Feb 20 2009
Pan Fried Tom Yum Chicken
After away from Penang for almost 2 weeks, I do crave for something sour and spicy. I have wanted to get my Asam Laksa fix from the hawker behind our house but with the weather so hot, I dreaded walking out of the house.
Then I was running out of idea what to cook. PiggyBeng was ever so happy if I steam him his Barramundi fillets but to be very honest, I am so bored eating the same old dish a few times a week! Luckily I bought some chicken drumsticks as spares which I normally used for lunch.
Initially i have wanted to cook pan fried curry chicken with curry leaves. I even went to pluck some curry leaves from my neighbour’s garden! Then I discovered I did not have the appropriate curry powder at home! Dang! PiggyBeng only bought those for curry fish since he cook curry fish all the time.
Therefore I have to change my menu. Luckily I spotted the Tom Yum paste which I bought for my instant noodles. Sometimes back I bought some Japanese instant noodles and the flavor sucks so I bought the Tom Yum paste to replace.
And tadaaaa…. we have Pan Fried Tom Yum Chicken! 
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Ingredients
- 2pcs Chicken drumsticks
- 1tbsp Tom Yum paste
- Lemon juice
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Methods
- Cut the chicken drumsticks into thin pieces and marinate with Tom Yum paste and let it stand for 30 minutes.
- Heat up wok with some oil in medium heat and slowly pan fried the chicken pieces until cooked.
- When done, squeeze some lemon juice before serving.
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This Peace Brand Tom Yum paste is not so spicy so kids can take them.
[...] nothing special in today’s Bento except I came up with a new chicken recipe. I made some Pan Fried Tom Yum Chicken and I packed some for Darrius in his Bento. He had it for his [...]
i buy the same brand of tom yum paste last time.
whoisbaby,
Actually this is my first time getting this brand. We used to get another brand… Crown or something. I find this brand quite ok… not too spicy and salty.