Mango Chicken

This mango chicken dish combines sweet and sour flavors. The sauce is made mostly of mangoes and roasted red peppers which give it an intense red color. I battered and fried the chicken, but you can save time by just stir frying it.

Rice Cakes

These rice cakes are a good use of leftover rice, and a quick and simple snack or light meal. These are different than the flavorless puffed rice disks that you find in the grocery store.

Larb

Larb is a Laotian minced meat dish that is commonly found in Thai restaurants. The meat is mixed with onions and seasoned with lime juice, fish sauce, and herbs. Any kind of meat can be used, and it can be a meal by itself or a dish in a larger meal. I made this after having some at a restaurant, and being disappointed in the intensity of the flavors.

Indo-Chinese Chili Chicken with Fried Rice

Indo-Chinese food is a cuisine that isn't well known in the US, but is an incredible fusion of Chinese and Indian ingredients and techniques. Many Indo-Chinese dishes are somewhere between a stir-fry and a dry curry, and tend to be spicy and fried. This chili chicken is a simple, delicious one-pan dish.

Achar Chicken Wings

This is an amazing wing preparation that is a combination of two earlier posts: nimbu aachar (lemon pickle) and crispy roasted chicken wings.The pickle is used as a sauce for wings, and is perfectly hot, sweet, and sour