Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken

I had never tasted this spicy stir-fry with the intriguing name of "Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken" until I made it myself. "Evil" in this instance translates to tasty!

Omit the chicken if you like, for a surprisingly flavorful vegetarian/vegan dish.You could also substitute shrimp, turkey, or tofu for the chicken.Use almost any combination of slivered or sliced vegetables that you like. Utilizing what I had on hand I used green beans, zucchini, straw mushrooms, baby corn, and slivered red bell pepper. The stir fry is served on a bed of sliced or chopped cabbage. Although the recipe didn't indicate it, I briefly stir-fried the cabbage in a little oil before cooking the chicken and vegetables because I like the way stir-frying brings out the sweetness in cabbage, and makes the texture more pleasing. Just a personal preference, but it's not a necessary step.


The sauce is comprised of lemon grass, red Thai chili peppers, coconut milk and fish sauce. Some don't care for the pungent flavor of fish sauce, so I cut the strength by using 1/2 fish sauce, and 1/2 soy sauce. (You could use all soy sauce if you prefer.) The recipe also calls for slivered Kaffir lime leaves (I had none so I omitted.)

Basil leaves are sprinkled over the final dish, but you won't see them in the pictures ~ because I forgot about them until we sat down to eat. *sigh*
One of us doesn't care for extremely spicy food so I reduced the amount of Thai peppers, and the coconut milk tames the heat a bit, lending a silky, non-sweet smoothness to the dish.


Wow, I was surprised at how much we liked this! I'll definitely make it again soon... probably the veggie version later this week.





If you would like a copy of the recipe you can find it on my recipe blog by clicking HERE.