Thailand - Chicken in Peanut Sauce (Gai Pad Nam Tua)

Chicken in Peanut Sauce  

(Gai Pad Nam Tua)

Ingredients

-       1 lb Chicken breasts 1/2" x 1/2" strips

-       1/4 cup Green onions chop coarse

-       2 tbsp Curry powder/paste (Thai Red)

-       1 tbsp Garlic chop fine

-       1 tbsp Ginger chop fine

-       1 tbsp Lemon grass chop fine

-       1 tbsp Galangal chop fine

-       1 tsp Chili paste

-       Peanut oil

-       1 cup Coconut milk

-       2 tbsp Peanut butter

-       2 tbsp Roasted peanuts crushed

-       1 tbsp Fish sauce

-       1/2 tbsp Palm sugar

-       2 cups Snow peas or Brocolli florets

Directions

-       Cut chicken into strips

-       Mix green onions, garlic, ginger, lemon grass, galangal, curry powder and chili paste.

-       Add chicken and toss to coat. Set aside for 20 minutes.

-       If using brocolli, blanch 2 minutes.

-       Heat wok. Add peanut oil, chicken mixture.

-       Stir fry 3 minutes until chicken loses pink color.

-       Add coconut milk, peanut butter, crushed peanuts, fish sauce and palm sugar.

-       Cook 3 minutes until sauce begins to thicken.

-       If using snow peas, add and simmer until color changes.

-       If using brocolli, add and simmer until heated through.

-       Serve over rice.

Yield - 4 cups