Thai Green Curry
From-scratch green curry paste makes all the difference. Worth the food processor. Creamy, fresh, herbal, with just enough heat.
Street-style pad thai with tofu instead of shrimp, and coconut aminos standing in for fish sauce. Tastes like the real thing, I promise.
Mix tamarind, coconut aminos, and palm sugar until sugar dissolves. This is the pad thai sauce.
Press and drain tofu well. Fry in 1 tbsp oil over high heat until golden on all sides. Remove.
Add remaining oil to wok over very high heat. Add garlic, cook 30 seconds.
Drain soaked noodles. Add to wok, toss. Add pad thai sauce. Toss until noodles absorb sauce.
Push noodles to one side. Add bean sprouts and tofu to the empty side. Toss everything together.
Serve topped with peanuts, green onions, and lime wedges on the side.
From-scratch green curry paste makes all the difference. Worth the food processor. Creamy, fresh, herbal, with just enough heat.
Shiitake mushrooms replace the pork. Vegetable stock. The doubanjiang and Sichuan peppercorns do all the heavy lifting anyway.
2-hour version using chicken backs instead of pork trotters. Still rich, still real. For when you can't do the full 18-hour odyssey.
18-hour pork bone broth. Creamy, rich, cloudy white. This is a weekend project, not a weeknight dinner. Worth every hour.