February 27, 2022

Fudge Brownie Chocolate Cookie (Betty Crocker)


Ingredients:
1 box Betty Crocker - Fudge Brownie
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup All-Purpose flour
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1-2 tbsp water

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 175 deg C and line a parchment paper on a baking tray.
  2. In a large bowl, add all the ingredients above and mix the mixture into a cookie dough.
  3. Onto cookie sheets, drop dough by an ice-cream scoop about 2" apart.
  4. Chill the cookies for about 15-20 mins before baking.
  5. Bake 15 mins or until around the edges look crunchy.  Cool 5 mins, remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.  Store in an air-tight container.

February 24, 2022

Ssamjang Sauce (Korean BBQ Sauce)


Ingredients:
3 tbsp Korean soybean paste
1 tbsp Korean chili paste (Gochujang)
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp Korean syrup
2 tbsp Plum extract juice
Sesame seed (Optional)

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a bowl, add all the above ingredients.  Mix all to combine.

February 22, 2022

Yakitori Chicken


Ingredients:
500g chicken boneless thigh

Marinade
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup mirin
2 tbsp sake or dry sherry
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 clove garlic ~ minced
1/2 tsp grated ginger

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Cut chicken into 1.5" pieces and place in a ziplock.
  2. In a mixing bowl, stir the marinade and pour mix the mixture evenly.  Marinade for about 3 hours.
  3. If using wooden or bamboo skewers, soak them in water for 1 hour. Thread chicken pieces onto skewers.
  4. In a small saucepan, strain the marinade mixture.  Boil the mixture and pour the cornstarch solution to thicken.
  5. Preheat the grill and grill the chicken for 10 mins on 1 side and brush the sauce and flip and grill for 6 mins each side till slight char.
  6. Serve drizzled with reserved sauce and garnished with scallions.

February 21, 2022

Chicken Shish Kebab


Ingredients:
1kg chicken thigh boneless & skinless ~ cut 1.5" cubes

Marinade
1 large yellow onion ~ pureed
4 cloves garlic ~ pureed
2 tbsp yogurt
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp black pepper
2 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp tomato paste
8 tbs olive oil

Garnish
Green pepper
Tomato ~ halves
Onion ~ quartered
Garlic

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a large bowl, mix all the marinade ingredients except onion.
  2. Put the onion puree in a strainer and sieve its juice into the mixture.  Onion juice will help to tenderize the chicken and enhance the flavor.
  3. Mix the mixture evenly.  Cover and marinate in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 4 hours.  If using wooden skewers, soak them in water for 30 mins.
  4. Before cooking, take out the marinade mixture from the fridge at least 45 mins ahead.  Thread the chicken pieces onto the skewers.  Do not push the chicken too close together otherwise, it won't cook properly.  Nine pieces of chicken on each metal/wooden skewer (20cm/8" length).
  5. Preheat the electric grill (abt 10 mins).  Once the grill is hot, place the skewers on the grill and cook for 10mins each side.
  6. In the last 5 mins of cooking, place the green peppers, tomatoes, onion, garlic, and tortilla/lavash bread on the grill. 
  7. Serve it with wrap tortilla/lavash and garnishes.  Enjoy!





February 19, 2022

Turkish Kebab


Ingredients:
1kg ground beef
5 cloves garlic ~ chopped
1 yellow onion ~ chopped
1 red bell pepper ~ chopped
4 green chili ~ deseeded/chopped
1 bunch parsley ~ chopped
1 tsp salt

Spices
1 tbsp chili flake
1 tbsp cumin powder
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tbsp cardamom powder
1 tbsp paprika powder
1 tbsp ginger powder

Salad
2 medium red onion ~ sliced
5-6 cherry tomato ~ halves
3-4 stalk parsley ~ chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
Black pepper to taste

