Red Curry Chicken With Basil
photo by jrusk
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 13 1⁄2 ounces coconut milk, shaken
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken breasts, raw, sliced into bite size pieces
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 10 large basil leaves, Thai, chopped
directions
- Heat the oil in the frying pan over medium heat.
- Add the Curry Paste and simmer for 2 minutes, so that it is dissolved, fragrant and foaming.
- Stir in the can of the coconut milk. Cook over medium heat for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the sliced chicken. Simmer for 4 minutes.
- Stir in the sugar, fish sauce and bell pepper. Simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 3 minutes more.
- Add the chopped basil. Season to taste with more sugar or Fish Sauce as desired.
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I use the TOT website too and was going to post this the way I make it. This is a great dish but it isn't Thai spicy if made as posted. We are glutens for punishment so I add two teaspoons (if not more) hot chili sauce instead of sugar. I also up the fish sauce to 2 tbls. and add thinly sliced onions. I use lite coconut milk... I wonder how much lower the fat content is? 40G is a bit scary, especially b/c I eat my curry with a spoon, lol. Great base recipe, glad you posted it!
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