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CURRIED BEEF & PUMPKIN

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You will need :

500g rump, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons rice bran oil

1 or 2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste

1 cup coconut cream

½ cup beef stock

2 teaspoons brown sugar

400g butternut pumpkin, peeled, cut into small cubes

Steamed rice to serve

Method :

 Add half the oil to the beef and mix well.  Heat a pan on the rack over coals, ensuring it is hot.  Stir fry the beef in batches and set aside.  Reheat pan between each batch.
Add remaining oil and the curry paste, stir fry for 30 seconds.  Add the cream, stock, sugar and pumpkin.  Stir to combine.  Move to lesser heat and simmer for 8 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.
Return the beef to the pan and simmer for 1-2 minutes.  Do not let the mixture boil. 

 Accompany with rice or a potato in foil cooked on the coals.

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THAI FISH CAKES

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(makes about 3 dozen)

 You will need :

 500g fish fillets, boned and skinned, chopped into small bits

1 egg, beaten

¼ cup cornflour

1 tablespoon each of fish sauce and red curry paste

2 tablespoons coriander, leaves and stems, chopped

1 small red chilli, finely chopped

8 green beans, thinly sliced

3 shallots, thinly sliced

salt and pepper

Oil for shallow fryin 

Method :

Blend all but the oil in a bowl.  Form small balls, about a tablespoon, then flatten slightly.  Heat oil in a large pan on rack over coals and cook at least 12 minutes each side, maybe 15, depending on heat in coals.  Drain on paper towel.  Serve with sauce of choice.

Potato and Pumpkin in foil to accompany.

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ZUCCHINI ON THE FIRE

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You will need :

          2 small zucchini cut into thick slices

          1 small onion, diced

          ½ teaspoon sugar

          1 stock cube, beef or chicken, crushed

          1 tablespoon butter

          salt and pepper

Method :

Spread butter over the middle of a sheet of foil big enough to wrap the zucchini.  Place zucchini over butter.  Sprinkle with remaining ingredients.  Wrap and seal well.  Cook in coals for about 15-20 minutes.  Turn occasionally.

PS Be generous with the foil.

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GARLIC GREEN BEANS

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You will need :

A good handful of green beans, topped and tailed

A teaspoon each of garlic granules, chilli flakes, sesame seeds

A little rice bran oil

 Method :

 Boil the beans in salted water, drain and pat dry.

Place a pan on the rack over coals and heat.  Add oil, then beans, stir to coat.  Add garlic, chilli and sesame seeds and cook, stirring for 1 minute.

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STIR FRIED CHICKEN AND SNOW PEAS

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You will need :

3 chicken thighs, trimmed and cut into strips

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon oil

1 shallot, sliced

1 teaspoon minced chilli

1 teaspoon minced ginger

50g snow peas, blanched

50g broccoli, blanched

150g cabbage, finely sliced and blanched

¼ cup chicken stock

200g pkt thin hokkien noodles

Method :

 Boil a saucepan of water and pour over noodles.  Separate with fork.
Heat oil in large pan on rack over coals and stir fry chicken with fish sauce, shallots, chilli and ginger for 1½ – 2 minutes. Add vegies, noodles and stock, salt to taste.  Stir fry for 2 minutes.  Drain noodles and add to pan.  Stir and serve immediately.

Try it it’s yumm.

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