Combine skinless chicken 6-8 thighs, salt and pepper, spoon of fish sauce, mince ginger, bo kho seasoning packet (see picture). Put in plastic bag to marinade over night or in bowl for couple hours (go do laundry).
In instantpot use sauté function with some oil (we use olive oil) & 3 garlic Brown the chicken, then pour a big can of coconut water, add tsp chicken powder/aromat in to broth, add spoon of tomato paste, cut and add 1 onion into cubes, add lemongrass stalks to broth.
Turn on pressure cooking function for 10 min.
Afterwards, add baby carrots in sauté function 8 min until carrots are done. Season with salt and pepper flakes to taste and eat with baguette.
One daikon 7-8” long 1 tablespoon table salt 2 garlic gloves, chopped Thai peppers, sliced (optional)
1/2 cup fish sauce 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup sugar
Cut up daikon into pieces 2”x1/2”x1/4” and soak with salt for about 2 hours. Rinse well and dry under Texas sun 2-4 hours.
Bring fish sauce and water to a boil. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Turn off heat and cool completely.
Give daikon a quick rinse if it was not covered during the drying process, mix in chopped garlic and sliced Thai peppers. Put daikon in a mason jar and pour fish sauce solution to cover daikon. Make sure daikon is always submerged (use pickling weight if you have it.) Daikon should be ready to eat the following day.
Two medium carrots Two medium daikon 1 tablespoon table salt
1 1/4 cups water 1/2 cup white vinegar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 tablespoon white sugar
Shred carrots and daikon and soak in 1 tablespoon table salt for about an hour. Rinse well and squeeze dry.
Bring water and vinegar to a boil. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Turn off heat and cool completely.
Put carrots and daikon into a mason jar and add brining solution to cover. Make sure carrots and daikon are always submerged (use pickling weight if you have it.)
1 block of rice cake dough 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil 6 eggs 3 tablespoons of chopped salted daikon (see recipe) ~~~ 3 chopped green onions Pickled carrots (see recipe) Dipping soy sauce Sriracha
Cut rice cake dough into pieces roughly the size of a domino, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce, and mix well. Set aside for at least 2 hours.
Heat oil in a stir-fry pan on medium heat. Add enough dough pieces for 1 serving and fry roughly 3 minutes, flip dough and fry 3 more minutes. Break up 2 eggs over dough and use spatula to break up yolks and fry about 2 minutes (or until eggs are golden brown.) Flip dough, sprinkle chopped salted daikon, and fry for two more minutes. Slide rice cake onto plate, sprinkle chopped green onions on top, and serve with pickled carrots, dipping soy sauce, and sriracha.
These elderly ladies buy state sponsored lottery tickets, and resell them on the streets for .50 each. They barely sell enough in a day to subsist themselves, let alone, their families.
our Dad’s students are in charge of distributing the lottery ticket money
Le scored some tickets
Our distant cousin who celebrated her 100th birthday.
Le bought lottery tickets on the street
Mom chatted with one of the ladies
She lost one arm.
Bà Bé
Bà Nguyễn thị Lợi. She lost both arms.
This lady, in her 80’s, took her son (in his 50’s) who had a debilitated stroke (by hired motorcycle driver) to this Buddhist temple for day care so she could go sell lottery tickets, She picked him up in the evening. Once home everyday, she would go collect plastic bags and wash them on the river bank to sell for some extra money for her and her son to live on.
The magic ingredient to crispy wings without a lot of oil is aluminium free baking powder. It may sounds unappealing, but coating chicken wings in seasoned baking powder is what makes the skin super crispy. You won’t taste it in the end results, so long as you use aluminium-free. To be clear, make sure you use baking powder, NOT baking soda, because there is a big difference!
Additional flavors would be to add to the raw chicken: Garlic powder Salt Pepper You an also add a dash of Cayenne pepper