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Thai green chicken curry
Photo: Swathi Handique

Thai green chicken curry

29 ingredients 30 min + 25 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Thai green chicken curry

Making your own fragrant curry paste takes some special Asian ingredients and a little time but you'll taste the difference

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1110
Calories
71g
Protein
46g
Fat
107g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 22 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Galangal not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water 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 stalk lemongrass , thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp whole peppercorns
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 6 green bird's-eye chillies , trimmed and halved
  • 4 garlic cloves , peeled
  • 5 shallots (use Thai if possible)
  • 3cm piece galangal or ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 1 rounded tsp shredded kaffir lime peel (if you can get it)
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander stalks
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 level tsp shrimp paste
  • 2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 2 x 400g cans coconut milk
  • 2 heaped tbsp green curry paste
  • 500g skinless, boneless chicken breasts , cut into thin strips
  • 100ml chicken stock , plus extra if necessary
  • 1-2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tsp palm sugar (or light muscovado)
  • 4 kaffir lime leaves
  • 50g fine green beans , halved
  • 100g baby aubergines , diced (or Thai pea aubergines)
  • handful Thai basil , shredded
  • coriander leaves
  • 1 red chilli , thinly sliced
  • 1 spring onion , shredded and left to curl in ice cold water
  • lime wedges
  • Thai fragrant rice

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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