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Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons ground chili paste, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried red chili flakes
- ½ tablespoon minced lemon grass
- 1 stalk fresh lemon grass, cut into 3-inch pieces (optional)
- 2 cups unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce
- ½ teaspoon fresh lime juice
- 4 dozen fresh manila clams, scrubbed clean
- 10 fresh cilantro sprigs for garnish
Directions:
Heat the oil, garlic, chili paste, and chili flakes in a sauté pan over moderate heat. Add the minced lemon grass and stir until mixture is nicely fragrant, about 1 minute. Reduce heat, and add the lemon grass stalk, coconut milk, fish sauce, and lime juice and bring to a slow boil. (The gentle boil will help extract the flavor from the lemon grass.) Add the clams, and then cover with a lid. Let clams cook until they open, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and serve the clams with the broth immediately. Garnish with cilantro sprigs.
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