This is a great little ’sauce’ that can goes with most anything: noodles, mushrooms, meat…and it’s healthy!
What you need:
3-4 cloves garlic
2 tsp fish sauce
¼ cup soy sauce
1 green onion, chopped
1 Tbls sesame seeds (toasted is best)
pinch of brown sugar OR drizzle of honey
chili paste to taste
lemon/lime/orange
Noodles/pasta
What you do:
- Heat all ingredients in a sauté pan. Can also stir in fresh ginger, or even shitaki mushrooms.
- Mix with pasta or noodles - can serve hot or cold.
July 13th, 2010
This is not only a great-tasting dish; if you serve it over brown rice it’s healthy, too!
Ingredients:
1 lb boneless/skinless chicken breasts
2 serrano chilies (or Thai bird chilies)*
3 cloves of garlic*
1 tsp soy sauce
2 cups loosely packed, fresh basil
1 Tbls fish sauce
½ Tbsp peanut oil (or canola oil)
½ Tbls red-chili paste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp fresh-cracked pepper
Directions:
- Finely chop garlic and chilies; using the side of your knife press them together to make a paste.
- Pre-heat a wok or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the oil and the paste you’ve just made. Cook 2-3 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic.
- Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces and add them to the pan, cooking until lightly browned (~3-4 minutes). Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, chili paste and sugar. Continue cooking until the chicken is done all the way through (~3-4 more minutes).
- Add the pepper and basil, and cook until basil is just wilted (~2 minutes). Serve immediately.
*To cut down on time/work, you can also substitute garlic-chili paste for the fresh chilies & garlic.
July 13th, 2010