CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - Sherri Pengjad, Thai cooking teacher and food writer behind Thai-Foodie.com, joins QC Life to share Khao Soi with Chicken — a creamy, colorful Northern Thai coconut curry noodle soup perfect for fall.
Sherri is a North Carolina girl who fell in love with Thai food and then moved to Thailand to teach English, met her husband across the river from Bangkok’s Grand Palace, and later recreated his grandma’s flavors at home back here in North Carolina. This journey grew into Thai-Foodie.com and private cooking classes in Boone.
She demonstrates a homemade curry paste with garlic, shallots, ginger, cilantro stems, chilies and spices — no mortar and pestle needed, a mini chopper works too — plus coconut milk and a shortcut crispy chow mein topping. Prepare the paste and toppings ahead to make it weeknight-friendly.
To learn more recipes and book a cooking class visit Thai-Foodie.com and follow @thaifoodie.
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