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  • Green Chicken Curry

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    Ingredients

    • thai
    • 1 tsp black peppercorns
    • 35 x fresh green chillies seeded and minced
    • 1 x cm piece thai ginger (kha) or possibly 2 tsp. laos pwdr
    • 3 Tbsp. minced coriander leaves roots and stems
    • 2 lrg clv garlic
    • 3 Tbsp. minced spring onions (green and white parts)
    • 1 x lemon grass root roughly minced
    • 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
    • 400 ml coconut cream
    • 4 x kaffir lime leaves
    • 850 gm boneless chicken
    • 1 sm bunch fresh basil leaves
    • 1 Tbsp. fish sauce

    Directions

    1. Grind coriander and peppercorns to a pwdr in a spice grinder or possibly mortar.
    2. Add in the fresh seasonings (chillies ginger coriander garlic spring onions and lemon grass) and grind to a paste.
    3. Fry this seasoning paste in a medium saucepan with the vegetable oil for 3 min.
    4. Add in the coconut cream and lime leaves and simmer for 10 min.
    5. Cut the chicken into 2cm cubes.
    6. Add in to the sauce with 1 c. water and simmer till tee chicken is tender about 20 min.
    7. Pick basil leaves from the stems.
    8. Add in basil fish sauce and salt to the curry to taste.
    9. Serve over rice.
    10. Hint. Buy an inexpensive electric coffee grinder to use exclusively for grinding spices.
    11. Serves 6

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