Revisiting Thai Night

After the "toenail" lemongrass incident from our Thai night in January, we wanted to retry that soup recipe and include a new one.  We decided on the menu to be the spicy coconut soup, tom yum baked chicken, and dumplings.
We asked Joshua Bates to assist us once more in making the dumplings with the supervision of Kenny Chen.  Thanks, guys!

The Wolf has been on a big work station kick lately which has proven to be quite helpful. 

                                                               For the chicken

                                                        For the soup

Tom Yum Baked Chicken
Serves 4-6

 3 pounds chicken (we chose whole chicken legs)
3-4 shallots
2 stalks lemongrass
9 cloves garlic
1 large thumb sized piece galangal or ginger (we used galangal)
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 cup chopped cilantro, leaves and stems
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons brown sugar
5 tablespoons coconut milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place all ingredients except for the chicken into a blender.

 Taste test.  Place chicken in zip lock bags and cover with mixture.  Marinate for at least one hour, or up to 24.  As we were pressed for time, we did it for one hour.
Place in flat baking dish uncovered.  Bake for half an hour and then baste with liquid at the bottom.  Add warm water if necessary (we didn't need to).  Bake for another half an hour and then enjoy!

Spicy Coconut Soup

View our recipe in our preview Thai night post here.

                                                     Starting the soup

                                  Joshua Bates teaching The Sun how to drain tofu correctly

                                                       The soup in progress

                                                        Ready to serve

The Dumplings

As The Sun and The Wolf were not much part of this process, what we can say is that Joshua Bates and Kenny Chen first steamed the dumplings and then sauteed them.  

 Joshua Bates then made a yummy dipping sauce.

And then after dinner. . . 

                                                     The Bean and her beau

                                                     Jules post pee off the deck

                                                      Kenny Chen

                                          Jules, with Jenny Mintz and Bo in the background

                                                   The Wolf making it an early night

                                                 Jenny Mintz and Greg, our newest visitor

                                            Obligatory Emo Jon Shot (with the sweet jacket)

                                                The Sun with Kerri :-)

And then, Bo and Jules decided they liked the chicken SO much... they mixed the au jus with vodka!

                                           Not sure.

                                          Don't know why the sad face... Bo with The Sun

                                                    Getting late... with Justin Rockman

                                                    And then this happened

                                       Roommates Shot

                                                  End of the night