Sunday 29 March 2009

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture

Ingredients:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 1Squash
2 eggs
1.5 cups of flour
vegetable oil or Clarified Butter

Sauce:
soy sauce
red pepper flakes
grated ginger
peanut butter

Topping:
Jalapeno slices

I was inspired by potato pancakes and the inherent stringy-ness of spaghetti quash made it work like shredded potatos. I didn't use onion though.

First, halve and steam the squash in the oven.




Step 1:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 2Steamed and looking good:




Step 2:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 3Tried to press out as much water as possible.

Forgot to take a picture, but I put it in a mixing bowl, added 2 eggs and about 1.5 cups of flour.




Step 3:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 4Prepare for frying! Use vegetable oil since it has a high smoke point. CLARIFIED butter is OK too.


Step 4:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 5Fry, flip fry, dry, keep warm.




Step 5:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 6Pancakes need a sauce too. Why not a spicy Thai peanut sauce?

The thing in the little baggie is grated ginger.


Step 6:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe picture 7Slop above in to a small sauce pan. Heat it up until it looks really gross. Add water so it looks even worse, then gently heat it until the water incorporates in to the sauce. Continue heating (and stirring) until it's as thick as you want.


Step 7:

Squash Pancakes with Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce recipe photos 8Cover the squash pancakes with some spicy Thai peanut sauce and a a few thin slices of Jalapeno.


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