Creamy Thai Chicken

Every now and then, I "cheat", and buy sauces to make stir fries and stuff, but I normally mess with the recipe on the back, just for something to do. So, here's what I did:

Ingredients:

1 Masterfoods Creamy Thai Chicken Recipe Base
1 can of Coconut Milk
500g of Chicken
1 red onion
1 red capsicum
2 sticks of celery
1 of 2 large handful of snow peas
enough rice
a bit of garlic, ginger and coriander.
a small lemon

What to do:

Get some rice on the go.

Get a large enough bowl (that will fit your chicken in after you cut it up), and squeeze the juice of the lemon into it. then add some coriander, ginger and garlic to the lemon juice, and mix it all in together.

I saw these in the supermarket, and thought it was decent ^^ I didn't add any chili, since a family member gets heartburn from it.

Once that's all mixed up, cut up the chicken into strips, and then put it in the bowl, and mix the marinade all though, so that it's covering everything. Put a lid on it, and put it in the fridge. If you want a stronger flavor in the chicken, maybe do this 12 hours before you wanna cook.

Slice up the celery sticks, red capsicum and red onion. If you want a bit of seasoning, just put a bit of salt and pepper in, and mix it around.

Wash the snow peas.

Get a wok super hot, and put in a bit of olive oil, and when that's hot enough, put the chicken in, and fry it until it's cooked, or until it's golden brown (your choice ^^).

When the chicken is done, add in the vegetables, and stir fry for a couple of minutes. If you don't like your vegetables as crunchy as I do, then stir fry for a bit longer.

Then, add in the snow peas and stir fry for a couple of minutes.

Add the Creamy Thai Curry recipe base, and also about 180 - 200mL of Coconut cream, mix, and them simmer for 8-10 minutes.

I randomly found some frozen peas in the freezer (obviously), and added them in.

After you think the sauce it thick enough, put some rice on a plate, and also the stir fry you just made.

Other serving ideas could be, instead of with rice, drop in some Hokkien noodles about 3 mins before it's finished. Or even, keep simmering until the sauce is really thick, and then serve in some greek yiros wraps (I plan on doing that with the left overs ^^)

Vegetable Garden - Day 31

Here's some updates from the vegetable garden.





Some seeds haven't grown yet. I think I sewed them too deep. Others are doing really well. The corn is doing really well ^^

I did a bit of weeding yesterday, especially around the carrots and some of the lettuces, just so that I could see what was going on. I also transplanted some of the red onions to a new place, so that they would have some room.

I can has registration!

I called the VIT (Victorian institute of Teaching) this morning, just after 9 am. My application went to a registration meeting Tuesday afternoon and was approved, so, I was able to teach as of yesterday. Yay! I was thinking it would take forever, and would get my registration approved just after the end of year.

I finished writing on my application for a teaching job today. I haven't written one in at least 4 years, and am a bit rusty with all the terms, but when i read up about all the stuff I've missed, it all feels very familiar.

Wish me luck *^^*

So, I was watching some mid-morning TV...

and a cooking show came on, called "alive in kicking", and it has a nice veal recipe. But, since I don't eat babies of any kind (except for baby carrots now and then), I decided to use chicken as the meat in the dish. Here's what I did:

Chopped up a red capsicum, a green capsicum, a red onion and a celery stick. Cut a lemon in half, and squeeze the juice of a half, and grate some of the zest from that half as well. Toss the salad to get the juice and zest all mixed in.

Get a decent sized round bread, like a continental loaf, and cut slices about 3cm thick, and then spread garlic butter or garlic oil on both sides, and put it in the grill (but don't turn it on yet - do that later).

Get 500 grams of your favorite meat (i went with chicken) and slice it into strips.

Put a splash of olive oil in a pan...

...and seal the meat.


Take the meat out (we'll cook it though later), and then put in the chopped vegetables in the fry pan, to soften them up.

Turn on the grill and get the large garlic bread started.

When the vegetables has softened a little (but still have some crunch, add 300mL of cooking cream, and about 300mL of chicken stock (or a stock to suit which meat you're using).

Don't forget to turn over the garlic bread.

Turn up the heat, to thicken the liquid.

When the garlic bread is done, put it on a plate, and squash it with a fork. Make a simple salad (i used lettuce and tomatoes), and if you've kept the other half of a lemon, squeeze a bit of juice over the salad.

(forgot to take the last photo ^^).

Place the meat and vegetable mix from the pan, and place it into the squashed garlic bread, using it like a bowl. Then, pour some sauce over the meat and vegetables.

It was delicious, even if I do say so myself *^^*

paper, hearts and smell

So, after 2 calls to DHL and 2 called to Australian Air Express, my paperwork from Korea finally arrived. One thing I couldn't get my head around, was that it took just 16 to 17 hours to get from the National Police Offices in Seoul, to Sydney, but almost 3 and a half days to get from Sydney, to my front door. I was not impressed, but I was glad that I got it early-ish during the day. It meant that I could now sort out all my Victorian Institute of Education application stuff - which was sorted by late lunch time on Friday, and sent off to the VIT Friday afternoon. I just called them today to make sure that they got everything and that stuff was okay (which it was), and it should be going to a registration meeting this week. When I was talking to a VIT person on the phone, they said to call back Friday, then I mentioned that I was in Mildura, and Mildura Schools are SCREAMING for CRTs, even with 3 weeks of school to go, they can't really get anyone, so she put me on hold for a minute or two, and then came back and said that there were no problems with my registration form (all the right paperwork all filled out and signed, and the right amount on the cheque), so she said to call back Friday. They're having registration meetings three times a week, so, if things are done super duper fast, hopefully, my application will be viewed on Wednesday, and if approved, when I call on Thursday, they should say "Yeah, Andy, You can teach! Go get 'em, tiger!", or something similar ^^

Had a appointment with a heart specialist on Friday, to get some specifics on why i'm on blood pressure meds for 2 years, and why my heart feels a bit funny now and then. I had a lot of blood tests for stuff a while ago, which helped a little, but I'm getting a few more specific tests done soon (had some blood taken out today), and have got an echocardiogram booked for Friday next week (that's a big fancy word for having an ultrasound done on your heart), since there's a bit of a murmur somewhere. Better to be safe than sorry. But, with the price on an echocardiogram, my wallet/credit card will be a little sorry :p


Maybe this was my problem with being single in Korea: No Lynx shower gel and body spray. ㅋㅋㅋ

한국에서는 닝크스 샤워젤이랑 보디 스프레이가 없었어서 여친이 안사귀었거든요 ㅋㅋㅋ