One of our favorite haunts is Greensboro's Taste of Thai restaurant. A staple? Massamun Curry. A yummy dish of coconut, peanut, and potato with chicken over rice. Outstanding. In a fit of experimentation, I searched online for some recipes, then found what I believe to be a fair representation of the dish.
Literally a block down the street from my pharmacy is the Dynasty International Food and Gifts grocery store specializing in Vietnamese and Thai items. After work one day I stopped in to acquire the specialty ingredients...and spent a whopping $3.63 in doing so. Crazy.
3 chicken breasts, massamun curry paste, 2 cans of coconut milk, two potatoes, one yellow onion, brown sugar, lemon juice, crushed red pepper flakes, 1/2 cup peanuts, and the kicker...fish sauce.
Basically, mix all of these together at intervals and simmer. Easy. And delicious. Add a bowl-shaped mound of rice onto a plate then spoon the goodies onto it, and the flavor of Taste of Thai can be had at home. Minus the entertaining idolatry.
Kimberly remarked how much it looks, smells, and IS the real deal from the restaurant. A quality experiment and a successful rip-off if I do say so.
Now what to do with all this extra fish sauce?....
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