{"id":1347,"date":"2013-03-09T00:50:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfifteenminutemealsproject.co.uk\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2013-03-13T01:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T01:47:00","slug":"thai-chicken-laksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfifteenminutemealsproject.co.uk\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"Thai Chicken Laksa …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… Mildly Spiced Noodle Squash Broth<\/span><\/h4>\n

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For the first time in a little while this has been a meal that has been picked for me rather than chosen by me.\u00a0 Tonight I am cooking for Gavin\u2019s work friend Leah and her husband Chris.\u00a0 Gavin took my book into his work for Leah to choose a meal. And this is what she chose and so this is what I cooked.\u00a0 I should mention that I was only responsible for the main part of the meal. Gavin made a starter and a pudding.\u00a0 Both were very nice.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I felt quite confident with this one.\u00a0 Confident mainly in the flavours because all the Greek style dishes I have done from this book have really been very good.\u00a0 But I was also pretty confident with the cooking time because it just looked like a good, simple meal.\u00a0 My confidence was tempered by the fact that I\u2019m cooking chicken, and I always feel a bit nervous with this.\u00a0 It really isn\u2019t very good to serve under cooked chicken to your guests, but I also hate serving overcooked chicken (is it wrong that I think I\u2019d be more embarrassed with serving overcooked, dry, chicken than slightly undercooked pink(ish) chicken?).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway the meal is cooked with relatively little incident (other than the missing tongs \u2026 Gavin \u2026).\u00a0 It is a meal where you prepare and cook all the time, with no waiting around.\u00a0 It\u2019s done in a little over the fifteen minutes.\u00a0 Now I will blame this on the size of my pan.\u00a0 When dealing with these recipes you are very often specified a size of pot or pan (such as a \u201clarge lidded pan\u201d or a \u201cmedium frying pan\u201d).\u00a0 I have found that I often can take a bit of an interpretation on this and very often (when cooking at home) I go for a pan size down than that specified. If I\u2019m honest that often has a bit to do with aesthetics.\u00a0 My medium and smaller pots and pans just look cooler and so I prefer these.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0But tonight this was mistake.\u00a0 The recipe asks for a large pan. It means a large pan.\u00a0 But I use a medium one.\u00a0 I am concerned that neither the asparagus nor the noodles will cook properly.\u00a0 And so I spend a bit of time fretting about this.\u00a0 And I will blame that for making me twenty eight seconds late.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I enjoy all the stuff (the garlic, ginger, chilli, turmeric, spring onions, peanut butter, kaffir lime leaves, sesame oil, soy sauce, fish sauce) that is whizzed in the food processor and added to the stocky, coconut noodles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a very nice meal.\u00a0 Very tasty.\u00a0 Oh and by the way the chicken was neither over cooked, nor was it under cooked.\u00a0 So I guess that makes it \u2026 just right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight was mainly a night of cooking for people I\u2019ve not met before and tonight was a night of manly having a lot of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way Leah, last night (as in Monday night) I had one of the Cobra beers you left in the fridge \u2026 I saw Cobra \u2026 I saw beer \u2026 imagine my horror upon tasting it \u2026 thinking that tastes funny \u2026 reading the label \u2026\u00a0 reading the words non-alcoholic \u2026 and so there are three Cobra \u201cbeers\u201d left in the fridge for you next time you come for dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Oh by the way I bought a new griddle pan today which solves my issue of the very, very worn out griddle pan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who with:<\/strong> Leah, Chris, Gavin<\/span><\/p>\n

How long:<\/strong> Fifteen minutes and twenty eight seconds<\/span><\/p>\n

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