Thai Green Chicken Curry
Don't call the local takeaway – impress friends and family by cooking this fragrant and creamy Thai green chicken curry. It's easy and quick to make.
Method
Based on 6 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Put the new potatoes, cut into chunks, in a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
Step 2
Add the trimmed and halved green 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.
Step 3
In a wok or large frying pan, heat 1 tbsp (if cooking for 4) vegetable or sunflower oil until very hot, then drop in chopped garlic clove and cook until golden, this should take only a few seconds. Don’t let it go very dark or it will spoil the taste.
Step 4
Spoon in Thai green curry paste and stir it around for a few seconds to begin to cook the spices and release all the flavours.
Step 5
Next, pour in the coconut milk and let it come to a bubble.
Step 6
Stir in Thai fish sauce and caster sugar, then the bite-size chicken pieces. Turn the heat down to a simmer and cook, covered, for about 8 minutes until the chicken is cooked.
Step 7
Meanwhile, get the rice cooking according to the instructions on the back of the packet.
Step 8
Tip the potatoes and beans into the frying pan and let them warm through in the hot coconut milk, then add 2 finely shredded kaffir lime leaves (or 3 wide strips lime zest).
Step 9
Add a good handful basil leaves, but only leave them briefly on the heat or they will quickly lose their brightness.
Step 10
Scatter with lime to garnish and serve immediately with boiled rice.
- Ingredients
- Based on 6 servings
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2 tsp Thai Fish Sauce 1x Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150ml -
225g New Potatoes, cut into chunks 1x Sainsbury's Baby Potatoes 1kg -
1 tbsp Vegetable Or Sunflower Oil 1x Sainsbury's Vegetable Oil 1L -
good handful of Basil Leaves 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g -
1 Garlic Clove, chopped 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
1 rounded tbsp Thai Green Curry Paste 1x Blue Dragon Thai Green Curry Paste Pot 50g -
400ml can Coconut Milk 1x Sainsbury's Coconut Milk 400ml -
450g Boneless Skinless Chicken, (breasts or thighs), cut into bite-size pieces 1x Sainsbury's British Fresh Chicken Thigh Fillets Skinless & Boneless 640g -
1 tsp Caster Sugar 1x Sainsbury's White Caster Sugar 500g -
2 Lime, to serve 2x Sainsbury's Limes -
360g Rice, to serve 2x Ben's Original Classic Basmati Microwave Rice 220g -
100g Green Beans, trimmed and halved 1x Sainsbury's Fine Green Beans 200g -
2 Fresh Kaffir Lime Leaves, finely shredded, or 3 wide strips lime zest, plus extra to garnish 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Lime Leaves x4