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Curry chicken recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 3 dried red chilies, seeded, soaked to soften
  • 1 red fresh chili
  • 25g shrimp paste
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 10 shallots
  • 25 g chopped galangal
  • 2 stalks sliced lemon grass
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves
  • 4 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 12 curry leaves
  • 1/2 chicken cut into bite size pieces
  • 5 potatoes, steamed to half cooked, cut into half
  • 220 ml thick coconut milk
  • 200 ml water
  • 2 tbsp of fish sauce or chicken stock granules
  • 1 tbsp palm sugar
  • salt to taste

Methods / instructions

  1. Blend the first 8 ingredients in a food processor or a blender until form a smooth paste.
  2. Heat oil in a heavy saucepan and saute curry paste and curry leaves until fragrant.
  3. Add in chicken and cook for 6 minutes.
  4. Stir in remaining ingredients and cook for 16-18 minutes.
  5. Serve hot with boiled fragrant rice.

Servings: 4

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