Sweet and Sour Thai Carrot and Cucumber Noodle Salad with refreshing cucumber, carrots, chickpeas, & peppers and drizzled with a homemade sweet & sour sauce
Using the cilantro stems for the base of the sauce (instead of throwing them in the trash) is a flavorful way to stretch a buck or two. If you can't find skin-on boneless chicken thighs, purchase bone-in and bone them yourself or have the butcher do so.
Update 1/11: Over the years of making this rice, I've updated the recipe a bit, reducing the amount of butter and fleshing out some of the recipe details (i.e. what kind of rice works best). It continues to be an
Mushroom risotto simplified by preparing it in a rice cooker. This deliciously creamy risotto recipe is full of mushrooms, peas and shallots and could not be easier.
