Evil Jungle Prince With Chicken (or With Mixed Vegetables) Recipe

Serves: 4
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lb.

Boneless chicken breast

OR-

lb.

Mixed vegetables, (see note below) to

Red chile peppers

Stalk fresh lemon grass

Kaffir lime leaves

Oil

Coconut milk

Salt to

Fish sauce, based on personal taste (omit for veggie version) to

Basil leaves

Chopped cabbage

Thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips. (If doing veggie version, cut vegetables into thin strips. ) Grind together red chili peppers, lemon grass, and kaffir lime leaves in a food processor or pound in a mortar.
Heat oil to medium-high and saute pepper mixture for 3 minutes.
Stir in coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes.
Add chicken (or vegetables) and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked (same time for veggies).
Reduce heat to medium-low.
Stir in fish sauce (if using), salt, and basil.
Serve on a bed of chopped cabbage.
Note: ===== For mixed vegetables, choose from among bell peppers, string beans, water chestnuts, tomatoes (small cherry tomatoes are best), bamboo shoots, miniature corn, asparagus, cucumbers, zucchini, Japanese eggplant, and mushrooms.
I particularly like string beans or asparagus, a few cherry tomatoes, shredded (rather than sliced) bamboo shoots, miniature corn, and some straw mushrooms or slender (Japanese) eggplant. (3-4 servings)