6 asian yum Recipes

chicken breasts, tom yum paste (you may use a store purchased brand of tom-yum paste, or you can use my recipe below and make your o), minced lemongrass (available at asian food stores), garlic cloves, thumb-size piece ginger or 1 galangal, sliced, fresh red chili, sliced (or substitute cayenne pepper) or 1/2-1 tsp dried crushed chili (or substitute cayenne pepper), chopped fresh coriander leaves, & stems, fish sauce (available at asian food stores), soy sauce, shrimp paste (available at asian food stores), fresh-squeezed lime juice, splenda sugar substitute, granules (or sweetener of choice), spring onions, sliced, coconut milk , don tsp add it (this thins it out to make blending easier, if you want a thick paste (or non-fat option)

oil, stalk lemongrass (remove outer sheath and finely mince the bottom 3 inches of the stalk), fresh ginger (peel and finely mince), garlic, finely minced, onion, sliced vertically to form thin strips, thai red curry paste (i use maesri brand), tom kha paste or 2 tbsp tom yum paste, chicken stock, fish sauce, sugar, unsweetened coconut milk, red pepper flakes, asian chili sauce (i use sriracha brand), boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced into thin strips, fresh mushrooms, sliced, tomato, chopped, fresh baby corn, about (i buy this at trader joe s), fresh lime juice, cilantro leaf (to garnish )

tiger prawns with heads and shells, water, vegetable oil, minced garlic, stalks fresh lemon grass , tough outer leaves removed and and white part slightly crushed, lime leaves, shallots, thinly sliced, galangal, chile padi (bird s eye chiles), thinly sliced, asian red chili paste, skinless, boneless chicken breast half - cut into cubes, lime juice, squid, cleaned and sliced into rings, baby corn, drained, whole straw mushrooms, drained, fresh tomatoes, quartered, coconut milk, salt to taste