Sweet Chicken Stew [I forget the Thai name so I made one up]

This particular dish is eaten over steamed rice, but you could eat it with any kind of rice you want, or as a stew!

First, you need to start with a wok [oh, classic Asian cooking] and start to fry some minced garlic and chicken. We used drumsticks but whatever kind of chicken you want to eat is good. I'm assuming you could eat it with pork or beef if that is your preference, or you can vido the meat all together and add vegetables of your choice later. Once the chicken is partially cooked add in cinnamon and sugar.. LOTS of sugar. How much sugar depends on how sweet you want it to be, but the dish is traditionally sweet - that should give you a guideline. I believe we put in a cup of sugar. Keep stirring so the sugar and cinnamon don't burn until the chicken is fully cooked.

Then you are ready to start your stew. Add to the wok enough water to almost cover the chicken, but not drown out the flavour. Keep the water simmering and add brown sugar [again it depends on how much you would like to put in.. we put in another half a cup].

While your stew is simmering, boil some eggs [however many you would like]. When they are finished cooking, cool them in an ice bath so you can peel them right away. Once they are peeled you can add them to your stew in the wok. Add more water if necessary. Then, let your stew simmer for 30 minutes before eating.

Like all Thai dishes, we all had our own plate of steamed rice and the bowl of stew was a community bowl that everyone ate from. The traditional Thai style of eating is to take 2 or 3 spoonfuls of stew/eggs/chicken and pouring it over your rice. Once you are finished that part of your rice you can get another 2 or 3 spoonfuls. More than that 2 or 3 spoonfuls is ... weird :) But, as you probably don't live in Thailand, you can eat it whatever way you would like.

I'll try to get the pictures I have on this as soon as possible, sorry for the long wait.

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