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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Kow Pad Kapi ข้าวคลุกกะปิ (shrimp paste fried rice)

What could I make with green mango, pork belly, dried shrimp and cilantro?  I had almost all the ingredients for kow pad kapi.  It's a Thai dish that will definitely make your taste buds dance...sweet, salty, sour.  This dish makes me miss Tena and P-nut and Sen Yek Sen Yai in N. Minneapolis.

The kapi seasoned rice is served with sweet pork, dried shrimp, fried eggs, green mango, cilantro, green onion, shallots, chilies and lime.  Its the perfect marriage of flavor and texture.  I researched tons of pictures and recipes and recalled what I enjoyed about the dish in Minneapolis.  This is what I did tonight:

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked rice
2 garlic cloves
1 - 1 1/2 tbs kapi - shrimp paste
1 tsp sugar
1/2 lb sliced pork belly
2 tbs palm sugar or brown sugar
3 tbs soy sauce (more to taste)
3 tbs fried shallots
3 eggs
1/2 cup dried shrimp
sliced shallot
green onion
cilantro
green mango
fresh chilies
limes

The Rice
1. heat some oil in your wok and brown the garlic
2. add kapi and sugar (you may need to add a little water to help the kapi dissolve)
3. add cooked rice and mix well

Sweet Pork
1. caramelize the palm sugar or brown sugar
2. add sliced pork and stir
3. add soy sauce and let simmer for 20 min (add a little water if it gets to sticky during the cooking process)
4. mix in the fried shallots when the pork is done

- fry the dried shrimp in some oil for 1 min.

- thinly slice your fried eggs

- slice all the herbs, shallots, green mango and chilies

- dress the rice with all of the ingredients and served with a wedge of lime

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