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June 22, 2010. Today our feature recipes are perfect for the Fourth of July. Very simple yet incredibly delicous baby back ribs
made with Thai ingredients, and a tamarind-vodka cocktail developed by Bon Appetit. See our new "creamy tom yum" noodles, and
other features including a new Thai street vendor video. Thanks for visiting ImportFood.com! |
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Kecap Manis, The Salty And Sweet Soy Sauce "Secret Ingredient" For BBQ Pros
Kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), also known as ketjap manis, is a thick soy sauce sweetened with palm sugar. The sauce is very thick (like molasses) and dark in color.
Traditionally it's used to flavor various hot and cold Indonesian dishes and is used as a condiment and marinade. We like it in this recipe: Kacang Panjang Kecap, Long Beans in Sweet Soy.
Checkout this story in July 2010 Fine Cooking, they demonstrate how Kecap Manis is used to make sweet and sour pork sandwich, baby back ribs, cold soba noodles, stir-fried baby bok choy, glazed striped bass, egg fried rice, and kecap manis burgers. Fine Cooking recommends ImportFood.com for kecap manis.
Our customer Mark from Waterbury CT sent this recipe to us via email: "Tenderize skirt steak with a mallet that has those sharp little spikes. Then you place in a container with the kecap manis and some fresh grated ginger overnight. Then grill over high heat for 2 minutes on each side to carmelize the outside. If you like it more well-done then cook it at medium heat to taste. Everyone I have had taste it is bugging me for the sauce so I decided to order a bunch as gifts."
Ingredients: palm sugar, water, salt, soya bean, wheat, sodium benzoate (0.01%). The finest quality, ABC Brand, well-known in Indonesia. Product of Indonesia..
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1 bottle, 21 oz, $5.49 |
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| New flavor "Tom Yum, Creamy" is slightly thicker, with coconut cream in the broth which adds a nice dimension. Here we feature four favorite Mama. |
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Back In Stock: Whole Dried Banana
Dried fruit is enjoyed far and wide throughout Thailand as a snack, but until now we've been unimpressed with the final quality of anything that's packaged and exported. Inevitably the flavor, color and overall characteristic of dried Thai fruit has been disappointing. We found these dried Thai bananas a few months ago at a local wholesaler and they became an instant top seller among local Thai, Lao and Vietnamese who snap up as fast as they can be put on the shelf! These dried bananas are a guaranteed hit if you love the true banana flavor of the sweet mini banana variety.
As you can see from the pictures, they're a golden caramel color. We just got new stock so they're nice and fresh, and although dried they are soft and chewy not hard and brittle. In Thai they are the "Kluay Nam Wah" variety which is short, fat and sweeter than other varieties. Kluay nam wah are also well-known as being a good source of nutrition for young children, and they won't upset a baby's stomache. Our own family devours these. One case has 25 packages, each package contains one banana which is gently pressed and sun dried, with no artificial flavors or preservatives or added ingredients. The price may seem high for a snack, but this is a healthy snack, and it takes 6 or 8 pounds of fresh bananas to come up with 1 lb dried. Ingredients: Banana 100% all natural. Product of Thailand. .
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16 oz (1 box), $6.89
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Galangal Powder, another "Secret Ingredient" For BBQ Pros
Recently the owner of a Lebanese restaurant specializing in lamb kebabs ordered our galangal powder. He mentioned that this powder is a "secret ingredient" that give his kebab skewers fantastic flavor. We've tested this out with great results. Galangal powder adds a nice hint of exotic gingery mustard flavor to meats, and it's perfect for the barbeque.
Here we are offering a jar for just $1 to our newsletter readers, packed in premium Hand Brand from Nguan Soon (the very best Thai spices). Experiment with it and enjoy the authentic taste of Asia. Galangal is an erect annual plant with aromatic, ginger-like rhizomes. More about galangal at this link. It takes a lot of galangal to yield this powder, so it's a great deal and you won't be disappointed with the quality. We also recommend you try our Thai Pepper Powder or Lemongrass Powder from the same brand.
Ingredients: galangal powder. Product of Thailand.
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1 jar, 1.4 oz, $1.00 (reg $3.39) |
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| Special Street Vendor Video Feature--Thai Basil Chile Seafood with Egg. We take you back to the streets of Thailand to demonstrate how to make a very basic version of a stir-fried seafood, with lots of hot chiles to spice things up, and a crispy egg on top. |
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