Thai green chicken curry

Thai green chicken curry

Impress your friends and family with this fragrant and creamy Thai green chicken curry

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 - 40 mins

Method

  1. Put the potatoes in a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. Throw in the beans and cook for a further 3 minutes, by which time both should be just tender but not too soft. Drain and put to one side.
  2. In a wok or large frying pan, heat the oil until very hot, then drop in the garlic and cook until golden, this should take only a few seconds. Don't let it go very dark or it will spoil the taste. Spoon in the curry paste and stir it around for a few seconds to begin to cook the spices and release all the flavours. Next, pour in the coconut milk and let it come to a bubble.
  3. Stir in the fish sauce and sugar, then the pieces of chicken. Turn the heat down to a simmer and cook, covered, for about 8 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
  4. Tip in the potatoes and beans and let them warm through in the hot coconut milk, then add a lovely citrussy flavour by stirring in the shredded lime leaves (or lime zest). The basil leaves go in next, but only leave them briefly on the heat or they will quickly lose their brightness. Scatter with the lime garnish and serve immediately with boiled rice.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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  • 22 April 2012

    Amanda commented on this recipe

    No, I meant 5 stars!

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  • 25 April 2012

    JulesA rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Simple but delicious!

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  • 06 May 2012

    SCUBA Wend commented on this recipe

    I'm 44 yrs old and have never made a curry until I made this tonight... and it was absolutely gorgeous, even if I do say so myself!! I changed the new potatoes for sweet potato as I only eat sweet potato and it worked a treat!Definately something that I will be making most weeks!!

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  • 06 May 2012

    SCUBA Wend rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 06 May 2012

    SCUBA Wend commented on this recipe

    Message for browneyes_x ....I too was confused at first regarding the cooking of the chicken but rest assured, if you put the coconut milk in first and then cook the chicken with the wok covered, it will be cooked thoroughly in about 10 minutes.Defintely cover the wok though,or else I couldn't guarantee it!!

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  • 23 May 2012

    ronansprake rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 28 May 2012

    ExtraPickles rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delish! I love a curry with potato as it keeps my irish partner happy and is a bit more filling. Although having said that, i may try sweet potato as Scuba Wend suggested to make it a bit healthier. I used beef instead of chicken for a change which was lovely. I didn't have any basil but had some coriander so chopped it up and mixed it in with the rice.

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  • 09 June 2012

    Jules commented on this recipe

    Made this for a dinner party, very easy & extremely tasty everyone loved it.

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  • 09 June 2012

    Jules rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 08 July 2012

    Kingtong commented on this recipe

    Worked out fantastic, couldnt find the fish sauce, but tasted great anyway. Had the curry with spiced prawns for a really good combo.

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  • 09 July 2012

    louisew rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    I was sooo disappointed in this, especially after seeing the ratings it got. For me it was much too liquid and the chicken very pale and unappetising.

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  • 26 August 2012

    Chetan commented on this recipe

    Came out really well, thanks a lot always wanted to learn thai cooking. A guest for dinner rated it as 9/10 which indeed is a good score for the first attempt

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  • 06 September 2012

    Buck rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Good but you need some chilli for a bit of a punch

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  • 21 September 2012

    Tom Goswell commented on this recipe

    very quick, easy and tasty! i used about half the chicken (cost-saving) and added more potatoes and beans, as well as a handful of spinach at the end. very filling and loads left over :)

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  • 21 September 2012

    Tom Goswell rated this recipe

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  • 21 September 2012

    TiffanyW1983 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous meal, made for the second time tonight, I don't add the fish sauce as don't eat seafood and use lime juice. I find it needs cooking a bit longer to allow the sauce to thicken otherwise its too thin and a bit like soup! We have it in a bowl without the rice. Tastes even nicer the next day. Quick and easy!

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  • 02 October 2012

    Gina rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sort of followed the recipe; had more potatoes, less chicken and just put a whole kaffir leaf in while the sauce was bubbling. Used 5 tsps of green curry paste and added a couple of desert spoons of crunchy peanut butter into the sauce. Really tasty and easy, although may use more curry paste next time. Will definitely make again as the whole family (including 5 and 3 year old boys) enjoyed it.

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  • 09 October 2012

    jools64 commented on this recipe

    Never made a thai green curry before but this was really easy to do and very tasty, added some mange tout. Will definitely make again.

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  • 15 October 2012

    vickylloyd rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 19 October 2012

    Crazy Mother Cooker rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Simply to prepare and really tasty. Will definitely make this one again!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 - 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 225g new potatoes , cut into chunks
  • 100g green beans , trimmed and halved
  • 1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 1 garlic clove , chopped
  • 1 rounded tbsp or 4 tsp Thai green curry paste (you can't fit the tablespoon into some of the jars)
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 2 tsp Thai fish sauce
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 450g boneless skinless chicken (breasts or thighs), cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 fresh kaffir lime leaves finely shredded, or 3 wide strips lime zest, plus extra to garnish
  • good handful of basil leaves
  • boiled rice , to serve
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