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Thai Chicken & Carrot Yellow Curry

Thai Chicken & Carrot Yellow Curry

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Thai Chicken & Carrot Yellow Curry

Recipe by Adrian Richardson

pax icon 5 people   | time 1 hour + 30 minutes
 

Ingredients

  • 5 chicken thighs, skin on bone left in
  • 1 white onion, sliced
  • 5 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1 knob ginger, sliced
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves
  • 185g AYAM™ Thai Yellow Curry Paste
  • 270ml AYAM™ Coconut Milk
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 4 Thai eggplants, top removed cut into wedges
  • 1 stick lemongrass (optional)
  • 1 stem curry leaves (optional)
  • 1 bunch Thai basil leaves
  • 2 tbsp AYAM™ Fish Sauce
  • 3 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 500-600ml stock
  • 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt & pepper

To serve

  • Steamed rice
 

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 160C.
  2. Generously season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
  3. Add 2-3 tbsp of olive oil to a hot saucepan over high heat, add the chicken thighs skin side down and sear until golden brown the skin side is golden brown.

  4. Add extra virgin olive oil to a hot frypan with the onion, kaffir lime leaves, Thai basil, garlic, ginger, curry leaves and a good pinch of salt and pepper, sweat down for 3-4 minutes. Add the eggplant, carrot and lemongrass and continue to sweat down for a few more minutes, stirring occasionally.

  5. Stir the yellow curry paste through the vegetables, then add the coconut milk, fish sauce and coconut sugar. Stir through and then carefully pour the curry sauce over the chicken, gently stir and then place uncovered in the oven and cook for 1 hour.

  6. Serve with steamed rice.