One of the advantages of surfing others’ food blogs is seeing visually enticing foods but the recipes do not always use traditional ingredients one keeps in their pantry.
Katerina of Daily Unadventures in Cooking made a lovely Curried Mango Chicken Salad and I had all the ingredients except for the curry powder (it’s almost taboo in my home).
I went to my local Asian market and I found a mild curry powder and my thought process was I could always kick-up the heat with something else.
Not to make a carbon-copy of Katerina’s sandwich, I thought of what flavours come from Asia? Asian food is about yin-yang, hot-cold, contrasts, soft and crisp and I came up with the Thai Clubhouse Sandwich!
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
1 Tbsp yogurt
2 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 green mango, diced
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 green onions, finely chopped
1/4 sweet red bell pepper, diced
a squirt of Sriracha hot sauce
a squeeze of lime juice
salt & pepper to taste
- Combine all of the above ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a spoon. Adjust for seasoning.
- Take a sesame seed baguette, cut in into the sandwich size you like, spread the Thai chicken salad on the bottom bun and then stack your cooked bacon slices, slices of red pepper and a leaf of lettuce and drizzle some sweet & sour sauce and munch on this heaping sandwich.
Why is curry powder taboo? lol. This looks great, it is so exciting to see what other people do inspired from my stuff. I love the sriricha and lime juice. I wonder if coconut would’ve been good too?
Katerina, sadly I’m the only one who appreciates curry. As for coconut…yeah, offset by the lime, I like!
Too bad they don’t appreciate the curry at your home. I myself like curry but not too HOT!!!The Thai clubhouse sounds intriguing. Great use of the ingredients you have on hand Peter!
That sandwich looks really good. Curry is one of my favorite flavours and I have a couple of curry blends on my spice rack. I keep meaning to try making my own…