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  • Capt Petes Chicken and Prawn Curry

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    Servings: 4/6
    by Peter Brown
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    Prawn season is here and my wife is netting 24/7 to fill the freezer for the year. This recipe has a Thai twist to it and is delicious

    Ingredients

    • • 1 tsp ground turmeric
    • • 4 tsps curry powder
    • • 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
    • • 30 gms fresh ginger, roughly chopped
    • • 1 tsp sea salt
    • • 4 chicken breasts, cut into strips
    • • Sunflower oil
    • • 2 onions, finely diced
    • • 1 tsp dried thyme
    • • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
    • • 6 tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
    • • 1 tin coconut milk
    • • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
    • • 30 large prawns, shelled or more as you desire
    • • juice of a lime or table spoon lime juice
    • • 1 Dessert spoon fish sauce

    Directions

    1. 1. Mix the turmeric and curry powder with just enough water to make a paste.
    2. 2. Pound the garlic and ginger with the sea salt in a pestle and mortar .
    3. 3. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken until golden. Add the onions, garlic and ginger and sweat until soft.
    4. 4. Add the curry paste and cook for 2-3 minutes then add the thyme, parsley and tomatoes. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring often.
    5. 5. Add the coconut milk and heat through, add 1 desert spoon Nam Prik (Fish Sauce) then add the chopped coriander.
    6. 6. Heat some more oil in a separate pan and fry the prawns in a little Peri Peri Oil on each side until cooked . Add Prawns to main pot . Add Lime Juice Cook slowly for 3mins, serve on rice or noodles

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