The Daily Biff - 2007 06 07

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Thu, 07 Jun 2007

Olivia Helping with Laundry
Kristy took Berkeley and Eliana to the park this evening. I stayed home with Olivia and did some chores around the house, including some laundry. Olivia did some helping... she pulled all of the clothes out of the washer for me. Here are some pictures of her just getting started:

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:51 pm
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Massaman Curry with Chicken
This is an very tasty recipe for my favorite kind of curry. Props to my friend, Norm Jones, for recommending the excellent Mae Ploy brand of the massaman curry paste (which I found at my local Asian market, Uwajimaya).

½ package (25 g) Mae Ploy Brand Massaman Curry Paste
1 can coconut milk
2 chicken thighs
2 small Yukon Gold potatoes
1 medium sweet onion
6-8 baby carrots
2 tbs fish sauce
2 tbs brown sugar
1 kaffir lime leaf
½ fresh pineapple (or 1 can pineapple chunks)
¼ cup roasted peanuts or cashews
about 1 tsp cornstarch, to thicken

Over medium heat combine coconut milk and curry paste in a 4-quart saucepan; simmer for 5 minutes. While the curry and coconut milk simmer, peel potatoes and cut into ¼-in thick slices, then cut each slice in half. Chop chicken, pineapple, onion, and carrots into chunks.

Add chicken, potatoes, onion, carrots, fish sauce, brown sugar, and lime leaf to coconut curry sauce. Simmer for 15 minutes until potatoes and chicken are tender. Add pineapple and peanuts. Simmer for an additional 5-10 minutes. If desired, whisk cornstarch into 1 tbs water or chicken stock and add to curry to thicken.

Serve hot over rice.

Note: Whole Foods carries kaffir lime leaves.

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:36 pm
:: Filed under /recipes/main_courses/poultry

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