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Thai Baked Fish

Posted in Asian, Fish, Food, Healthy, tagged , , , , , , on 21 July 2013| Leave a Comment »

This is a really simple fish dish that was a delight to eat; it tastes delicious and is also very healthy. Trout or snapper would also work well if you prefer. The skin was left behind in the tinfoil when we went to serve it which was fine by us (it’s crispy skin or no skin as far as we’re concerned).

Wine Suggestion: this dish begs for a charming Riesling from Germany – look out for ones that are a drier style but without the weight of a Grosses Gewachs (great growth). If you can find one of the estate QbA’s from Helmut Dönnhoff in the Nähe or Johannes Leitz from the Rhinegau you can’t go wrong.

Thai Baked Fish – to serve 4

  • 4 seabass fillets, about 200g each
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, finely chopped
  • small knob ginger, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1 tsp golden caster sugar
  • handful coriander, roughly chopped

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.

Take 2 large sheets of tinfoil. Place one fish fillet, skin-side down, in the centre of each sheet.

Make a sauce using the remaining ingredients. Spoon half the sauce of the fillets on the tinfoil and set the rest aside.

Sandwich the other 2 fish fillets on top, skin-side up, then tightly seal the foil to create 2 pouches. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes (depending how big your fish are). Serve with the rest of the sauce.

(Original recipe by Gizzi Erskine for BBC Good Food Magazine, June 2005).)

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Tom Yam Gai

Posted in Asian, Chicken, Food, Soup, tagged , , , , on 24 October 2012| 1 Comment »

We highly recommended this hot, sour and fragrant soup for head colds and other ailments. It probably won’t cure you but it will make you feel better for a short while.

Tom yam gai – to serve 2

  • 1 skinless chicken breast
  • 1 litre fresh chicken stock
  • 4 scallions, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 stalk of lemongrass, chopped into short lengths and slightly crushed
  • 3 small red chillies, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 4 lime leaves
  • 1 tbsp nam pla (Thai fish sauce)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Bring the chicken breast to the boil in the stock, then turn the heat down to simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked, then remove, shred and set aside.

Add the scallions, garlic, lemongrass, chillies and lime leaves to the broth and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Add the fish sauce, sugar and shredded chicken and keep cooking for another 3-4 minutes. Stir in the lime juice and adjust the seasoning. Make sure the soup is piping hot and stir in the coriander just before serving.

(Original recipe from Nigel Slater’s Real Food, Fourth Estate, 1998.)

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Butternut Squash Curry

Posted in Asian, Food, Healthy, Vegetarian, tagged , , , , , on 20 April 2012| Leave a Comment »

This is not a sophisticated Thai curry but is absolutely perfect for a quick mid-week meal. We loved it! We’ve been avoiding butternut squash this year it seems, which is no reflection on how yum it is. Serve with basmati or jasmine rice.

Thai red squash curry – to serve 4

  • 1 small butternut squash, about 700g
  • 200g pack mixed mangetout and baby corn
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1-2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 150ml vegetable stock
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar
  • juice of ½ lime

Cut the end off the squash and quarter lengthways, scoop out the seeds, peel, then cut into smallish chunks. Halve the baby corn lengthways.

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry the paste gently for 1-2 minutes. Add the coconut milk, stock, soy sauce and sugar. Bring to the boil.

Add the squash and baby corn. Simmer, covered, for about 10-12 minutes. Add the lime juice and mangetout and simmer for one more minute.

Wine Suggestion: We didn’t have anything to drink with this (except water) but if we did it would probably have been a beer!

(Original recipe from BBC Good Food Magazine, April 2001.)

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Thai Turkey Leftovers!

Posted in Asian, Food, tagged , , , , , , on 6 January 2012| Leave a Comment »

So we’ve started on our stock of turkey leftovers from the freezer. Last year we made a clear Vietnamese broth so this year we thought we’d try a creamy coconut tom ka gai to ring the changes. This is delicious!

Turkey tom ka gai – to serve 2

  • 50g flat rice noodles
  • 1 x 400ml tin half-fat coconut milk
  • 300ml chicken stock
  • a small chunk of ginger, shredded
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, discard the woody outer leaves and chop
  • 1 red chilli, shredded
  • 200g cooked turkey
  • 50g mangetout, shredded
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • a handful of coriander leaves

Cook the noodles according to the pack, then drain and rinse with cold water. Bring the coconut milk and stock to a simmer, add the ginger, lemongrass and half the chilli and simmer for a few minutes. Add the turkey and mangetout and simmer for another couple of minutes to heat through. Stir in the lime, sugar and fish sauce, divide the noodles between two warm bowls, ladle over the soup, then scatter the rest of the chilli and coriander over the top.

