Quickest Laksa Ever

I love laksa it is one of my staple comfort foods. I particularly love the combination of hot, sour & salty in food. I like being able to work my way through a bowl of spicy soupy noodles. YUM!  I think the best place to buy a laksa in Canberra is the Dickson Noodle House.  They have the best soup and the best quality soup ingredients.

I’m going to post about the Laksa I make at home it’s super quick and easy and you can customise it to the your taste and that of  your guests.

Chicken Laksa

3 tbsp oil

1 Onion diced

3 tsp crushed garlic

1 jar of prepared laksa paste (I generally use an Asian brand as it usually gives a better flavour)

2 tbsp fish sauce

2 tbsp brown sugar or palm sugar

2 bird’s eye chillies (optional if you like your soup hot)

1 can of coconut cream

1.5L of water

2 small Chicken breasts chopped

1 bunch of  baby bok choy

1 pkt of fried tofu

1 cup bean sprouts

2 cup chopped coriander leaves

2 Cups Cooked Egg Noodles
2 Cups Cooked Rice Noodles

2 Limes

1) Heat oil in a big heavy based stock pot.  Add onion, garlic, laksa paste and chilli and stir fry until the paste has browned all over.

2) Add chicken and stir until cooked through.  Add the coconut cream and water and bring to the boil.  Add fish sauce, brown sugar and lime juice.  Turn off heat.

3) Cut up Bok Choy, Coriander leaves, cut up Fried Tofu. Cook noodles and set aside.

4)  In individual bowls divide up the noodles, bok choy and tofu,  pour over soup and chicken top with coriander and bean sprouts.  Serve with a wedge of lime

Serves 5 for dinner

Brodburger – Barton

So there have been lots of rumours that Brodburger was going to close down.  Every time I think I have had my last burger from Brodburger, I drive past the van and see that it’s still there with an epic line of hungry public servants waiting for their burger.
There are lots of different opinions about Brodburger and  I must say I’m a big fan of the Brodburger Van and I think it’s totally worth the wait.  So I’ll be eating Brodburgers for as long as they available.  YAY for Brodburger

Here is a cross-section of the last one I had.  I had the BrodStack Vege burger with the awesome squeaky haloumi cheese.

BrodVeg Stack Burger: Assorted char-grilled vegetables (mushroom, eggplant, zucchini, capsicum). Topped with fried haloumi cheese and a white vinaigrette dressing.

Brodburger Van – Bowen Park – Wentworth Avenue – Barton