If you haven’t seen it yet, here is my episode of On The Table! I can’t really even put into words how surreal this experience was. But I will admit I teared up a bit at the end. What an amazing human, he is. AN HONOR.
Mama Teigen’s Jok Moo
1 cup dry Jasmine rice
6 quarts water
1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch green onion
1.5 tbs kosher salt
(Optional egg)
Pork mixture, marinate for at least 1 hour, ideally overnight:
1.5 lbs ground 80/20 or 70/30 pork
15 garlic cloves
1 tbs coriander seeds
2 tbs black peppercorns
2 tbs fish sauce
With a mortar and pestle, pulverize garlic with the coriander and black peppercorns. Rough and rustic is best, some whole seeds, some finely crushed. Add the garlic mixture to the ground pork and mix thoroughly with your hands. Add the fish sauce and incorporate.
For the porridge:
In a 8-quart stock pot, fill with water 2 inches below the rim. Bring to a boil. Add the dry rice. It will take approximately 1.5 hours to boil the rice down to the right consistency. You want a nice and slow rolling boil. Stirring frequently, particularly when it thickens. You want the consistency of soupy oatmeal when you add the pork. The pork bits should be rough. Take a handful and pinch of little bits into the water, stirring so they don’t stick to each other. Add 1.5 tbs kosher salt (more or less to taste). Cover and allow to simmer on low for another 15-20 minutes.
Just before serving, add cilantro and sliced green onion into the pot. You want them to be nice and bright green when you ladle into a soup bowl. An option at this point is to add a room temperature egg into your bowl to lightly poach it. Garnish with a little fresh cilantro, fried garlic, Thai chili powder, Thai chili in fish sauce, or pickled Thai chili – to your taste.
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Welcome Back and thank you for sharing!!
Great episode! Glad you’re back on the blog. Pretty much confirms that I need to get back to posting as well.
But first, off to make this soup. Can’t wait to try it!
You guys were so funny together! When you said that your dream growing up was to cook, I thought you said, but for someone as cute as I am, no.
OMG!!!! That was an epic moment:) Cooking with the BEST and seeing Chrissy with Chef Eric was such a harmonizing moment…Thank You, loved watching this special segment.
Enjoyed seeing your passion for cooking, — if only we could have (smell a vision) *~* tv!
If only he knew that beeing Asian myself , it needed more heat and lots of spices to be added….Great Job!!!!
Thanks for posting this and please continue to share more Thai food recipe favorites!
This is f*n hilarious. First off, the food looks tremendous, but it’s Eric trying to learn Thai food while he’s more curious about you modeling. I love how each of you is WAY more more interested in the other’s career. Plus, the whole sand ordeal is funny as hell.
congrats chrissy! I cant wait to see you host and do your own cooking show!
I could listen to Eric talk all day…
Wow, that looked delicious, and you made it look so easy, too. Congrats on all the gigs you have going!
Chrissy! I’m so glad to see you back! I stumbled upon your blog after finding your Instagram. Please keep the posts coming. You are hilarious and very witty. And I made that one chicken recipe with bacon and cheese inside. It turned out dry because my oven was broken so I was using the broiler setting. Keep the good food coming!!
Yay, Chrissy! You’re a rock star! Me and my girlfriends think you should tour the country doing cooking demos!
Watched this the other day and loved it! You are just too funny and clearly an amazing cook. Keep on doing what you’re doing, you always brighten my day!!
Dear John, sincerest apologies but Chrissy is definitely my favourite!
Love this video – and the irony that you’re a swim wear model who can’t swim and hates the beach! Love your tweets and your food blog !
Love Lenny x
one of my fav thai dishes. perfect for a rainy/or sick day.
We made this last night and it was delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
I. Love. You. and that is all. Not sure why I discovered this treasure of a blog so late but I’ve been giggling like an idiot at every post.
TO FOOOOOOOOOOOD!
Making this tonight! My gramma made a version of this when I was a kid. I thought we were the only ones who ate it.
P.S. I enjoyed the video and I loved your shirt too!
Congratulations! That was really fun to watch. Very, very excited for your reality and cooking shows. What network will they air on?!
What a fantastic episode! You were great!
I will have to try your Jook recipe soon!
I make a Chinese version of Congee when I am sick with chicken, shitake mushrooms, garlic, and ginger. Food for the soul!
Can you post the salad recipe? I would be excited to try making that!
You know what I hate about food blogs? Typically boring as fack but I plough through anyway cause I love me some culinary magic. Yours however is entertaining! and I would probably read even if you were posting about kittens or collector spoons. But thank gawd it’s tasty goodness and a helping of some delivery I can get on board with. Glad you’re back after your post hiatus. Chipotle chicken has made my life. And the vodka freeze addition is brilliance. More woman! More! Maybe more momofuko inspired?
That was amazing. You are witty and warm on camera and he is just a legend. I am so impressed you were even able to talk around him – I would have been a mute freak in his presence!
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Hi Chrissy! I’ve been following you for quite some time now and you are HILARIOUS. I feel like I can hear your voice in my head when I read your blog! I admire your realness when tweeting and I love how you confront current secondary issues- I couldn’t agree with you more!!! Your blog has inspired me to try cooking and you make everything look so easy (and “delushious”)!!! I come from a Laos background and I feel like we share similar tastes- extra flavorful and super spicy (and fish sauce is a must!) !!! Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that I’m a big fan and I hope you keep updating this blog because there’s nothing like visiting your blog and finding a new post (: . Also, when you’re in L.A. please please please check out my cousin’s new thai-fusion food truck called ARROY (@arroyfoods). He has these crispy pork belly sliders that you must try. I know you love a chunk of fatty, CRISPY pork belly. He also has a braised brisket slider (personally my fave) where the meat is tender and balances the slaw just right. Sorry to comment and promote at the same time, but I know you have a passion for food and I feel like you’d really enjoy Arroy’s sliders! Thanks Chrissy!!