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Green chicken curry recipe
Photo: Swathi Handique

Green chicken curry recipe

24 ingredients 20 min + 25 min 4 people openrecipes

Chef David Thompson - a very good friend of mine - is my huge inspiration for Thai food and this is one of his most celebrated recipes for green chicken curry.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

923
Calories
66g
Protein
46g
Fat
69g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon Grass juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Galangal not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 vegetable oil
  • tbsp skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 2.5cm pieces
  • 400 chicken stock
  • g -20 apple or pea aubergines, or 1 medium aubergine, cut into 2.5cm cubes
  • 300 coconut milk
  • ml drop fish sauce, to taste
  • 15 -4 kaffir lime leaves
  • 500 red chillies, diagonally sliced
  • ml handful of Thai basil leaves
  • 1 chopped green (bird's eye) chilli (adjust quantity to suit your taste)
  • 2 tablespoon chopped galangal
  • 2 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoons chopped lemon grass
  • 3 finely chopped kaffir lime leaves
  • tbsp chopped coriander roots
  • 1 chopped fresh turmeric or 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 0.5 chopped red shallots
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon shrimp paste (optional)
  • tbsp white peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, toasted and ground
  • tbsp teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and ground
  • 1 handful of basil leaves
  • tsp salt

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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