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Soak 4 wide wooden skewers in water.  Let them sit for 30 mins.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, chopped onion, bell pepper, green chili, parsley, and salt together.  Use hand and mix until everything is well combined till sticky mixture.  (Note: Squeeze the chopped onion and bell pepper out of the juice.)
  3. Let it set in the fridge for 2 hours.  Divide the meat (100g ea), depending on the size of the skewers are using.
  4. Wet your hands and roll each piece into a ball and then mold each around a skewer forming a flattened kebab.
  5. Heat a cast-iron skillet or a grill.  Brush it with a little oil or use cooking spray.  Cook the kebabs, flipping them up every few minutes.  Cook within 8-10 mins.  Don't overload the skillet if it is not large enough.
  6. While the kebab is cooking, prepare the salad.  In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well together.
  7. Serve the kebab with lavash bread/tortilla bread and salad.  Enjoy!




February 16, 2022

Grilled Pork Belly (Korean Style)


Ingredients:
500g Pork belly
Cabbages
Perilla leaves
Kimchi
Dipping sauce (Recipe here)

Marinade
50g gochujang
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp grated garlic
1 tbsp cooking wine
3 tbsp Pear/Apple juice

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a mixing bowl, mix all marinating ingredients until well combined.
  2. Transfer pork belly in and make sure it's all well coated evenly.  Let it sit in the chiller for one hour or longer.  For best results let is sit for one day.
  3. Transfer pork belly out of the chiller for 1/2 hour before grilling them.
  4. Halfway through grilling, cut them into bite-size and continue to grill them until slightly charred.
  5. Serve with cabbages, perilla leaves, kimchi, dipping sauce, and wrap with the grilled pork.  Enjoy!


February 14, 2022

Mala Chicken


Ingredients:
500g boneless chicken ~ cut 1" cube
20-30 dried chili ~ deseeded
3-4 tbsp crush black pepper
5 clove garlic ~ minced
1 yellow onion ~ cut cube
1-2 green bell pepper ~ cut cube
1 tbsp cooking
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Potato starch solution
Chili oil

Marinade
1 tbsp cooking sake/cooking wine
1 tsp salt
1 tsp white pepper
1 egg
1-2 tbsp potato starch
1-2 tbsp cooking oil

Seasoning
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup chicken broth

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Remove the skin and cut the chicken into a 1" cube.  Then marinate the cubed chicken for 30 mins.
  2. In a wok, heat oil over medium-high heat.  Fry the marinated chicken for about 5-8 mins.  Dish out the cooked chicken, increase the heat to high (200 deg C), and re-fry the chicken for about 3 mins or until the chicken turns golden brown.  Set aside.
  3. In the same wok, since the oil is still hot, put in the cut onion and green bell pepper and stir for about 1 min and set aside.
  4. In another wok, heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil over medium-high heat.  Stir fry the dried chili until fragrance.  Then add the crushed peppers and minced garlic.  Fry for 2 mins then adds the cooked chicken.
  5. Stir fry the mixture together evenly.  Then add the seasoning.  Continue to stir fry for about 2 mins.
  6. Add the potato starch solution and continuously stir fry.  Then add the cooking wine, dark soy sauce, and chili oil.  Mix them together to coat evenly for another 2 mins.  Off the heat and serve with steamed white rice.  Enjoy!


February 12, 2022

Balloon Shrimp (Magically Self-Inflate)


Ingredients:
30 fresh prawns ~ remove the shell, leaving the tail on
Salt & pepper
Cooking oil ~ frying

Batter
30g cornstarch
60g potato starch
20g cake flour/AP flour
2g baking powder
3 egg whites
100g cooking oil
25g water

Sauce
2 tbsp ketchup
1/2 tbsp Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp minced garlic

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Wash the prawn and pat dry with the kitchen paper towel.  Season the prawn with salt and pepper.
  2. Mix the batter ingredients together in a bowl until the batter is smooth.
  3. Add the cooking oil for deep fry in a pot over medium heat.
  4. Dip one prawn into the batter. Slowly lower the prawn. Once the balloon inflates, release it and cook for 2 minutes.
  5. Do the same with the rest. Enjoy! (Note that over time, the balloon may deflate)


