Thai Noodle Bowl
Hollywood Brown Derby

Ingredients:
3 oz baby bok choy ½ oz shiitake mushroom
4 oz yellow Thai noodles 6 oz miso broth (see below)
1 oz shredded coconut meat 4 oz tofu, firm
1 oz lemon grass 1 ½ oz red curry
1 ¼ oz snow pea pod, fresh ½ oz scallion


METHOD:

Bread the tofu with coconut and pan fry. In a separate pan, add the bok choy, shiitake, carrots and deglaze with the miso broth. Finish with the noodles and summer curry, now place the nori* in a coupe bowl add the noodles and broth mixture, top with the tofu, garnish with lemon grass.

*Nori is not listed in the ingredients for some reason. Nori a sheet of seaweed, used in sushi as a wrap. Recipe is not dependent on nori for flavor.

FLAVORED MISO BROTH

Ingredients:
2 qts water 2 oz miso
¼ each jalapeno-rough chopped and seeded
1 fluid oz soy sauce
1 fluid oz rice wine vinegar Marukan
½ oz ginger root, unpeeled rough chop
¼ oz lemon grass, rough chopped
1 tsp sesame oil
½ oz garlic-smashed
6 fl oz tomato juice (fresh)

METHOD:

Place all ingredients in a pot and bring to a slow simmer for one hour. Strain and serve.