Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Jack is Cooking Tofu with Cashew Nuts

Well Hello Internet!

Today i have a Thai recipe to share.  You may recall seeing this at your local Thai establishment as Chicken with Cashew Nuts.  Its pretty good with chicken, but i find it much easier to keep Tofu in my fridge, as it has quite a longer shelf life.  It's a pretty good substitute if you fry it up first.  Feel free to use chicken if you want for the original version.

Here's what you'll need to make it the tofu way:

Half a Block of Tofu (cubed, and fried until golden and crispy)
2 tbspns of Cashew nuts (lightly fried)
1/2 an onion (sliced in moon slivers)
2-3 dried red chillies
2 cloves garlic
cherry tomatoes  (optional)
spring onion (optional garnish)

for the sauce:
1 tbspn oyster sauce
1/2 tbspn soy sauce
1/2 tbspn fish sauce
1/2 tbspn ketchup
1/2 tbspn chilli sauce
a couple of drops black soy sauce
1/2 tspn sugar
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1.  heat some oil in a pan, and add the garlic and red chillies.  When the garlic begins to brown a little add in the tofu.  (if you are going to use chicken, this is when to add the raw chicken,  cook it until it is cooked  90% through)

2.  add the onions, cherry tomatoes, and cashews

Onions, Tofu and Cashew Nuts
3. while the onions are cooking, mix all the sauce ingredients together:

Sauce
4.  Add the sauce to the pan, with a little water.  Stir and fry to mix together.

Veggies, Sauced
5. Serve with Rice, and garnish with green onions if you have them!

Tofu and Cashew Nuts with Rice
And That's it!  a super easy thai dish to make, with very little ingredients.

mmmm mmmm delicious

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Jack is Cooking a Documentary!

Well Hello Internet!

As some of you know, when i am not cooking i am taking photos and making movies!  for the last year i have been working on a documentary about the Q'ero people of peru.  The time has come to ask for some support so i set up an Indiegogo project.  i have put it in the side bar so that if anybody wants to they can watch the trailer for the movie, and make a donation!  anybody who does so will get all sorts of cool stuff ranging from DVD of the finished movie, to super awesome hand made Peruvian Textiles!

for the purposes of this post i have put it here also:



Thanks everybody
Jack