February 6, 2022

Homemade Kimichi


Ingredients:
3 pound Napa Cabbage
Coarse sea salt

Rice Paste
3 tbsp Glutinous Rice/Sweet Rice Flour
3/4 cup water

Spicy Paste
6 cloves garlic
1" ginger
1/2 apple
1/4 yellow onion
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp Anchovy sauce
1 tbsp salted shrimp (saeu-jeot)
2 tbsp Korean Plum Extract syrup

Other
2 stalk scallion ~ cut 2"
1 carrot ~ cut matchstick
1-1/2 cup white radish ~ cut matchstick
1/2 cup Korean red pepper flakes (gochugaru)

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Cut the Napa cabbage into bite-size pieces.  Rinse the cabbage in running water.  Drain.
  2. Transfer a layer of Napa cabbage to a large mixing bowl, sprinkle some coarse sea salt over the Napa cabbage, and mix with your hands.  Repeat until all the Napa cabbage and salt are finished. Toss and turn the cabbage every 30 mins. (Total brine about 3-4 hours until the white part of the cabbage becomes soft and flexible.  Salt will soften the Napa cabbage and kill the germs)
  3. Rinse the Napa cabbage in running water until all the salt on the surface has been removed.  Rinse about 3 times.  Drain the cabbage until there is no more excess of water.
  4. In a saucepan, over low heat, add the water and glutinous rice flour.  Constantly stir until the paste becomes sticky and pasty, about 5 mins.  Let it come to room temperature for about 20 mins.
  5. In a food processor, transfer in the garlic, ginger, chopped apple, chopped onion, fish sauce, anchovy fish sauce, salted shrimp, and plum extract syrup.  Blend until it becomes a paste.
  6. In a large mixing bowl, combine the rice paste, spice and seasoning paste, and the Korean chili pepper flakes.  Whisk to combine together.
  7. Transfer in the cut scallions, radish, and carrot.  Mix well.
  8. In another large mixing bowl, transfer in a layer of cabbage and spicy paste mixture.  Combine everything with your hands.  Repeat the process until all the cabbage and spicy paste are finished.
  9. Transfer the kimchi to an airtight container.  Ferment in the fridge for 5-7 days.  For tangler kimchi, could ferment it under room temperature for the first 2 days, then transfer to fridge for several days.

February 3, 2022

Prosperity Burger (McDonald)


Ingredients:
1kg minced beef
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper

Sauce
3 tbsp butter
1/2 Holland onion ~ diced
2 tbsp black pepper (coarse)
2 tbsp flour
2 cup water
1/2 beef cube
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp ground white pepper
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
Salt to taste

Other:
Hotdog roll/burger
1/2 Holland onion ~ sliced
Curly fries

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a large bowl, add salt and pepper to the minced meat.  Mix well.  Then shape the minced meat (125g ea) into long patties, a little bigger than the hotdog roll/burger (it will string once it cooks).  Wrap in the cling wrapper and let it rest in the fridge.
  2. In a saucepan, add the butter and let the butter melt.  Then add the flour and whisk until it turns golden brown.
  3. Then add in the diced onion, black pepper and stir fry together for about 1-2 mins.
  4. Once onions are cooked, add water, beef cube, and oyster sauce.  Stir to mix well for the sauce bubble.
  5. Then add in the milk, ground white paper, sweet soy sauce, and season with salt to taste.   Mix well and let the sauce thicken.  Off the heat and cover with the lid to prevent the surface turn jelly.
  6. On the pan over medium heat, fry the burger patties.  Cook the burger for 3 mins on each side.
  7. To assemble the burger, cut the hotdog and spread it with butter.  Dip the patties into the sauce and place the black pepper burger on the bun and top off with some sliced onion.  Sandwich them in between the hotdog/bun.  Enjoy!
McDonald Juice
1/3 orange syrup
2/3 Ice-cream soda/7-up/Sprite

February 1, 2022

Bag of Happinese ~ Stuffed Tofu with Scallop Sauce


Ingredients:
10 tofu puffs
15 spring onion ~ the green part
2 sliced ginger
15g dried scallops  
350ml scallop water
1 tbsp oyster sauce
Cornstarch solution

