I recently got "Keo's Thai Cuisine" by Keo Sananikone, 10-Speed Press,
1999. I have tried a handful of recipes from it, and they are both
simple and very tasty. I started to transcribe this one, then tried a
search on the web. It turned out to be easy to find, so you may all have
seen this before. It is well worth making.

I copied this one from
http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnerc...ceChicken.html

Cheers,

Ian


Evil Jungle Prince with Chicken

Recipe from Keo's Thai Cuisine by Keo Sananikone. Wonderful Thai chicken
dish with lots of basil. Or substitute the chicken with mixed
vegetables---choose from among bell peppers, string beans, water
chestnuts, bamboo shoots, miniature corn, asparagus, cucumbers,
zucchini, Japanese eggplant, and mushrooms.
Serves 2-3.

1/2 lb boneless chicken breast
2 to 6 small red chile peppers
1/2 stalk fresh lemon grass
2 kafir lime leaves
2 tablespoon oil
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 to 4 tablespoon fish sauce (optional)
10 to 15 basil leaves
1 cup chopped cabbage

Thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips. If using vegetables, cut into
thin strips. Grind together red chili peppers, lemon grass, and kafir
lime leaves in a food processor or pound in a mortar. Heat oil to
medium-high and saute pepper mixture for 3 minutes. Stir in coconut milk
and cook for 2 minutes. Add chicken (or vegetables) and cook for 5
minutes or until cooked. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in fish sauce
(if using), salt, and basil. Serve on a bed of chopped cabbage.