Super Supper with Thai Kitchen

We whipped up a great meal of Thai food the other day, and I have to give a little plug to Thai Kitchens and KOR. I've written things in the past for their clients, and was told they would welcome a review of their Thai products. We love Thai food, but having lived in California, have found much of the East Coast Thai offerings to fall a little short. We've made decent dishes, but haven't done as much since the kids were born.

So we jumped at the chance to try the Thai Kitchen products. They are in most stores, but I guess I never really thought of buying them because I just didn't know. Just goes to show you what you're missing out on when you don't give things a try.

When we got our box of Thai Kitchen stuff, the kids were excited to give them a try. The question was, where to begin. Pad Thai is one of our favorites, but we had loads of basil, and wanted to use it, so went with a stir-fry noodle dish. I was going to make fried rice, but misread the recipe (it wasn't that clear) and didn't cook the rice in time. Bummer. We stuck with noodles and curry for this go around. Next time we'll go for the Pad Thai.

The recipes were surprisingly easy, and most of the work is pretty basic stuff. The key seems to be the sauces, especially the fish sauce. After using the big knife, N was able to jump in and pretty much do everything else, which he loves. Best of all, the food was great. We'll be eating Thai food more often, no doubt.

I also made the mistake of using too many noodles. The recipe calls for half the package, 7 ounces, but of course I paid no attention to that and just used the whole box. It was still good, but could have been so much better. Also, the noodles seem a little thick for pad thai, so I might go on a mission to find the proper texture, but that's a story for another time.

Oh well, next time.

Until then, thanks for reading, and thanks to RC for the pics.