Filling
150g prawns ~ minced
150g minced pork/chicken
40g carrots ~ diced
4 dried mushroom ~ rehydrated/diced
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp Chinese white rice wine
1/4 tsp white pepper

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a bowl, add 350ml water and soak the dried scallop for 15-20 mins.  Shred the scallop and set it aside.
  2. In a large bowl, add all the filling ingredients and mix well until the mixture is sticky.  Slam the mixture about 10-20 times to improve the texture as well as the flavor.  Divide the mixture into 10 equal portions. 
  3. Boil a pot of water and blanch the green spring onion till it softens.  This is to tie around the tofu puff.
  4. Take a tofu puff, snipe the side approximately 1cm, cut it through the top and snipe the other side is 1cm down.  Use finger/thumb slowly and gently open the inside of the tofu puff.  Try not to break the skin of the puff.
  5. Open the tofu puff, like a purse, scoop 1 tbsp of the filling, and slowly push it all down to fill the corner (fill about 50%).
  6. Close the top and press the filling to stand.  Then take one green spring onion, tie it around.  Repeat the process till finished.  Set aside
  7. In a wok, heat up 1 tbsp cooking oil over medium-low heat.  Then add 2 pieces of sliced ginger and fry to infuse the oil with the fragrance of the ginger.  Fry until fragrant and remove the ginger once it turns slightly browned.
  8. Add the shredded dried scallop and fry till fragrant for about 2mins or till it turns a little brown over medium-low heat.
  9. Then add in 350ml scallop water and stir in the oyster sauce.  Turn the heat up medium, cover the lid, and bring the sauce to a boil.
  10. Once the water comes to a boil, add in the tofu puff gently.  Put the lid on and cook for 6-7 mins.  Once the time is up, reduce the heat to low and remove the tofu puffs.
  11. Add a little water (optional), give the sauce a taste if the seasoning is required.  Turn the heat up to medium and bring the sauce to a boil.
  12. Thicken up the sauce with cornstarch solution.  Pour the sauce on the serving plate and add the tofu puffs.  Enjoy!
Note:  Do add in a little more water if want the dish to have more sauce. 

Steamed Blossom Prawns


Ingredients:
20-25 large prawns
2 pcs Vermicelli noodles/Glass noodles

Sauce
10 cloves garlic ~ chopped
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/2 tbsp chili oil

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Soak the glass noodle/vermicelli noodles for 15-20 mins.  Set aside.
  2. Wash the prawn and pat dry with the kitchen paper towel.  Use kitchen scissors to remove the antenna and legs.  cut the rostrum (shrimp's head).  Insert a toothpick in the middle stomach and take out a small black chip.
  3. In a saucepan, pour 1/4 cup of vegetable oil, add minced garlic and stir fry until golden brown.  Then add all the sauce ingredients and mix them well.  Cook for about 2-3 mins.
  4. Lay the soaked vermicelli/glass noodle on the plate and pour the sauce over and toss evenly.  Then spread the prawn in a blossom/fan shape.
  5. Boil some water in a steamer or a large wok with a steamer rack.  Once the water boil, transfer the plated shrimp to the steamer, cover the lid, and steam for 7 mins over high heat.  Serve and enjoy!

January 27, 2022

Sausage Casserole


Ingredients:
500g sausage (recipe here)
8-10 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tsp salt
1 bunch green onion ~ chopped
1 tsp dry Mustard
6-8 sliced bread ~ cut the edges off
115g cheddar cheese ~ shredded
115g Swiss cheese ~ shredded

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Grease 9x13 casserole dish well.  Place the bread in the bottom of the pan.
  2. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and add the milk, salt, chopped green onion, and dry mustard.  Mix the mixture together to combine.
  3. Spread the cooked sausage on top of the bread.  Make sure evenly cover the bread.
  4. Then pour over the egg mixture all over the sausage.  Refrigerate overnight.
  5. Preheat the oven to 180 deg. C (350F).  Sprinkle the cheddar cheese evenly, cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 mins.
  6. Then add swiss cheese on top and bake another 15 mins.  Remove and set for 10-15 mins.  Serve and enjoy!