Wine Suggestion: This works superbly with a good Riesling from the Mosel which combines a sweetness, pure fruit flavours, acidity to balance and a lovely lightness to both the alcohol and body … you want to match the chilli with sweetness and complement the clear and defined flavours of the soup without overwhelming it! Our choice of the evening is the Max Richter (the maker) Wehlener Sonnenuhr (the vineyard) Riesling (the grape) Spätlese (the ripeness at harvest) from the Mosel in Germany. The German naming system may seem impenetrable and intimidating but don’t be put off, the wines are usually fantastic, as long as you spend a bit more than the big brands!

(Original recipe from BBC Good Food)

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Easy Thai Prawn Soup

Posted in Asian, Food, Shellfish, tagged , , , , , , , on 6 November 2011| Leave a Comment »

A really quick and easy week-night supper with bags of freshness and flavour. It’s also infinitely variable depending on what crunchy vegetables you may have to hand. We would have added a couple of sliced red chillies if we’d had some!

Spicy Prawn Soup – to serve 4

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 300g bag crunchy stir-fry vegetables
  • 140g shitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 tbsp Thai green curry paste
  • 400g can reduced-fat coconut milk
  • 200ml vegetable or fish stock
  • 300g medium straight-to-wok noodles
  • 200g large, raw prawns

Heat a wok, add the oil, and stir-fry the vegetables and mushrooms for a few minutes. Take out and set aside, then tip the curry paste into the pan and fry for a minute. Pour in the coconut milk and stock. Bring to the boil, drop in the noodles and prawns, then reduce the heat and simmer for 4 minutes until the prawns are cooked. Stir in the vegetables and serve.

(Original recipe from BBC Good Food)

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Healthy Thai Prawn Stir-fry with Ginger and Scallions

Posted in Asian, Food, Healthy, Shellfish, tagged , , , , , , on 27 May 2011| 2 Comments »

This tastes so much better than it looks and it looked really good on the plate when served, but by that stage we were so starved we ate it instead of taking pics! So much healthier than a Thai takeaway and dead-on tasty. The marinade is a really neat trick which we’ll definitely use again.

  • 200g raw, peeled tiger prawns
  • 1 green chilli, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, crush 1 and finely slice the other 2
  • a bunch of coriander, separate the leaves from the stalks and save both
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • juice of a lime
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp groundnut oil
  • 3 cm piece of ginger, finely slice and then shred it
  • 8 scallions, finely sliced
  • a red pepper, thinly sliced
  • 85g water chestnuts, sliced (we couldn’t find these and it was fine without them!)
  • 100g beansprouts
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • pack of egg noodles to serve
  • lime wedges
Whiz the chilli, crushed garlic, coriander stalks (snip them with scissors to make them small) and caster sugar in a small food processor. Add half the lime juice and the fish sauce and then pour over your prawns.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok, add the ginger and scallions and fry for a minute. Add the red pepper and fry for another minute or until it starts to soften. Add the water chestnuts and bean sprouts and toss until the sprouts start wilting. Add the soy sauce and plenty of black pepper and tip the lot into a serving dish.
Heat a bit of oil in the wok and toss your egg noodles until hot. They’ll pick up some of the juicy and crunchy bits from the veggies. Mix them into the serving dish with the vegetables.
Lift the prawns out of their marinade and cook in wok with the remaining oil for a minute or two or until they turn pink. Add the marinade and swirl it around in the wok to heat it. Tip everything over the vegetables and noodles. Add the coriander leaves and remaining lime juice before you serve. Put some lime wedges on the side of the plates.
Wine Suggestion: We had a glass of Chilean Sauvignon Blanc which went really well. The fruit was juicy and counter-acted the chilli instead of fighting against it which can happen. It was fresh and zingy.

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Healthy satay stir-fry

Posted in Food, Healthy, Vegetarian, tagged , , , , , , , , on 26 January 2011| Leave a Comment »

This tasted way too good to be this healthy but it’s true and we have the calorie count to prove it (286 if anyone’s interested). Can all be thrown together in 15 minutes tops which is great on a week night.

Satay stir-fry to serve 4

  • 3 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 300g pack straight-to-wok noodles
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • thumb of fresh root ginger, finely chopped
  • 300g pack stir-fry vegetables (we used M&S aromatic mix and added some sugar snap peas and sliced red chilli)
  • handful of basil leaves
  • 25g roasted peanuts, roughly chopped

Mix the peanut butter, chilli sauce, 100ml water and soy sauce to make a smooth satay sauce (it will look a bit gross but don’t panic it works in the end).

Put the noodles in a bowl and pour boiling water over them, stir to separate and drain.

Heat the oil in a wok, then stir-fry ginger and the harder bits of veg for 2 minutes. Add the noodles and the rest of the vegetables and stir-fry on a high heat for another minute or two or until just cooked.

Push the veg and noodles to one side of the pan and pour the sauce into the other side, tilting the wok. Bring the sauce to boil and then mix everything together. Sprinkle basil and peanuts over to serve.

Eat and then lick the bowl.

Original recipe from BBC Good Food.

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