Comments on: PANANG BEEF CURRY http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/ ...if what they want is GOOD food. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mary-anne durkee http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-6640 mary-anne durkee Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:56:58 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-6640 While this is a nice recipe, please don't use peanut butter, use roasted chopped peanuts. So easy just buy raw peanuts, dry roast in a skillet over medium heat-keep the peanuts moving just until starting to get golden. Remove from pan to prevent burning, chop and use these instead of peanut butter which has stabilizers, preservatives, and such. I have traveled Thailand learning to cook reginal dishes and NOT one Thai cook uses peanut butter whether a five star chef, home cook, or street food cook. Fresh Kaffir Lime Leaves (bai Magrot) add so much to Thai dishes both fragrance and taste. You can grow a tree in a pot and bring in to over winter in cold zones. Often these are grafted to hardy root stocks. I bought my 6+ trees from Four Winds Growers-yes they ship. While this is a nice recipe, please don’t use peanut butter, use roasted chopped peanuts. So easy just buy raw peanuts, dry roast in a skillet over medium heat-keep the peanuts moving just until starting to get golden. Remove from pan to prevent burning, chop and use these instead of peanut butter which has stabilizers, preservatives, and such. I have traveled Thailand learning to cook reginal dishes and NOT one Thai cook uses peanut butter whether a five star chef, home cook, or street food cook.

Fresh Kaffir Lime Leaves (bai Magrot) add so much to Thai dishes both fragrance and taste. You can grow a tree in a pot and bring in to over winter in cold zones. Often these are grafted to hardy root stocks. I bought my 6+ trees from Four Winds Growers-yes they ship.

]]> By: mary-anne durkee http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-6639 mary-anne durkee Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:48:45 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-6639 <a href="#comment-972" rel="nofollow">@Mike </a> I think Andrea's article is excellent on VIETNAMESE fish sauce. For great information on THAI fish sauce (nam Pla) I'd take a read at Kasma Loha-unchit's site. She is a well known Thai cooking teacher, and James Beard award winning author: scroll down to fish sauce for 3 very informative articles http://thaifoodandtravel.com/features.html @Mike
I think Andrea’s article is excellent on VIETNAMESE fish sauce. For great information on THAI fish sauce (nam Pla) I’d take a read at Kasma Loha-unchit’s site. She is a well known Thai cooking teacher, and James Beard award winning author:

scroll down to fish sauce for 3 very informative articles

http://thaifoodandtravel.com/features.html

]]> By: David Holland http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 David Holland Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:48:47 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-2050 Making it as we speak. It hasn't reduced yet, but the first test spoonful was delicious. Making it as we speak. It hasn’t reduced yet, but the first test spoonful was delicious.

]]> By: Mike http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Mike Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:03:56 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-1146 Chuck - Glad to hear that you had such great results with this recipe. There is indeed a lot of prep involved, but I am sure you will agree that the work is well worth the final product. I find that there is something especially satisfying about putting together food like this at home. The sauce is so good that I too have wondered about other practical applications for it. Fish sounds like a great idea. Let me know how it turns out. Chuck – Glad to hear that you had such great results with this recipe. There is indeed a lot of prep involved, but I am sure you will agree that the work is well worth the final product. I find that there is something especially satisfying about putting together food like this at home. The sauce is so good that I too have wondered about other practical applications for it. Fish sounds like a great idea. Let me know how it turns out.

]]> By: Chuck Norman http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Chuck Norman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:04:25 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-1141 Wow! I had this for dinner tonight. Well I should say four of us did. The Thai curry sauce turned out great. A lot of prep, but who cares. I truely believe this was better than at our local Thai place. I used both creamy peanut butter and some ground nuts. I love thick currys, like some of the Indian ones. I'll try this next time with chicken. Also going to use the curry sauce in with fish. Chuck Wow!

I had this for dinner tonight. Well I should say four of us did. The Thai curry sauce turned out great. A lot of prep, but who cares. I truely believe this was better than at our local Thai place.

I used both creamy peanut butter and some ground nuts. I love thick currys, like some of the Indian ones. I’ll try this next time with chicken. Also going to use the curry sauce in with fish.

Chuck

]]> By: ghweiss http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 ghweiss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:43 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-1074 I can never quite get my coconut oil to be vibrant in color. It never seems to pick up much. I can never quite get my coconut oil to be vibrant in color. It never seems to pick up much.

]]> By: Koko http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 Koko Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:19:11 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-1000 Oh, Panang!! When I went to Thailand, this is all that my boyfriend and his cousin ate- they were crazy over it! Yours is wonderfully presented! Oh, Panang!! When I went to Thailand, this is all that my boyfriend and his cousin ate- they were crazy over it! Yours is wonderfully presented!

]]> By: Mike http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Mike Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:45:13 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-972 Leanna - Fish sauce can be pretty potent stuff. The pungent smell and salty taste is certainly not for everybody, but when used correctly and in balance with other ingredients, it adds a savory depth to food that is simply unobtainable using ordinary salt. There are many brands of fish sauce available and they are certainly not all created equal. Nobody on the web has more thorough notes on fish sauce brands than Andrea Nguyen at <a href="http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Viet World Kitchen</a>. Check out <a href="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/fish-sauce-buying-guide.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a> for tips on how to buy, store and pick out a good quality fish sauce that is right for you. Don't give up on fish sauce just yet! Leanna – Fish sauce can be pretty potent stuff. The pungent smell and salty taste is certainly not for everybody, but when used correctly and in balance with other ingredients, it adds a savory depth to food that is simply unobtainable using ordinary salt. There are many brands of fish sauce available and they are certainly not all created equal. Nobody on the web has more thorough notes on fish sauce brands than Andrea Nguyen at Viet World Kitchen. Check out this article for tips on how to buy, store and pick out a good quality fish sauce that is right for you. Don’t give up on fish sauce just yet!

]]> By: Leanna http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Leanna Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:51:45 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-971 This recipe sounds great, but I am too scared to try it. We bought fish sauce for 1 recipe and it was so foul, we threw away the entire meal, the bottle of fish sauce and had cereal for dinner. I am a little hesitant to give it another try, even though I know that I love many things that include fish sauce. Any recommendations on brands/kinds of fish sauce to buy? This recipe sounds great, but I am too scared to try it. We bought fish sauce for 1 recipe and it was so foul, we threw away the entire meal, the bottle of fish sauce and had cereal for dinner.

I am a little hesitant to give it another try, even though I know that I love many things that include fish sauce. Any recommendations on brands/kinds of fish sauce to buy?

]]> By: Muneeba http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/panang-beef-curry/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Muneeba Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:57:08 +0000 http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/?p=926#comment-964 This is my hubby's fav thing to order every time we go to a Thai restaurant ... can't go wrong with a beautiful beef curry like yours :) This is my hubby’s fav thing to order every time we go to a Thai restaurant … can’t go wrong with a beautiful beef curry like yours :)

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