Green chicken curry
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Easy
- March 2008

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Serves 4
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Ready in 35 minutes
Make a traditional Thai green chicken curry with this recipe using galangal, pea aubergines and Thai basil.
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 563kcals
- Fat
- 38g (30.7g saturated)
- Protein
- 46g
- Carbohydrates
- 10.9g (1.6g sugars)
- Salt
- 2.3g
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Ingredients
- 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
- 1 quantity Thai green curry paste or 2 tbsp Thai Taste Green Curry Paste (from major supermarkets)
- 300ml chicken stock, hot
- 3 fresh or dried kaffir lime leaves
- 5cm piece galangal, sliced
- 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- 125g pea aubergines or regular aubergines
- Handful fresh Thai basil leaves, to taste
- Juice of 1 lime, to taste
- 1-2 tbsp Thai fish sauce (nam pla), to taste
Method
- Spoon the coconut cream from the cans of coconut milk into a wok or large saucepan, reserving the coconut milk. Add the curry paste and cook over a medium heat, stirring, for 3-4 minutes.
- Pour in the hot stock and coconut milk. Stir in the lime leaves, galangal, chicken and aubergines and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce is slightly reduced and thickened.
- Stir in the basil, lime juice and fish sauce, adding more if necessary. Ladle the curry into bowls and serve with steamed jasmine rice.
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delicious. tips
To freeze: freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw and add more fresh basil to serve.
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