Thai Green Curry for family and friends

Well friends, for those of you who listened to my radio show this morning (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susanjsohn) I promised my simple and very yummy Thai green curry recipe. This recipe is easy, very cost effective and great to serve either as a nice family dinner or for guests.

To jazz up your table, you could light a couple of candles and decorate with green and red chillies, either in decorative bowls or just scattered down the middle of the table. If you wanted to go the extra mile, you could buy a few banana leaves from the florist and serve your meal on them rather than plates. Something fun and just a little different.

I have used prawns in this version, however if prawns aren't your thing then substitute with chicken or fish. I have added a number of vegetables to the following recipe as options, but you can keep it simple and serve with just the sauce and rice if that works better for you. I like to use brown rice with this dish ~ it adds that lovely nutty flavour plus gives that great boost of fibre we can all use.

I hope you enjoy this simple yet delicious treat.
Susan

Ingredients:
Prawns – at least 8-10 per person
1 can baby corn (optional)
½ cup thinly sliced red capsicum (optional)
Handful of green beans (optional – leave the ends on for look)
Green curry paste (you can buy this in the supermarket and it usually has very few additives which is GREAT!)
1 can coconut milk (I use lite)
A dash of fish sauce (if you have it) for taste. If you don't have it, a sprinkle of salt will do

Method:
Heat the coconut milk and add the green curry paste. Bring to a rolling boil
Add the baby corn, beans and prawns
Boil gently, the sauce will thicken on its own
Add the red capsicum, serve and enjoy

Beer Can Chicken

Every once in a while I come across a recipe that receives extraordinary applause. This Beer Can Chicken is one of those such recipes.

The other day I was at swimming and was chatting with my new friend, Lindsay. Our conversation moved, like any mum-to-mum Tuesday morning conversation, towards dinner and what was on offer in our homes that night. Lindsay told me, with great excitement that they were having 'Beer Can Chicken'. I told her I had heard about it a few times but had never made it. She shared about how much her children loved it, how easy it was and how she realised how stupid it actually sounded but couldn't deny the rave reviews.

After a little thought I have decided to share the recipe with you ~ even tho I or the familyroom girls haven't tried it. I trust my new friends tastebuds and couldn't resist her enthusiasim for the dish. I have decided that our family will sample this interesting dish on the weekend and I will give my full report after digesting. In the meantime however, if you have tried this, please share. Or, if you brave it before our weekend arrives please share with us.

I can't wait to get cooking.

PS- this recipe is for the bbq so my Aussie friends please enjoy. I will be scouring the internet for an oven version for those of us in the frozen north :)). Also, I hope you enjoy my friends humor found in the details of the recipe.

Susan

Beer Can Chicken
Mix the following ingredients together;

• 1/2 cup paprika
  
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
  
• 1/2 cup sea salt
  
• 4 tbsp. black pepper
  

Method:

• Open two cans of beer.
  
• Drink 1/3 of each can (maybe that is why the chicken tastes so good!!!)
  
• Put 1 tbsp. of the mixture in each beer can.
  
• Wash 2 chickens.
  
• Gingerly place washed chicken on beer can!!! (you can buy a gizmo that makes the chicken on the beer can more stable. We don't, just beer cans and chicken for us)
  
• Using all of the mixture, coat the outside of the chicken. Be sure to put lots on the wings and drumsticks. It looks like a lot, but just keep on going!
  
• Heat up the bbq using both sides. Turn one side off and put the chickens on the 'off' side. Keep the other side going and let these babies roast.
  

Enjoy.....It's really good! Serve with a crunchy salad, bread rolls and it's dinner or a nice weekend lunch.