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When I was in Bali I did a cooking course, and we had to shave off a bit of palm sugar. It was so different from this hard stuff that we have as it is a lot fresher. So much softer and sugary.
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Going back a few years ours was better here too CP, it is just since they started selling it in those individual baton sized pieces that it is as hard as a rock. I don't like it at all.
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those individual baton sized pieces that it is as hard as a rock. I don't like it at all.
couldn't agree more, JD - I don't grate mine but just mince it up with a knife (probably the same outcome . . . ;D) When you look at those little "boxes" of the sugar they're like mini bricks and I just can't see them ever melting down if they were added whole . . .
Hadn't thought about it before but now that CP has mentioned it I'm just wondering if Asian grocery shops might carry different packages - If I remember I'll check out a couple of shops in our area.
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In the Asian grocery I go to you get the palm sugar in a large block and shave it off that- it's still pretty hard and what annoys me is there is no way of telling how old it is! I can't stand the supermarket mini-brick palm sugar things. When I used one of those to do the dressing for the vietnamese chicken salad from Dinner Spinner I thought my TM blades were going to kark it!!!
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Some Asian supermarkets have a softer variety of palm sugar. It's in a plastic cylinder type container and you can spoon it out. It's a lot nicer and easier to use than the hard type that needs grating. It can be hard to find sometimes though as not all Asian supermarkets seem to have ti.
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That's good to know Katie.
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I like the saying at the bottom of your posts Katie - its very true.
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Thanks CP :)
JD there's an Asian warehouse near the corner of Port Road and Findon Road (behind Barnacle Bills) that has this type of Palm Sugar. I can get you some next time I'm there if you like.
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I know the one you mean but have never been in there, thanks Katie, no hurry though. :-*
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The warehouse is huge and they have everything you want in there, and more!
Next time I'm around that way I'll pop in, I could probably use some more palm sugar myself too.
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You certainly seem to know all the places to go Katie ;) I tend to drive past them thinking 'I must go in there one day' :-)) Have you ever been to the one just up the road from the new Spotlight store on the Port Road?
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Yes I have been to that that Asian supermarket Judy. It's probably my favourite Asian store. It's really big, cheap and very clean. They have almost everything you could need in there as well (although they don't have the palm sugar I like or toasted sesame oil).
When my sister was here from Broken Hill in June she went to a few of the Asian stores in and around the Central Market. She couldn't get everything she needed, but she managed to find what she wanted at the Asian supermarket.
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Katie, did I read where the big Asian store in the Central Market was closing down?
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I'm not sure Judy.
I did read an article about one stall-holder in the market having to close. He had been having an argument with the council for years. His stall had Asian vegetables and herbs for sale outside the store, in the walkway. I think the council wouldn't renew his lease unless he moved everything from the walkway back inside the stall. I'm pretty sure it went to the Supreme Court and the council won. I'm not sure if any other stores are closing. I don't get to the market as often as I would like.
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Loved :) this recipe and so did my hard to please daughter.... this will definitely be a regular. Didn't have any broccolini so just used broccoli
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This is a nice easy recipe but we found it not at all spicy after removing the seeds from the chillies as the recipe instructs, next time will leave them in.
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Good idea, I liked mine without the seeds but may be worthwhile heating it up to see what the diff is
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I made this tonight, and it was delicious.
I wasn't sure whether to steam the chicken breasts whole or to cut them up, so diced them. (If I had read the recipe properly, I would have seen that it did specify to slice them after they were cooked. :-)))
I also used broccoli rather than broccolini. I used home grown chillies, so wasn't sure how spicy it would be. I used one fresh bird's eye, and one dried, and discarded half the seeds from the fresh one. Next time I will leave them in. I will also reduce the sugar next time as it was just a touch sweet.
It's quite a dry dish, I would like to increase the amount of sauce next time, but I'm not sure of the best way to do that.
I can see this being made over and over, and is one I'll keep in mind if we have guests.