Red chicken curry
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Red chicken curry

A great classic of Thai cuisine that truly shines when the curry paste is made with fresh ingredients. Yum!

Mode cuisine
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Serves
4

Ingredients

For:
4
servings
  • 3 tbsp red curry paste (see recipe in the notes)
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 500 g chicken thigh (boneless, cut into pieces)
  • 200 ml coconut milk200 g
  • 1,5 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1,5 tbsp palm sugar finely chopped (otherwise another sugar)
  • 2 tbsp coconut cream (otherwise coconut milk)
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves (finely shredded)
  • 0,5 long Thai mild chilli (otherwise mild chilli from Les Landes)
  • 1 tsp cornstarch

Method

  1. 1Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Add half of the red curry paste and stir for 1 minute.
  2. 2Add the chicken pieces and cook until they take on colour. Pour in the coconut milk, add the rest of the curry paste and lower to a gentle heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. 3Taste. Adjust the seasoning by adding fish sauce and palm sugar to taste. Add a little cornstarch slurry (premixed with water) if you'd like a thicker sauce.
  4. 4Add the coconut cream, chilli slices and finely sliced kaffir lime leaves just before serving.

Notes

Here is my red curry paste recipe

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Published by Pascal REINAUD · January 13, 2022
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