January 26, 2022

Apple Pie Pancake (Quick & Easy)

Serving 4-6
Ingredients:
1 apple ~ sliced 1/4" thickness
1 tsp butter
2 tsp sugar

Batter
195g AP flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp fine salt
295ml milk
1 egg
4 tbsp butter ~ melted
1 tsp vanilla extract

Direction/Instructions:
  1. Whisk dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
  2. Warm milk in the microwave until lukewarm, whisk in egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract until combined.
  3. In a mini saucepan (egg saucepan), melt 1 tsp butter on low heat.  Sprinkle 1 tbsp sugar over the melted butter.
  4. Spread/arrange sliced apple over the butter/sugar, and scoop 1 ladle of the pancake batter over the apple slices.
  5. Cover the saucepan, and let it cook for 10-12 mins.  Then flip the pancake and cook another 2-3 mins.
  6. Place on a serving plate, sprinkle with icing sugar or syrup.  Enjoy!


January 25, 2022

Red Curry Chicken


Ingredients:
500g chicken thigh ~ bite-size
Red curry paste (recipe here)
3-4 kafir lime leaves
1/2 cup bamboo shoot ~ matchstick
2 cup coconut milk
1 cup chicken stock
2 tbsp fish
2-3 tbsp palm sugar
1 cup Thai basil
1/2 bell pepper ~ julienned (Optional to add some color)

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Bring 1/2 cup of coconut milk to a boil, add the curry paste and stir to break up lumps.  Continue cooking and reducing over medium-high heat until it is very thick and the coconut oil starts separating from the curry paste.
  2. Then add chicken, kafir lime leaves, and toss to mix with the paste for about 3-5 mins or till the chicken is about 80% cooked.
  3. Add the remaining coconut milk and chicken stock.  Season with fish sauce, palm sugar.  Stir to mix and simmer for about 8 mins.
  4. Add bamboo shoot and simmer for another 6-8 mins or until fully cooked.  Remove from heat, taste, and adjust seasoning with the remaining fish sauce and palm sugar as needed.
  5. Lastly, stir in Thai basil and bell pepper.  Serve immediately with jasmine rice.

Homemade Red Curry Paste


Ingredients:
15 dried chilies
1 tsp coarse salt
1/4 tsp white peppercorns
2 stalk lemongrass ~ chopped
1" galangal ~ chopped
3-4 cilantro root ~ chopped
1 lime skin ~ chopped
8 shallot
5 cloves garlic
1" fermented shrimp paste (Belacan)

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Remove seeds from chilies, cut into chunks and soak in hot water until softened.  Drain and ry off excess water with a paper towel.
  2. Add to mortar and pestle along with salt and white peppercorns.  Pound into a fine paste.
  3. Add lemongrass, galangal, cilantro roots, lime zest.  Pound into a fine paste.
  4. Then add shallots and garlic.  Continue to pound into a fine paste.  Lastly add shrimp paste and pound to mix.

January 24, 2022


Ingredients:
1 cup long bean ~ cut 2"
5-7 pcs prawn
2 clove garlic ~ chopped
1" ginger ~ julienned
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp sambal ~ to taste
1/2 tsp Mirin
1/2 tsp sesame oil

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Add oil to a heated wok and saute garlic and ginger a quick toss.
  2. Add long bean, continue to stir to combine for about 3-5 mins.
  3. Then add prawn and cook for another 2 mins or till the prawn turns pink.
  4. Add the oyster sauce, soy sauce, sambal, mirin, and sesame oil.  Stir to mix well.  Enjoy!

