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Classic Thai green chicken curry

• Valerie Barrett

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 25 mins

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Making your own fragrant curry paste takes some special key ingredients and a little time but you'll taste the difference

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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For the green curry paste

• 1 stalk lemongrass

  thinly sliced

• 1 tbsp lime juice

• 1 tsp whole peppercorn

• 1 tsp coriander seed

• ½ tsp cumin seed

• 6 green bird's-eye chillies

  trimmed and halved

• 4 garlic cloves

  peeled

• 5 shallots

  (use Thai if possible)

• 3cm piece galangal

  or ginger, peeled and sliced

• 1 rounded tsp shredded lime

  peel (if you can get it)

• 2 tbsp chopped coriander

  stalks

• 1 tbsp chopped coriander

  leaves

• 1 level tsp shrimp paste

• 2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil

For the curry

• 2 x 400g cans coconut milk

• 2 heaped tbsp green curry paste

• 500g skinless, boneless chicken breast

  cut into thin strips

• 100ml chicken stock

  plus extra if necessary

• 1-2 tbsp fish sauce

• 2 tsp palm sugar

  (or light muscovado)

• 4 lime leaves

• 50g fine green bean

  halved

• 100g baby aubergine

  diced (or Thai pea aubergines)

• handful Thai basil

  shredded

Garnish

• coriander

  leaves

• 1 red chilli

  thinly sliced

• 1 spring onion

  shredded and left to curl in ice cold water

• lime

  wedges

To serve

• Thai fragrant rice

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Nutrition: per serving

• kcal528

• fat38.9g

• saturates30.8g

• carbs10.5g

• sugars5.1g

• fibre2.3g

• protein34.1g

• salt1.1g

  low

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Method

• step 1

  To make the Thai green curry paste, put the lemon grass and lime juice into a small bowl and leave to soak for 30 mins. Put a small pan over a medium heat and add the peppercorns, coriander and cumin seeds. Dry fry for about 1 minute until fragrant then tip onto a saucer to cool.

• step 2

  Put the lemongrass, spices and all remaining curry paste ingredients into a mini food blender or small food processor and pulse the mixture. Scrape down the sides from time to time. Process as smooth as you can – the mixture will be slightly coarse and not as green as the purchased variety. Put the paste into a lidded jar and store in the fridge up to a week or freeze in portions.

• step 3

  To make the curry, open the cans of coconut milk and carefully remove the thick cream and spoon it into a warm wok or large frying pan (see tip below). Cook it slowly, stirring all the time, until it reduces to a thick paste and the oil starts to separate. Add the green curry paste and cook for 1-2 mins. Add the chicken and stir until well coated in the paste.

• step 4

  Slowly add the coconut water remaining in the cans together with the chicken stock. Add all the remaining ingredients and cook over a medium heat for about 10 mins until the chicken is cooked. Add more stock if necessary - the sauce should be slightly thinner than single cream.

• step 5

  To serve spoon some rice into a bowl, pour over the curry and sprinkle with the coriander leaves, sliced chilli and spring onion. Add a wedge of lime on the side.

RECIPE TIPS

COCONUT MILK

Some cans of coconut milk are already homogenised ie the cream and milk are blended. If so, miss out the stage with coconut cream and go straight to frying the paste - it has oil in it so you don't need to add anything additional. Add all the milk in one go in step 4.

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