Thai Green Curry
- 31 - 60 Minutes
- Hard
- Serves 6
Fragrant Chicken curry with lemongrass, lime leaves and chillies, with chicken, mange-tout and pak choi.
Ingredients
Method
- 3packs Tilda Steamed Lime & Coriander Basmati
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled, roughly chopped
- 2 shallots, peeled roughly chopped
- 1 5cm piece ginger, peeled roughly chopped
- 2 lemongrass stalks, trimmed
- 2 green chillies
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 large handfuls fresh coriander leaves
- Juice of 1 lime
- 6 boneless chicken thighs cut into strips
- 2 tbsp ground nut oil or oil of your choice
- 200g mixed oriental mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 1 tin coconut milk
- 400ml chicken stock approx.
- 6 kaffir lime leaves
- 200g mangetout
- 150g pack choi, roughly chopped
- Make the curry paste by placing the garlic, shallots, ginger, lemongrass, chilies, cumin, half of the coriander into a food processor and blitzing until finely chopped
- Add the lime juice and blitz again
- Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes on a medium heat until turning golden, transfer to a plate
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry for 3-5 minutes until golden - transfer to the plate with the chicken
- Reduce the heat and add the paste to the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring, pour in the coconut milk, stock and add the lime leaves. Turn up the heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes
- Add the chicken and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, adding the mangetout and pak choi for the last 2 minutes of cooking
- Sprinkle on the remaining coriander leaves
- Serve with the cooked rice and lime wedges
