Thai Tuesday-Kai Phat Met Muang

The Thai Adoption Board is meeting again tonight, well, morning over there. They are meeting right now. They are visiting with families who are in country to pick up their children and they will be reviewing files of families, families like ours, who are waiting for First Approval.  There are families who have been waiting for First Approval for many more months than us....we are asking God to intervene and that many approvals will be granted at this meeting.

Tonight we made a Chicken and Cashew Nut dish for dinner and we thought about and prayed for our kids even more than we normally do....after all, it is Thai Tuesday!

For those of you who are interested you can find the recipe below:


First, mix in a bowl and set aside:

1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
3 tablespoons chicken broth
1 teaspoon sugar

I usually double this for extra sauce.










Next, cut an onion in wedges and thinly slice a red (or yellow or orange) pepper and set aside.

Third, brown about 1/2 cup of cashew nuts over medium high heat in a tablespoon or so of vegetable oil.  They will brown very quickly, so keep a close eye on them. Once brown, set aside in a bowl.

Forth, take a handful of dried chili peppers and snip the ends off of them. Discard the seeds or keep some of the seeds to give the dish some spice.   Brown the chilies for a minute or two and then set aside in the bowl with the cashew nuts.

Fifth, brown the onions and set aside in a bowl. Now you have all of these items prepped.

 

Sixth, stir-fry a tablespoon or so of minced garlic until light brown in the same oil used for the nuts and chilies.  Then add a pound or so of chicken that has been thinly sliced. And stir-fry on medium high heat. 

 

Finally, add the red pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes.  Then, add the onion, sauce mixture, cashew nuts, and dried chilies and heat for 1-2 minutes.  I also usually like to add a couple of green onions cut into one inch pieces, but I didn't have any tonight so we left them out. 

 

And there it is, Kai Phat Met Muang!  Serve over jasmine rice and enjoy!