Thai Green Chicken Curry

Serves

4

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Ingredients

8 oz (225 g) new potatoes, cut into chunks
3.5 oz (100 g) green beans, trimmed, halved
1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 rounded tbsp Thai green curry paste
14 oz (400 ml) can coconut milk
2 tsp Thai fish sauce
1 tsp coconut sugar
1 lb (450 g) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 lime leaves finely shredded (or use 3 wide strips lime zest), plus extra to garnish
handful of basil leaves
boiled rice, to serve (not included in nutritional breakdown)

Nutrition

(Per Serving)

Calories

396

Fats

24 g

Protein

29 g

Carbs

16 g

Instructions

  • Place the new potatoes into a pot of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add the green beans to the pot of potatoes and continue to cook for a further 3 minutes, by which time both potatoes and green beans should be just tender but not too soft. Drain and set side.
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a large wok or skillet until very hot, then add the garlic and cook until golden (this should take only a few seconds). Don’t let it get very dark or the garlic will become bitter.
  • Spoon in theThai green curry paste and stir it around for a few seconds to begin to cook the spices and release all the flavors. Add the coconut milk and allow the curry to bubble.
  • Stir in the Thai fish sauce and caster sugar, then add the chicken. Turn the heat down to a simmer and cook, covered, for around 8 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
  • Add the potatoes and beans to the wok and warm through in the hot coconut milk, then add the shredded lime leaves. Finally, add the basil leaves and remove the wok from the heat.
  • Garnish with further lime leaves and serve immediately with boiled rice.