Cambodian Coleslaw Ngiom Food

KHMER PICKLED VEGETABLE SALAD

Steps:

• Place first 8 ingredients in a large nonreactive bowl. Place vinegar, sugar and salt in a 2-cup or larger glass measure; microwave until warm, 2-3 minutes. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir into vegetables. Refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour before serving., To serve, sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with a slotted spoon.

CONFETTI COLESLAW WITH CILANTRO

Steps:

• In large bowl, add chopped slaw ingredients and stir till mixed evenly. Set aside.
• In small bowl, add 1st 5 ingredients for the dressing. Whisk together till smooth. Add poppy seeds and mix again.
• Pour on top slaw mixture and mix till all coated. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours, prior to serving. Stir before serving.

CHICKEN SOTANGHON SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil. Add onions, garlic and ginger and cook until aromatic. Add chicken and cook, stirring regularly, until lightly browned and juices run clear. Add kinchay and cook, stirring regularly, for about 2 to 3 minutes or until limp. Add fish sauce and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and bring to a boil, skimming any scum that floats on top. Lower heat, cover and continue to cook until chicken is cooked through.
• In a bowl, combine about ½ cup of the hot broth and atsuete powder. Stir until atsuete is dissolved. Add atsuete water to pot.
• Add carrots and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes or until half done. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add sotanghon noodles and push down into broth to soften, stirring gently to separate. When noodles have slightly softened, add cabbage and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until noodles are cooked and vegetables are tender yet crisp.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with boiled eggs, fried garlic bits and green onions. Serve hot.
• For Fried Garlic Bits: In a small pan over low heat, heat oil. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. With a slotted spoon, remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Garlic will crisp as it cools.

STIR-FRIED CELLOPHANE NOODLES

Steps:

• Soak mushrooms in water for 30 minutes; discard tough stocks; cut mushrooms into thin slices.
• Soak cellophane noodles, in a separate bowl, in hot water for 5 minutes; drain.
• Slice ginger, green onion, and pork.
• Heat oil in skillet.
• Stir fry ginger, pork, and mushrooms for 2 minutes.
• Add green onions, chicken broth, bouillon cube, and soy sauce.
• Bring to boil; simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add noodles, vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Stir to mix.
• Simmer another 5 minutes.

BRACIOLE (PRONOUNCED: "BRAJOLE")

Steps:

• Get butcher to pound the meat thin, or you can have the butcher slice it thin on an electric slicer.
• If you are getting your meat from a store that does not have a butcher to pound the meat slices thin, then place a slice between 2 pieces of waxed paper and pound it yourself with either a heavy skillet or a mallet.
• Combine filling ingredients (except mozzarella or fontina and bread) and the prosciutto di Parma and mix together very thoroughly with a spoon or your hands.
• After the ingredients are mixed together, add the pieces of bread and mix again, lightly.
• Cut each slice in half to make 4 pieces and top with 2 slices of mozzarella or fontina cheese and 2 slices of the prosciutto di Parma per braciole. Then spread ingredients on top.
• Fold in the sides and roll them up longways very tightly, as you would an egg roll, securing the rolls with string or wooden toothpicks.
• Each roll will be about 5 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches thick.
• Pour olive oil into a large and very hot skillet.
• Brown beef rolls on all sides in the hot olive oil.
• Transfer the rolls to a pot and cover with the marinara sauce and then cover with lid and simmer for 30 minutes. I suggest my marinara sauce, recipe #84217.
• To serve, slice the bracioles crosswise diagonally and also in slightly larger pieces crosswise. You can also serve the bracioles without slicing them. Serve 1 braciole per person.

MAMA'S COUCHE COUCHE

Steps:

• Combine the cornmeal, salt, baking powder, milk or water in a bowl and mix to blend. The mixture will be like damp sand.
• Heat the drippings in a cast-iron (preferably) medium-size or large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the corn meal mixture and allow a crust to form on the bottom, much like you would do to make cornbread.
• Reduce the heat to medium and cook, scraping the bottom of the pot with a metal spatula to stir and fold the crust, breaking up large lumps, until the mixture is golden brown and resembles crumbled cornbread, about 15 minutes.
• Serve hot, with cane syrup, or honey drizzled over the top. Maple syrup if you must - LOL!

CAMBODIAN COLESLAW-NGIOM

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts in a covered pan in enough liquid to cover (liquid should be 2 parts water, 1 part dry white wine), and poach for 5-8 minutes or until cooked through; remove from heat.
• Shred chicken and set aside.
• Soak cellophane noodles for 2 minutes in boiling water; drain.
• Whisk together fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and chopped chiles; set aside.
• Toss cabbage, carrots, and chicken together in a large bowl; add vinaigrette and toss again.
• Place cabbage mixture on a serving platter and garnish with roasted peanuts and chopped mint and basil, if desired.