The Kitchen Chronicles

Adventures in City Cooking

Tag: Malaysian

Mee Goreng

I’m an equal opportunity noodle lover, just like I’m an equal opportunity dumpling lover (guys, I think I just love dough?), so I’m always especially thrilled when I can nail a really good dish of them at home. While I consider this broad noodle category to include pasta (more on that to come- I just got a new pasta extruder that I recently took for a spin!), the dishes I get most excited about are from southeast Asia. Every time I get my hands on a Thai takeout menu I swear I’m ordering a healthy(ish) stir-fry and end up with pad see ew.

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Chicken Satay

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First off, I’d like to say that I did not mean to alarm anyone with my chocolate cookies for the workaholic’s soul post last week… I received quite a few very sweet messages asking if I was alright after I proclaimed that the world was out to get me. I am happy to report that the week of doom passed and I am moving onwards and upwards, though no thanks to the weather, which is dumping freezing rain onto NYC as I write this. The sheer number of winter storms we have experienced this season and the fact that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Sunday have inspired me share this delicious chicken satay with you. Hopefully it will remind you of tropical climates and provide some consolation that, despite all evidence to the contrary, winter will eventually end.

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