Friday 30 December 2011

Thai Green Chicken Curry

This dinner was delicious the other night! Jamie Oliver inspired thai green curry, but as usual I didn't have all the ingredients and Jamie doesn't use chicken in his curry sauce base so I concocted this dish from one of my own recipes and a bit of Jamie's. (Jamie's 30 minute meals - page 86) And I even got to use my new blender! Woop woop!

Top Tip Essential: Blend the spices and onion to make a thick paste


Crucials:
One onion (I used red)
Three cloves of garlic
Three spring onions
One whole red chilli
Spoonfull of crushed chilli flakes
One small spoonfull of garam masala (optional)
One big spoonfull of  ground coriander (fresh would be preferable but i only had ground)
One whole lime squeezed  (I grated a frozen lime and used two big spoonfulls of the zest)
Glug of olive oil
One green pepper
Six mushrooms
Three chicken breasts
Half a pint of chicken stock
One tin of coconut milk
Fresh basil
Basmati rice


Mmmm curry!
  • Chop the onion in chunks, peel the garlic and add to the blender with the chilli, chilli flakes, garam masala, chopped up spring onion, coriander and lime and blend until fine and a thick consistency
  • Add a glug of oil to the blender and blend 
  • Chop the chicken into small pieces
  • Chop the mushroom and pepper into small pieces and leave to one side
  • Gently fry the paste in a small glug of olive oil in a large frying pan 
  • At the same time make the chicken stock in the blender bowl so you use up all the bits of paste!
  • Add the chicken to the paste and fry gently for approx 5 mins until chicken looks white



  • Add the mushrooms and the peppers to the chicken and fry gently for another 5 mins
  • Pour in the chicken stock and cook till it starts to boil and then simmer for approx 5 mins
  • Add the tin of coconut milk and stir in and gently simmer for at least 30mins
  • Season with a little salt and pepper
  • Chop up the fresh basil and mix it into the curry
  • Make the rice and serve with a sprig of basil.



Soooo yummy! x

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