{"id":1196,"date":"2021-03-27T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2022-01-12T22:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T05:29:27","slug":"pantry-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2021\/03\/27\/pantry-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantry Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Especially when it comes to restaurant favorites like Pad Sieu and Tom Kha soup<\/a>, I think of Thai as “fresh comfort food.” But, even if you don’t have fresh herbs on hand and are limited to a few hardy (and\/or frozen) vegetables, you can still get your Thai fix! All you need is a can of coconut milk and some of that magical curry paste that is so pantry-friendly. It contains the classic aromatics like shallot and garlic, so that prep time is saved; it has exotic ingredients like fresh turmeric, lemongrass, galangal, and even hard-to-find spices like fenugreek! My favorite brand is Maesri, which I get at the Asian grocery near my home, and it seems fairly all-natural, no weird additives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thai Curry with Roasted Vegetables<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Roast a big sheet pan of veggies. My favorite combos are: Broccoli, carrots, red bell peppers; OR Potatoes and carrots (plus frozen peas added just before serving.) Go easy on salting them since the sauce can get pretty salty.<\/li>
  2. Cook your meat of choice. For chicken, I like to use the Kitchn’s<\/a> sear-and-steam method (I describe it here<\/a>) or for steak, pan-sear whole steaks and then slice thinly. (I haven’t done pork, shrimp, or vegan alternatives, but the sky’s the limit!) Once the meat is out of the pan,<\/li>
  3. Build the sauce. Open the can of coconut milk and scoop out most of the solid “cream.” Heat that in your now-empty pan, and fry some curry paste for a minute or two. (I use anywhere from 2 teaspoons to 2 or 3 tablespoons, depending on what kind. Red, yellow, green are only a start with Maesri brand! Follow your tastebuds and desired spice metric.) Then stir in the remaining contents of the coconut can. And that’s pretty much it! I usually also stir in 2 Tbsp fish sauce, and a spoonful of peanut butter to thicken it… if you’ve made it a bit too spicy with that lovely paste, add some sugar. Keep tasting and see what you think.<\/li>
  4. Then stir in your sliced meat, cooked veggies, and serve over rice, quinoa, or noodles. Or, with ingredients chopped a bit finer, and a quart of the appropriate broth, you could have a pretty amazing soup!<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Even if you don\u2019t have fresh ingredients on hand, you can still get your Thai fix!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[65,124,35,28,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}