Platefuls of NOMz

Serves: 5-6. Time: 30 minutes.

Ingredients: 

1 lb of pork, thinly sliced. I used a cut of pork chop that has a bit of fat for extra deliciousness :)

1 container of firm tofu, sliced into ½ inch thick rectangles.

1 green pepper, thinly sliced.

4 oz panang curry paste. I used a small can of Maesri’s panang curry paste.

2 tablespoons vegetable oil.

2 13.5 oz cans of coconut milk.

3 tablespoons fish sauce.

2 tablespoons brown sugar.

2 tablespoons mushroom seasoning. I used Po Lo Ku All Natural Mushroom Seasoning.

Large handful of Thai basil.

1 lime - zest and juice.

2 Thai chili peppers, sliced.

Directions: 

Air fry the tofu at 350F for 15 mins or slightly fry on the stovetop. The goal is to get the outside a bit crunchy/firmer so it’s harder to break up when you toss it into the curry. 

As you’re waiting on the tofu, you can start on the curry paste and pork. In a large pan or wok, heat up oil and panang curry paste, and stir. Once thoroughly heated, toss in the pork to brown (~2-3 minutes). 

Stir in the coconut milk, fish sauce, brown sugar, mushroom seasoning, and bring to a boil. 

Reduce to a simmer and toss in the Thai basil, green peppers, tofu, and Thai chili peppers. Simmer and stir occasionally. As it’s simmering, add in the lime zest and lime juice. Simmer for about 5 minutes. 

I used a mix of two recipes to make this: Hungry Huy and A Spicy Perspective

This is what I actually did for the filling: 

2.5 pound ground pork/chicken combo

2 tsp ground ginger powder

2 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsp fish sauce

5 tbsp soy sauce

5 tbsp sugar

2 tsp ground pepper

2 tbsp mushroom seasoning powder

1 medium taro root, shredded

2 medium carrots, shredded

handful of bean thread noodle 

Notes: 

The naan recipe isn’t the most easy to follow and didn’t list how much water to add, so I did half the weight of flour - 100ml. It turned out fine. 

Tweaks: 

1 Tbsp of garlic powder instead of garlic granules. Next time, I probably would do a little less than that.

Tweaks:

Green cabbage instead of red

Tweaks for biscuits: 

Halved the recipe to make 6 biscuits instead of 12

Next time, I’d try a recipe with a bit less butter.

Tweaks for gravy:

Used 1.25 cups of almond milk + 3/4 cup of chicken broth instead of milk to make it extra thiccc

Tweaks to Pizza Dough:

1 teaspoon of garlic powder

Toppings: 

Tomato sauce

Mozzarella cheese

Sliced tomatoes

Basil

Freshly ground pepper

Salt