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How to Cook Sticky Rice the Easy Way and without a Steamer

By on August 11, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Steams, She Stocks a Thai Pantry, She Thais, She Veges

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Sometimes, I feel like all the brilliant friends I am fortunate to have, but perhaps don’t deserve, should be the ones writing this blog. My friend B very recently allowed me to share her Khao Na Gai recipe with you. Then a few weeks ago, my friend L showed me the only way he had been making perfect Thai sticky rice for the past several months. It’s done without a steamer.

I’ve tried this method many times since then, mostly just to prove him a misguided heretic. But in the end, I, too, have willingly joined the cult of splatter guard. And the post I had written and kept in the draft folder on 5 ways to perfectly steam sticky rice has suddenly been rendered obsolete. Continue Reading →

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Fried Salmon One-Bite Salad – Miang Pla Salmon (เมี่ยงปลาแซลมอน)

By on August 8, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Drizzles and Smears, She Fries, She Thais, She Tosses
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Though Miang Kham (เมี่ยงคำ), the so-called one-bite salad with sweet and sticky sauce (there’s a recipe for it in Simple Thai Food), has rightfully hogged all the limelight all these years, it should be noted that it is by no means the only dish in the family of miang (เมี่ยง) wherein various tiny little things are anointed with a sauce and wrapped up in a leaf to form one perfect bite. Just as anything can be turned into a yam (ยำ), a spicy salad with fish sauce and lime juice as the main seasoning, pretty much anything can be turned into a miang.

Let your imagination take flight. Think of what makes a good combination of flavors and textures and go for it. Your job as a miang maker is to create a place where the different ingredients not only bring out the best in one another but also, together with the sauce, form a unified whole that is so good you don’t want to remove any components or add more to the mix. When you’ve got that situation going on, you know you have a good miang — something to set in front of a group of friends, inviting them to put together with their hands one bite after another of a composed salad.

This is one of the miangs I like. I hope you do too. Continue Reading →

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Grilled Turmeric Chicken (ไก่ย่างขมิ้น)

By on July 25, 2012 in She Deglutenizes, She Grills, She Thais

 

I’m still traveling, eating, discovering new places somewhere away from home. And it will be several more days before I can get back into the kitchen to cook something. In the meantime, may I please invite you to go over to Serious Eats for this turmeric grilled chicken aka “train grilled chicken”? It’s really good. One of my favorite recipes, in fact.

This grilled chicken is flavorful enough to stand on its own, but if you feel that it needs a little something, a bowl of Thai sweet chili sauce or jaew might make things more interesting. Add a batch of warm sticky rice and perhaps a plate of Som Tam to make a complete meal.

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