Tom Yam Goong and Ayam Dengan Daun Pandan

For the 2nd Thai cooking class, we made another soup - Tom Yam Goong (hot and sour soup) and Ayam Dengan Daun Pandan (chicken wrapped in pandan leaves). I thought the soup was even tastier than last week. The chicken was fried, but the chef said steaming works well too. I'll start with the soup.

Ingredients:

• 400 gr shrimp peeled and cleaned
• 200 gr mushrooms
• 1 1/2 Lt. chicken stock
• 5 T fish sauce
• 5 slices galangal (see picture below)
• 5 lime leaves
• 3 stalks lemongrass cut in 3 cm sections
• 4 T chili paste (recipe below)
• 3 T lime juice

• 3 cilantro stalks chopped

Chili Paste (Sambal) Ingredients:

• 10 red chilies, whole
• 3 garlic cloves, whole
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 4 T tamarind water
• 1 t sugar

Directions:

1. Make the chili paste - fry the chilies and garlic in a dry pan until slightly charred. Grind the chilis, garlic, and tamarind water in a food processor.
2. Heat a frying pan with the oil, then add the chili mixture and sugar. Cook for 10 minutes.
3. Make the soup - boil the chicken stock a pan. Add the galangal, lime leaves, sambal (4 T), mushrooms, fish sauce, and lemongrass and simmer 5 minutes.
4. Add the shrimp and simmer 3 minutes.
5. Add lime juice and simmer for a few more minutes.
6. Garnish with cilantro. Note, don't eat the lime leaves or galangal they are pretty strong.

Next up the chicken in Pandan leaves.

Ingredients:

• 500 gr chicken, thinly sliced (we used breast)
• 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 3 shallots, sliced
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• 1 tsp chopped coriander root
• 1 tsp chopped lemongrass
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 1 t salt
• 2 tsp sweet soy sauce (called kecap manis)
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 t sugar
• 2 T chili sauce
• Pandan leaves for wrapping

Directions:

1. Combine garlic, shallots, ginger, coriander root, lemongrass, and palm sugar in a food processor and blend into a smooth paste. Add some cod the coconut milk if it won't mix.
2. Add to chicken and marinate for 30 minutes.
3. Wrap chicken in Pandan leaves like a bow. This took some practice, but of course there's a YouTube video.
4. Fry or steam the wrapped chicken for about 10 minutes.

 

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