Tasty on the Trail Thai Dinner

This tasty Thai dish is great for a quick weekend backpacking trip. It is so nice to get into camp and have a meal that tastes like it came from your favorite Thai restaurant. The fresh ingredients are a nice surprise from your typical freeze dried veggies. (Freeze dried ingredients can be used in place of fresh on longer backpacking trips.)

1 Carrot Chopped
1 Zucchini Chopped
1 Bell Pepper (any color) chopped
8 oz. Cooked Chicken (Canned or packaged works well)
1 oz. Peanut Oil
1 Can Coconut Milk
2 Bags "Boil in Bag" Rice
2 oz. Peanut Sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste

At Home:
-Cut vegetables into bite size pieces. They will travel better and cook faster if they are all uniform in size.
-Package pre-cut vegetables into smaller resealable bag.
-Package oil with main supply.
-Put Peanut Sauce in small Nalgene bottle.
-Package all ingredients and pre-cut vegetables into larger gallon size bag.

In Camp:
-If using dehydrated ingredients, re-hydrate.
-Sauté vegetables and chicken in peanut oil over medium heat until soft.
-Add coconut milk and heat
-Stir in Peanut Sauce
-Prepare Rice
-Pour Sauté over Rice and serve

Serves 4

Recipe courtesy of Kurt Wedberg--Owner, Sierra Mountaineering International, http://www.sierramountaineering.com/