EVIL JUNGLE PRINCE WITH CHICKEN (OR WITH MIXE

      Title: EVIL JUNGLE PRINCE WITH CHICKEN (OR WITH MIXE
  Categories: Thai, Poultry
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
     1/2 lb Boneless chicken breast
            -OR-
     1/2 lb -Mixed vegetables,
            - (see note below)
       2    -to
       6 sm Red chile peppers
     1/2    Stalk fresh lemon grass
       2    Kaffir lime leaves
       2 tb Oil
     1/2 c  Coconut milk
     1/2 ts Salt
       1    -to
       4 tb Fish sauce,
            - based on personal taste
            - (omit for veggie version)
      10    -to
      15    Basil leaves
       1 c  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)
   
   Source: Keo's Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone, Ten Speed Press, 1986
   From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
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