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Egg Noodle Soup with Spiced Broth, Stewed Chicken Drumsticks, and Baby Bok Choy (บะหมี่น่องไก่ตุ๋น)

stewed chicken noodle soup
So you’ve made some boat noodles from Pok Pok Cookbook, right? Are you wondering what to do with the remaining 2 quarts of spiced broth* you have in the refrigerator/freezer, the leftover fried garlic and its oil, and some of the table seasonings? Wonder no more. You use them to make egg noodle soup with spiced broth, stewed chicken drumsticks, and baby bok choy. Continue Reading →

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Rice-Pumpkin Porridge with Garlic Shrimp and Pumpkin Seeds (ข้าวตุ๋นฟักทองใส่กุ้งกับเมล็ดฟักทอง)

Rice Pumpkin Porridge with Garlic Shrimp and Crispy Pumpkin Seeds
This is a grown-up version of what’s supposed to be my favorite baby food. I was a pretty quiet baby, but my mom used to tell me that whenever she fed me this, I started ‘talking’ a lot. She took it to mean I liked it.

I love this dish as an adult and make it often. The salty garlic shrimp balances out the sweet rice-pumpkin porridge. The pumpkin seeds add some crunch to what would otherwise be a texturally dull mush. Vegans can use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and salt instead of fish sauce and skip the shrimp or replace them with mushrooms.

I can’t say anything about whether you’ll get more talkative after you eat this porridge. But if that happens, perhaps you and I (well, the baby version of me, anyway) have more in common than previously thought. Continue Reading →

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Stewed Pork Hocks on Rice (Khao Kha Mu ข้าวขาหมู) by Nong of Nong’s Khao Man Gai

nongs khao man gai and khao kha mu
When I got Narumol “Nong” Poonsukwattana, of Portland-based Nong’s Khao Man Gai fame, on the phone a few weeks ago, I wasn’t planning on asking her about how life had led her to where she is now. This doesn’t mean that I wasn’t interested in it. I was. Very much. It doesn’t mean that the subject didn’t come up during our long phone conversation, either. It did. Frequently and in a somewhat in-depth manner. It’s just that that facet of her life has already been captured in various places, such as this piece by Amy McKeever. Besides, I wanted to present something a bit different here.

What did I want to present?

A Thai cook. Able. Determined. Gutsy enough to build her business around one dish. One. Dish. Continue Reading →

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