Dumpling Wrapped With Chicken Skin


Ingredients:
50 chicken skin
450g ground pork/chicken
450g prawn ~ chopped into a paste
2 stalk spring onion ~ chop
4-5 dried mushroom ~ soaked, chop
1/4 carrot ~ chop
1 egg
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp white pepper
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp salt

Dipping Sauce
1/4 cup gochujang
1/4 cup hoisin
1/4 cup Mirin
1 scallion ~ chopped
Sesame seeds

Directions/Instructions:
  1. In a large mixing bowl, add the filling ingredients and mix in one direction until the mixture breaks down and the minced meat and shrimp become a paste.  Set in the fridge for 30 min to rest.
  2. On a chopping board layout a piece of chicken skin.  Scoop 1-2 tablespoons of the mixture into the center of the skin.  Wrap the chicken skin into a roll or rectangular shape.  
  3. Then cover with plastic wrap putting pressure on the skin and filling so it sticks together.  Place them in the refrigerator overnight.
  4. After resting overnight, pull from the fridge and unwrap the dumplings out of the plastic wrap.  Fry in 300 F oil for 10-12 mins. (Depending on the thickness of the skin it could be 8-10 mins) or golden and crispy.
  5. Remove from the oil and drain on a cooling rack or lined with paper towels.
  6. While frying the chicken, prepare the dipping sauce.  Plate dumpling, add chopped scallion, drizzle with sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds.  Serve

January 22, 2022

Glass Noodle Seafood Salad


Ingredients:
40g glass noodles aka bean vermicelli
2 tsp dried shrimp ~ soaked in hot water
1 red Thai chili
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes ~ halved
3-4 shallots ~ julienned
1-2 stalk Chinese parsley ~ leaves cut into 1/4"
6 or more shrimp/prawn
1 medium squid ~ cut bite size
1/2 cup ground pork/chicken/beef
1/4 cup crushed roasted peanuts

Dressing
2 tbsp fish sauce
2-1/2 tbsp lime juice (preferably fresh)
2 tsp sugar

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Soak glass noodles in room-temp water to soften.
  2. Mix the dressing ingredients together and stir to dissolve.  Set aside.
  3. Poundsoaked dried shrimp and red Thai chili in a mortar and pestle until the shrimp is shredded.  Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.  Add the cut shallots, tomatoes, and Chinese parsley.
  4. Cook the ground pork/chicken/beef in a small saute pan in a little bit of water.  Transfer the pork/chicken/beef without the liquid to the vegetables.  
  5. Then add water into the pot and bring to boil.  Add the shrimp and cook just until done.  Remove from the pot, then add the cut squid.  Once the squid "curl" immediately drain.  Add the cooked shrimp and squid to the mixing bowl.
  6. Bring a pot of water to a full boil, cook the glass noodles for 2-3 mins until done.  Taste the noodles to check for doneness.  Drain noodles well, transfer noodles into the mixing bowl, don't mix everything just yet.
  7. Pour the dressing directly onto the noodles in the mixing bowl, and then toss everything together.
  8. Let it sit for a few minutes to let the noodles absorb the dress and all the flavor mingle.  Serve it

January 20, 2022

Green Curry Chicken (


Ingredients:
500g chicken boneless thigh ~ cut into 1" pcs
1-3/4 cup coconut milk ~ divided
3 tbsp green curry paste (homemade recipe)
1 cup chicken stock
2 tbsp palm sugar/granulated sugar
1-1/2 - 2 tbsp fish sauce
3-4 kaffir lime leaves ~ roughly torn
4-5 long bean ~ cut into 2"
1 cup Thai basil
1 red chili ~ sliced

Directions/Instructions:
  1. Reduce 3/4 cup coconut milk until thick and oil start to separate from the coconut milk.
  2. Add homemade curry paste and saute, stirring constantly over medium heat for about 2 mins until aromatic.
  3. Add chicken thigh and stir to mix with the paste till the chicken is separated or 80% cooked.
  4. Then add kaffir lime leaves, chicken stock, remaining coconut milk, palm sugar, and 1 tbsp fish sauce.  Bring to a simmer and let simmer gently for 10-15 mins or until the chicken is fork-tender.
  5. Once the curry is done simmering, add the cut bean and bring it to a boil again.  Taste and add more fish sauce and/or sugar as needed.
  6. Off the heat, add Thai basil and chili.  Serve with steamed rice.  Enjoy