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Thai Kitchen: Thai cooking made easy!

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thai kitchenI love, love, LOVE Thai cuisine. There’s a great little restaurant about half a mile away from my house that has the best buffet on the weekends. Pad Thai noodles, Tom Kha Gai soup, Panang Curry… you name it. Just thinking about it is making my mouth water!

Although I walk through the international section of the grocery store often, I’ve always been intimidated by all the products available, so I’ve never tried to make Thai food myself. Unfortunately we can’t go out to eat as often as I’d like anymore, so when I was given the opportunity to try out a selection of Thai Kitchen products I got all excited and hungry and stuff. What’s new, right?

After making Red Curry Chicken for dinner the other night, I’m pleasantly surprised by how simple and affordable it is. At $2.19 for coconut milk, $3.79 for curry paste, $3.79 for fish sauce, and $3.09 for a box of Jasmine rice, the ingredients that I have to buy to feed a family of four cost less than one meal at a restaurant. That doesn’t include the chicken, sugar, or basil, but it still ends up being a great deal, especially considering how much curry paste and fish sauce I have left over. I hope the following video shows you just how easy it is to make Thai in the comfort of your own kitchen, for a fraction of what it would cost at a restaurant.

Here’s the recipe so you can try it yourself:

Red Curry Chicken
Prep Time: 10 minutes ~  Cook Time: 15 minutes

1 can (14 ounces) Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk, divided
2 tablespoons Thai Kitchen Red Curry Paste
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 pound cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/4 cup chopped fresh Thai basil
2 tablespoons Thai Kitchen Premium Fish Sauce

1. Bring 1/2 of the coconut milk to simmer in large skillet on medium heat. Stir in curry paste until well blended. Add remaining coconut milk and sugar; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes.

2. Stir in chicken. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until chicken is heated through. Stir in basil and fish sauce.

3. Serve with cooked Thai Kitchen Jasmine Rice. Garnish with additional basil and red chile slices, if desired.

Makes 4 servings.

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Will I change anything when I make this recipe again? Yes, I’ll be adding more curry paste! By using two tablespoons in the sauce, I found it to have just a hint of spice and I like it HOT. But I must say I’m very happy with the quality of the Thai Kitchen products. The coconut milk is delicious, and the Jasmine rice turned out perfectly cooked and oh-so-fluffy.

You can find this recipe, as well as one for Red Curry Vegetables, on the Thai Kitchen website. There are dozens of recipes for amazing appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, desserts, drinks, and more. I always wondered what went into a Thai Iced Tea. 🙂

Thai Kitchen products can be found in the Asian/Ethnic/International food aisle of most grocery stores, including Whole Foods, Safeway, Albertson’s, Wal-Mart, Shop Rite, HEB, Costco, and Harris Teeter.
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A huge thanks to Thai Kitchen for this fun review op! My four-year old wants me to continue my “cooking show” so now I have to figure out what I’m going to make next…

Giveaway time! Two readers will each win a copy of the Thai Kitchen Cookbook so that you can see for yourself how easy Thai cooking can be.

To enter, please visit www.realasianmadesimple.com and leave a comment below with the name of a recipe that you would like to try.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry and leave a valid email address or blog URL in your comment. US entries only. This contest ends at 11:59 pm EST on July 5th, 2009. Winners will be chosen at random, and have 3 days to claim their prize.

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  13. I would really like to try the chili garlic noodles with ground pork. Those are all favorites of mine. 🙂

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  18. I plan to make chicken rice noodle salad with lime vinegarette…sound delicious.

  27. Sweet & Sour Pineapple Chicken sounds very good. I saved the receipe and will be making it this weekend. Thanks for sharing the link to their website.

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  37. I LOVE TO CHICKEN EAT KHAO PAD (THAI CHECKEN FRIED RICE ) WHEN I WAS STATION IN THAILAND IN 1968 AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE TO COOK IT FOR MY WIFE AND I

  38. Soy Ginger Noodles with Shrimp & Vegetables sounds great.

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  59. I just love Thai food! So many wonderful recipes on their site, hard to pick one but I would make the
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  67. I would like to try the Chili garlic noodles with ground port (I would probably substitute for chicken)..Sounds Yummy

  73. I’m thinking of trying the Sweet & Sour Pineapple Chicken – one of my husband’s favorites.

  81. The Chili Garlic Noodles with Ground Pork sound awesome. I think I will try to make it

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  86. I love to cook. I would really love to try these recipes. This was hard to pick from as there were so many good looking recipes. I would love to try making the Red Curry Chicken with veggies.

    I have watched you’re video looks very good what you have made 🙂

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  88. I really want to try sweet & sour chicken with pineapple – sounds delicious!

  89. I would love to win this contest! I am always trying to find new things to fix for my family. Thankyou! 🙂

  90. I am going to try the sweet & sour pineapple chicken. It looks so yummy, the Red curry chicken above sounds really yummy also. My entire family loves Thai food so this cookbook would truly be a blessing!

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  98. I LOVE Thai food. I LOVE Thai Kitchen products and buy them frequently. I’d like to try the Thai Chicken Salad. Thanks so much

  118. I’d like to try the sweet & sour pineapple chicken recipe from their website. Especially now that pineapples are in season 🙂

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  129. I would like to try the coconut ginger soup- I love coconut milk! Thank you !

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  139. That Spicy Pork Noodle Soup from Shanghai sounds delicious, so I’m going to try that one. I love Thai food, and use their products all the time to recreate tastes my husband and I discovered during the 4 days we were in Bangkok, Thailand for our Honeymoon.

  148. I’d like to try the Thai Chicken Salad, which sounds a bit more adventurous than the standard Chinese Chicken Salad.

  154. I would like to try the Stir Fry Rice Noodles with Chicken & Basil recipe from Real Asian made simple.

  155. I’d like to try the Pad Thai with Vegetables!
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  162. Chili garlic noodles with pork sounds very good, Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.

  168. I love chicken salad and as soon as I saw Thai Chicken Salad I knew it was the one I would like to try.

  171. I really want to try the Chicken Satay recipe that they have. I actually printed it out and am going to make it if I can find all of the ingredients. Thanks for the giveaway!

  173. I would LOVE to try the CURRY TURKEY BURGERS — in fact, I might tonight!

  177. The Thai beef salad sounds delish. I order it all the time, now I’ll try to make it at home!

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  184. I would try the Pork Noodle Soup. My family loves Asian food and this cookbook will be tops in my kitchen. Thanks!