A couple months ago Tuttle Publishing sent me a copy of a cookbook, Easy Thai Cooking by Robert Danhi. As I consider Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, I was very happy with this surprise gift and looked forward to trying all of my favorite recipes as well as other delicious new dishes from this cookbook that I have never tried before.
I put post-its everywhere in this book to mark my favorite ones, but the first recipe I wanted to try was one that everyone in my family loves – Grilled Lemongrass Chicken. My husband loves spicy food but both my children and I can’t eat really spicy food so we always go for mild flavor when we order Thai food. Now being able to cook Thai food at home and being able to control the amount of spice, I look forward to trying many recipes from this book at home. Maybe even making a few spicy ones just for my husband to surprise him.
This was my very first time making Grilled Lemongrass Chicken at home, actually my first time making anything with fresh lemongrass but I was extremely happy with the result. It’s quite easy process too. I couldn’t find finger-size chilies for the homemade Thai Sweet Chili Sauce so I substitute with dried chilies. But all the ingredients should be easily found in your nearby Asian store. I never had palm sugar before but the flavor and fragrance from this sugar is really amazing that I wouldn’t substitute with light brown sugar as the author suggested (unless you really can’t find the palm sugar). If you are worried about buying lemongrass and don’t know other lemongrass recipes, don’t worry. There are other delicious lemongrass recipes in the book like Silky Butternut Squash Coconut Soup, Green Curry Pork with Eggplant, Cinnamon-scented Beef Noodle Soup, and more.
Everyone in my family really enjoyed this chicken that I’ll be cooking this often without a doubt. This time I had prepared other main dishes so I only cooked 4 chicken thighs. At the end we wished that we cooked more because the chicken was fabulous and we wished that we had leftover for next day lunch! If you like Southeast Asian dishes, especially Thai food, this is a must try.
Other Homemade Thai food Recipes:
Thai Chicken Lettuce Wrap Coconut Curry
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If you still have time, please check out my interview at Spicie Foodies today. It’s one of my favorite food blog that I get constant inspiration from. The blog author Nancy is a remarkable food stylist and photographer. My husband showed me her website for beautiful photography before we even started our own blog. Life is totally unexpected as I didn’t imagine that I would be being featured on her blog. Hope you enjoy my interview session with her. Enjoy your visit!
Finally, the lucky winners of my recent giveaways, a copy of Lemongrass & Ginger Cookbook: Vibrant Asian Recipes by Leemei Tan, are:
Congratulations Candice and Sandra! Thank you everyone for participating the giveaways. I’ll be contacting the winners soon.
