{"id":1917,"date":"2009-06-18T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T21:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2009-06-18T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T21:32:25","slug":"back-to-bittman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1917","title":{"rendered":"Back to Bittman"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got the last third of my birthday present from my brother last week, which was a copy of Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything<\/em><\/strong>. I know I’ve raved about this book before, and that was a borrowed copy from the library. Now I have my very own library-bound hard copy and it’s an all-newly revised tenth edition. I couldn’t be more thrilled. (Thank you Songbae!)<\/p>\n

So, the peanut sauce I made last week is a winner. Bella even asked me to transcribe the recipe into her book (the journal I keep for her). You could pour this sauce over anything; we had it over fried tofu, steamed green beans and broccoli, and rice.<\/p>\n

I made a simpler version than Bittman’s and it was still tasty. The revelation was tossing some of the ingredients (dried chiles, garlic, shallots) into the food processor before sauting them.<\/p>\n

Peanut Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 small dried red chiles or cayenne pepper or red hot pepper flakes (As a good Korean girl, I had all three, and used the first choice)<\/p>\n

3 garlic cloves (I used a little more)<\/p>\n

2 shallots (I used the gigantic scallions from my CSA basket)<\/p>\n

1 stalk lemongrass (didn’t use)<\/p>\n

2 tsp turmuric (didn’t use)<\/p>\n

1 T peanut oil or neutral oil (I used olive because I was out of neutral oil and I get my olive oil at Costco, meaning I never run out.)<\/p>\n

1 c coconut milk (Just use the whole can already – of course, Bittman makes his own.)<\/p>\n

1 T brown sugar<\/p>\n

2 T soy sauce to taste<\/p>\n

2 T freshly squeezed lime juice<\/p>\n

1\/2 c chopped roasted peanuts or crunchy peanut butter (I think I used more than this – a combination of leftover organic; mine and now Christian’s, and Skippy: Bella and Chad’s)<\/p>\n

1. Blend first five (or three) ingredients in food processor.<\/p>\n

2. Saute briefly (1 min). Add remaining ingredients and whisk until smooth. Stir occasionally until the suace thickens (15 min).<\/p>\n

3. Salt or soy sauce to taste.<\/p>\n

4. Sit back and watch your family knock themselves out eating veggies dipped in this sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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