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Wednesday 24 August 2016

Thai Green Chicken Curry


Every bite of this delightful dish is worth all the effort.

This recipe is prepared in 2 steps and it requires a few ingredients that we don’t normally have available in our cupboards.

But the results will be so rewarding.


Ingredients:

500g Chicken Breasts

½t     Salt

2 T      Oil

10     Curry Leaves   

1       Red Pepper

4       Baby Marrows

250ml  Sour Cream

           Black Pepper (to taste)


Ingredients for Green Curry Paste:

1    Onion

2t  Fresh Ginger

4   Fresh Garlic Cloves

2-3 Green Chillies

1t   Whole Coriander

1t   Whole Cumin

2    Anchovies

2       Lemon Grass stalks

1C    Fresh Coriander Leaves

½t     White Pepper

1t      Sugar

3T      Fish Sauce

2T      Lime/Lemon Juice


Step1: Prepare the Green Curry Paste

1. Peel and chop the Onions, Ginger and Garlic.

2. Chop the Green Chillies.

3. Rinse the Lemon Grass. Remove the harder outer stalks, it will be added to curry later. Cut the softer inner part.

4. Rinse the Fresh Coriander Leaves.

5. Ground the whole Coriander and Cumin in a pestle & mortar.

6. Add the Green Chillies, Onions, Garlic, Ginger, Coriander, Cumin, Anchovies, Lemon Grass, Fresh Coriander Leaves, White Pepper, Sugar, Fish Sauce and Lime/Lemon Juice into a blender. Pulse it until it forms a smooth green paste.

 

Step2: Make the Curry

6. Wash and chop the Red Peppers and Baby Marrows into bite size chunks.

7. Rinse and slice the Chicken Breasts into small strips.

8. Add the Oil, Curry Leaves, Chicken Breasts and Salt into a pot. Brown it on medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Stir it often.

9. Add the Red Peppers and Baby Marrows to the pot, stir it through. Simmer for 5 minutes.

10. Add the Green Curry Paste, Sour Cream, Lemon Grass stalks and Black Pepper to the pot. Stir it through.

11. Reduce the heat. Cover the pot and allow it to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

Top the Curry with extra Fresh Coriander Leaves and stir through. Serve it on a hot steamy bed of fluffy Jasmin rice.

Just sublime…

Lotsa Love

CarolC