Dans Gourmet Restoration

This is a FANTASTIC sauce! Goes with almost everything! Put this together the other night – very simple, very quick.   The Pineapple Sake Teriyaki marinade I used by Earth and Vine is like a miracle sauce.   This stuff is awesome with chicken, fish, pork – you name it.   I reduce it and use it as a glaze on chicken or pork or salmon, I have even added it to meat loaf – yum! It is awesome as a finishing sauce as well.   Most fine food stores will carry it. 15 minutes to fantastic!  YUM. Anyway – rummaged around in the freezer, and came up with the last 8 frozen shrimp (jumbo size – 21-25 per lb) a hefty frozen skinless chicken breast, and a bag of frozen Chinese stir fry veggies…..a nice new bottle of Pineapple Sake marinade….. and the last bag of brown rice…. hmmm, smells like dinner!   This was super simple, took about 15 minutes from start to finish, and tasted fantastic!   A great middle of the week quick dinner!   Plus, its not too bad calorie wise – almost all the calories come fr

Home made Chicken Panang - YUM! Boy, do I love Thai food!  We have a great restaurant here in New London , CT. and I have been trying for years to get a Panang (it is a coconut curry based cream sauce – totally amazing!) together that is as good as theirs.  I think with this combination, I have done that!  It takes a few specialty items, but if you like Thai cooking, they are ingredients you will use often.  The critical ingredient is the fish sauce…. don’t smell it when you get it – really nasty, (It's made from pressed anchovies....need I say more?.) but I have tried this without it, and you absolutely need it for the true Thai flavor!  This is a fairly simple recipe – and REALLY good!  You can make it as hot as you like with the red pepper flakes – I like it HOT, my wife not so much, so I usually add extra red pepper to mine.  The brown sugar is also a critical ingredient  - its amazing how much of a difference an additional tsp or so makes - use this to taste!  I should say -