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Easy Red Thai Chicken Curry

I love to use these curry pastes and I’m almost certain they are used by Thai people so there’s no doubt I’m using it to make my life easier. Packed with loads of ginger, chicken thighs, aubergine, mini corn and prawns and bought together with some coconut cream, this is one of my favourites and whipped up in 45 mins. Plus it’s cooked in the same pan so there’s an easy win for washing up.

Prep

15m

Cook

30m

Total

45m

Ingredients

Method

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1.

To a hot pan add your neutral oil and the red curry paste. I reccomend using the Mae Ploy curry paste, they really are what they use in Thailand! Then add a tin of coconut milk (reserving 100ml for later) and cook for a couple minutes until you see some textural change.

1 tbsp neutral oil

2 tbsp Mae Ploy Thai red curry paste

400 ml coconut milk

2.

Add your sliced raw chicken, chilli, lemongrass and ginger and cook for 5 minutes before adding palm sugar and fish sauce. Then add more coconut milk and bring back up to simmer.

2 chicken thigh

1 tsp palm sugar

1 tbsp fish sauce

3.

Add your aubergine, and other vegetables and finally the prawns for a last minute of cooking and then finish with Thai basil.

1 aubergine

8-10 baby corn

1 red pepper

1 small onion

150 g raw prawns

1 handful Thai basil

4.

Serve with fluffy rice and a load of the sauce and a final squeeze of lime.

2 cup White Rice

1 lime

For the Rice

1.

Rinse your rice in cold water until the excess starch has gone and the water runs clear. Add ginger, spring onion, salt and cinnamon stick to the rice and add a lid. Bring to a boil and soon as it boils turn down to the lowest setting and cook for 10-12 minutes (or until the rice has absorbed all the water).

2 shallot

For

4

M

I

2

tbsp

Mae Ploy Thai red curry paste

400

ml

coconut milk, full fat

1

tbsp

fish sauce

1

tsp

palm sugar

1

stick

Lemongrass, chopped

1

Chilli, optional

1

Ginger, thumbsize piece

1

tsp

brown sugar

2

chicken thigh, sliced thin

150

g

raw prawns

1

aubergine, cut into small cubes

8-10

baby corn, halved lengthways

1

red pepper, optional, sliced

1

small onion, sliced

2

shallot, sliced

1

tbsp

neutral oil

1

handful

Thai basil

1

handful

coriander

1

lime

For the rice

2

cup

White Rice, washed

1

piece

Ginger, roughly chopped

1

Spring onion, halved

Cinnamon stick, optional

Salt

Water

Notes

Add whatever veg you like, this recipe if up to you.

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Katrina

a month ago

The snap peas are not on the recipe ingredients list, nor are the shallots mentioned used in the rice method or video likewise with the onion in the curry section. Also you mentioned to pour more coconut milk in but in the first step you pour the full 400ml in, is this extra or should you save some from this amount. Thanks

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Katrina

a month ago

Great, thank you.

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James O'Sullivan

a month ago

Hi Katrina, reserve around 100ml of coconut milk for later after the initial addition at the begginging. Regarding the veg, its up to you, which is what I have written on the "notes" section. Its a chciken curry, so you add whatever veg you want. The videos are guidance and not a strict instuction, but the core recipe is as detailed. James

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Easy Red Thai Chicken Curry

I love to use these curry pastes and I’m almost certain they are used by Thai people so there’s no doubt I’m using it to make my life easier. Packed with loads of ginger, chicken thighs, aubergine, mini corn and prawns and bought together with some coconut cream, this is one of my favourites and whipped up in 45 mins. Plus it’s cooked in the same pan so there’s an easy win for washing up.

Prep

15m

Cook

30m

Total

45m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

1.

To a hot pan add your neutral oil and the red curry paste. I reccomend using the Mae Ploy curry paste, they really are what they use in Thailand! Then add a tin of coconut milk (reserving 100ml for later) and cook for a couple minutes until you see some textural change.

1 tbsp neutral oil

2 tbsp Mae Ploy Thai red curry paste

400 ml coconut milk

2.

Add your sliced raw chicken, chilli, lemongrass and ginger and cook for 5 minutes before adding palm sugar and fish sauce. Then add more coconut milk and bring back up to simmer.

2 chicken thigh

1 tsp palm sugar

1 tbsp fish sauce

3.

Add your aubergine, and other vegetables and finally the prawns for a last minute of cooking and then finish with Thai basil.

1 aubergine

8-10 baby corn

1 red pepper

1 small onion

150 g raw prawns

1 handful Thai basil

4.

Serve with fluffy rice and a load of the sauce and a final squeeze of lime.

2 cup White Rice

1 lime

For the Rice

1.

Rinse your rice in cold water until the excess starch has gone and the water runs clear. Add ginger, spring onion, salt and cinnamon stick to the rice and add a lid. Bring to a boil and soon as it boils turn down to the lowest setting and cook for 10-12 minutes (or until the rice has absorbed all the water).

2 shallot

For

4

M

I

2

tbsp

Mae Ploy Thai red curry paste

400

ml

coconut milk, full fat

1

tbsp

fish sauce

1

tsp

palm sugar

1

stick

Lemongrass, chopped

1

Chilli, optional

1

Ginger, thumbsize piece

1

tsp

brown sugar

2

chicken thigh, sliced thin

150

g

raw prawns

1

aubergine, cut into small cubes

8-10

baby corn, halved lengthways

1

red pepper, optional, sliced

1

small onion, sliced

2

shallot, sliced

1

tbsp

neutral oil

1

handful

Thai basil

1

handful

coriander

1

lime

For the rice

2

cup

White Rice, washed

1

piece

Ginger, roughly chopped

1

Spring onion, halved

Cinnamon stick, optional

Salt

Water

Notes

Add whatever veg you like, this recipe if up to you.

Your private notes

Only visible to you

Next

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An ice cold Singha beer!

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Katrina

a month ago

The snap peas are not on the recipe ingredients list, nor are the shallots mentioned used in the rice method or video likewise with the onion in the curry section. Also you mentioned to pour more coconut milk in but in the first step you pour the full 400ml in, is this extra or should you save some from this amount. Thanks

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Katrina

a month ago

Great, thank you.

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James O'Sullivan

a month ago

Hi Katrina, reserve around 100ml of coconut milk for later after the initial addition at the begginging. Regarding the veg, its up to you, which is what I have written on the "notes" section. Its a chciken curry, so you add whatever veg you want. The videos are guidance and not a strict instuction, but the core recipe is as detailed. James

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