Bangkok Chicken Curry Recipes

AUTHENTIC THAI GREEN CURRY RECIPE (แกงเขียวหวาน) - BEST TASTE!

Steps:

• The first step is to prepare your ingredients to pound your green curry paste. Remove the stems of the Thai green chilies, peel the garlic and shallots, thinly slice the galangal, cilantro roots, and lemongrass. For the kaffir lime, delicately slice off all the green bumpy peel. For the cumin and coriander seed, dry roast them in a hot skillet for 30 seconds to bring out the aroma.
• Pound all the green curry paste ingredients in a stone mortar and pestle, apart from the shrimp paste, which you'll add at the very end. Pounding can take 1 - 2 hours, and you're looking for a smooth pureed paste. One good measure of a Thai curry paste is that you shouldn't see any chili seeds remaining in your paste, they should all be pounded out.
• Once your paste is finished, add the shrimp paste, and mix and mash until it's evenly mixed in. Set your green curry paste aside.
• Prepare your whole chicken by gutting and cleaning it. Chop the entire chicken into bite sized pieces. Alternatively, you could use typical pieces like drumsticks and thighs, or boneless chicken breast.
• In a pot, add 2 cups of water, the green curry paste, your pieces of chicken, and toss in about 10 kaffir lime leaves broken in half (this is for a citrusy fragrance).
• Boil the chicken for about 10 minutes, or until the chicken is tender and most of the water has evaporated, leaving mostly the thick curry paste and chicken at the bottom of the pot.
• While the chicken is boiling, prepare the Thai eggplant by cutting them into quarters. Pluck the Thai sweet basil off the stems so you just have the leaves and set them aside. And finally julienne the red spur chilies.
• After about 10 minutes of boiling the chicken, add in the coconut cream, and bring to a boil, stirring delicately. At this stage you can taste test your curry to see if it needs more salt. Add salt accordingly, I added in about ½ tsp. of salt.
• Next add the Thai eggplant and red spur chilies and boil for just 2 - 3 minutes.
• The final step is to toss the the Thai sweet basil, turn off the heat, and just let the sweet basil wilt into the curry.

BANGKOK CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil (about 4 quarts). Add rice and boil for 40 minutes, or until rice is tender, then drain.
• 2. While rice is boiling, begin cleaning and prepping the vegetables and other ingredients. When cooking with a wok, it's important to have everything right next to the wok and ready to go because of the high cooking temps. You'll need to be prepared to be stirring constantly.
• 3. When rice has been drained and plated, heat the wok on high until it starts to smoke slightly. Then add oil and dried chilis. Next add chicken and cook stirring constantly until it's cooked on the outside. Add curry paste and stir, allowing the curry paste melt in the hot wok. After it's been mixed thoroughly with the chicken- add garlic, sriracha, and fish sauce. Continue stirring constantly and add bell peppers; cook for 1 minute then add onion and cook until fork tender, but still slightly crisp. Stir in bamboo shoots, salt and pepper. Stir in coconut milk and bring to a boil. Turn off heat, add fresh basil and serve over cooked brown rice.

BANGKOK CHICKEN SKEWERS WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a bowl mix all ingredients with ¼ cup of coconut milk except chicken and skewers. Let mixture sit for 20 minutes to 1 hour. Spray grill with cooking spray before cooking or use a heavy bottom skillet. Stick one wooden skewer through each tenderloin. Cook for 4 minutes each side. Sit to the side.
• While chicken's cooking in a pot over medium-low heat add remaining coconut milk, peanut butter, soy sauce, curry paste, serrano, sugar, vinegar, salt and bring to a boil and cook for 3-5 minutes until the mixture thickens.
• With a basting brush baste both side of tenderloins when they come off the grill. Garnish with cilantro, pour remaining sauce in a bowl for dipping.