Easy evil jungle prince with chicken

"For mixed vegetables, choose from among bell peppers, string beans, water chestnuts, tomatoes (small cherry tomatoes are best), bamboo shoots, miniature corn, asparagus, cucumbers, zucchini, Japanese eggplant, and mushrooms. I particularly like string beans or asparagus, a few cherry tomatoes, shredded (rather than sliced) bamboo shoots, miniature corn, and some straw mushrooms or slender (Japanese) eggplant."
Recipe by: walfrid

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

Cost:

Main Ingredients:

1/2 lb Boneless chicken breast OR-
1/2 lb -Mixed vegetables, (see note below)
2 -to
6 sm Red chile peppers
1/2 Stalk fresh lemon grass
2 Kaffir lime leaves
2 tb Oil
1/2 c Coconut milk
1/2 ts Salt
1 -to
4 tb Fish sauce, based on personal taste (omit for veggie version)
10 -to
15 Basil leaves
1 c Chopped cabbage

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips. (If doing veggie version, cut vegetables into thin strips.) Grind together red chili peppers, lemon grass, and kaffir lime leaves in a food processor or pound in a mortar. Heat oil to medium-high and saute pepper mixture for 3 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and cook for 2 minutes. Add chicken (or vegetables) and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked (same time for veggies). Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in fish sauce (if using), salt, and basil. Serve on a bed of chopped cabbage.