Chef Andy Oliver has collaborated with Singha Beer to devise a selection of recipes. A modernised version of a Thai classic, the chef’s Thai green curry recipe with chicken, pea aubergines and Thai basil takes just 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
“This classic Thai curry is bursting with flavour, perfect for an evening dish. Serve as part of a shared Thai meal with jasmine rice.”
Ingredients
Serves two-four
Green curry paste, 150g, ideally homemade
Thick fresh coconut cream, 450ml
Light chicken stock, 300ml
Coconut oil, a drizzle (optional)
Chicken thighs, 350g, skinned, boned and cut into bite sized chunks
Palm sugar, 1 Tbsp
Fish sauce, 3 Tbsp
Kaffir lime leaves, 5-6 (fresh or frozen), torn
Thai pea aubergines, 2 Tbsp
Thai apples or round aubergines, 3, each sliced into 6 pieces
Long red or green chillies, 2-3, sliced at an angle
Thai basil leaves, a large handful, picked
Method
First, add half of the coconut cream to a pan and place on a medium high heat. If using coconut oil, you can add a splash of coconut oil now, too.
Allow the cream to boil rigorously until it starts to become shiny and oily. When it does, add the curry paste and stir in to ‘fry out’ in the oily cream for 4 minutes on a medium heat.
When the paste smells less raw and becomes more fragrant and oil is starting to show on the surface, add the sliced chicken.
Continue to fry for 4-5 more minutes, stirring the mix regularly.
Next add the palm sugar, pea aubergines, the fish sauce and the kaffir lime leaves.
Continue to cook for 1-2 more minutes before adding the apple aubergines, the chicken stock and most (but not all) of the remaining coconut cream.
Allow the curry to simmer gently for a few minutes before adding the sliced green chillies and the remaining coconut cream.
Stir through and simmer for an extra minute before tasting to check the seasoning – it should be rich, fragrant, slightly spicy with a touch of sweetness from the coconut cream and saltiness from the fish sauce.
Finish by stirring through the Thai basil leaves and serving.
A modernised version of a Thai classic, the chef’s Thai green curry recipe with chicken, pea aubergines and Thai basil.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Thai
Keyword Chicken, Curry
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
150gGreen curry pasteideally homemade
450mlThick fresh coconut cream
300mlLight chicken stock
Coconut oila drizzle (optional)
350gChicken thighsskinned, boned and cut into bite sized chunks
1tbspPalm sugar
3tbspFish sauce
6Kaffir lime leaves(fresh or frozen), torn
2tbspThai pea aubergines
3Thai apples or round aubergineseach sliced into 6 pieces
3Long red or green chilliessliced at an angle
Thai basil leavesa large handful, picked
Instructions
First, add half of the coconut cream to a pan and place on a medium high heat. If using coconut oil, you can add a splash of coconut oil now, too.
Allow the cream to boil rigorously until it starts to become shiny and oily. When it does, add the curry paste and stir in to ‘fry out’ in the oily cream for 4 minutes on a medium heat.
When the paste smells less raw and becomes more fragrant and oil is starting to show on the surface, add the sliced chicken.
Continue to fry for 4-5 more minutes, stirring the mix regularly.
Next add the palm sugar, pea aubergines, the fish sauce and the kaffir lime leaves.
Continue to cook for 1-2 more minutes before adding the apple aubergines, the chicken stock and most (but not all) of the remaining coconut cream.
Allow the curry to simmer gently for a few minutes before adding the sliced green chillies and the remaining coconut cream.
Stir through and simmer for an extra minute before tasting to check the seasoning – it should be rich, fragrant, slightly spicy with a touch of sweetness from the coconut cream and saltiness from the fish sauce.
Finish by stirring through the Thai basil leaves and serving.
Jonathan is Food Editor for The London Economic.
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