Evil jungle prince

{{Short description|Thai-style dish originating in Hawaiʻi}}

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| alternate_name = evil prince tofu

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| course = entrée

| place_of_origin = Honolulu

| region = Hawai{{okina}}i

| associated_cuisine = Thai, Hawai{{okina}}ian

| creator = Keo Sananikone

| year = 1977

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| main_ingredient = tofu or chicken

| minor_ingredient = chili peppers, lemongrass, makrut lime leaves, coconut milk, fish sauce, sweet basil, cabbage{{cite news |title=Broil meat easily with kal bi cooking |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-galveston-daily-news-broil-meat-easi/126318428/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Galveston Daily News |date=18 July 1980 |location=Galveston, TX |page=7 |language=en |quote=...Thai evil jungle prince with chicken and fresh basil. The Thai dish includes chicken cooked with coconut milk, chili, lemon grass, fish sauce, and fresh basil. |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613023142/https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-galveston-daily-news-broil-meat-easi/126318428/ |url-status=live }}

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| serving_size = 100 g

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Evil jungle prince is a Thai-inspired dish which was created in Hawai{{okina}}i in 1977 by Laotian American Keo Sananikone for his Mekong restaurant in Honolulu.{{cite book |last1=Sananikone |first1=Keo |title=Keo's Thai Cuisine |date=1999 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |location=Berkeley. CA |isbn=1580080820 |oclc=40668289 |edition=revised |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Fleck |first1=Chris |title=Dinner With a Prince |url=https://dining.staradvertiser.com/2012/08/columns/dinner-with-a-prince/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Dining Out: Oahu’s Answer to Your Appetite |publisher=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=19 August 2012 |location=Honolulu, HI |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816003526/https://dining.staradvertiser.com/2012/08/columns/dinner-with-a-prince/ |url-status=live }} Later versions by Sananikone included other proteins.{{cite news |last1=Lasley |first1=Paul |last2=Harryman |first2=Elizabeth |title=Dining Out in Waikiki : Upgrading Island Fare |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-20-tr-1920-story.html |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 20, 1988 |location=El Segundo, CA |language=en |quote=Everyone, it seems, tries the “Evil Jungle Prince,” and we found the dish not only something to talk about but excellent. We ordered the chicken version--you also can get shrimp, scallops, fish or vegetable. |archive-date=2023-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613021028/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-20-tr-1920-story.html |url-status=live }} Sananikone also created the evil princess, but that is a cocktail and not a related dish.

The dish has been replicated in other restaurants, as far away as Vermont.{{cite web |last1=Rosenthal |first1=John |title=48 Hours Burlington |url=http://www.whatsoever.de/pdf_txt_etc/NGT_BTV_article.pdf |website=National Geographic Traveler |publisher=Netional Geographic |access-date=13 June 2023 |page=50 |language=en |date=May–June 2003 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817173730/http://www.whatsoever.de/pdf_txt_etc/NGT_BTV_article.pdf |url-status=live }}