Thai Coconut Chicken and Rice

Submitted by crispychick

"I always get the coconut chicken soup when I go to a Thai restaurant. I love the combination of flavors! This is a dish that can be served over white or basmati rice or made thinner by adding additional chicken broth and turned into a soup. Add some paper thin sliced mushrooms and scallions at last minute if you're making the soup. This is also really good with shrimp. Do watch that red curry paste, though- it's spicy!!!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, sliced into thin strips
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
• 2 -3 tablespoons fish stock
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 -2 chicken bouillon cube
• 1⁄4 cup fresh basil leaf, chiffonade
• 1⁄2 cup frozen English peas
• 1⁄2 cup canned water chestnut
• 1⁄2 - 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
• 2 limes, quartered

directions

1. In the bottom of a pot, stir together the red curry paste and a little coconut milk to combine.
2. Saute the chicken until cooked through.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer 10 minutes or so, or until the peas are cooked and the sauce has reduced and thickened to desired consistency.
4. Serve over hot cooked basmati or white rice.
5. (I have added about a quart of chicken broth to this base recipe to make soup- adding thinly sliced mushrooms and scallions) Serve with wedges of lime.

Reviews

[stormylee]

Great tasty sauce! I added some spring onion and mushrooms at the end, had to omit the basil as I forgot to buy it (argh!), and used 1 tbls of palm sugar instead of the brown sugar. Will add a bit of heat the next time - a fresh red chile pepper might be just the ticket! Thank you for sharing!

 

[Adopt Pets]

I thought this was really good and quick & easy! I will make again!

 

[ejmatl]

The review is for the sauce only. This is so good! I was looking for a coconut milk base for a rice and veggies dish - and this one is the perfect ratio of sweet to hot to salty. I cooked the rice in the coconut milk mixture and served it with steamed snap peas, carrots and baby corn. I used a full tablespoon of red curry paste but did not include the fish stock (didn't have any in the house). Later this week I'm going to try turning it into a soup as you suggested can be done in the description. Thank you for posting this! I'll be making this often.

 

[CWatson]

This is one of my favorite recipes ever! I've made it many times (sorry I didn't reveiw it sooner)I love the way the spicy, coconuty sauce soaks into the rice. I did find that it was easier to slice the raw chicken into bite size pieces while it was partially frozen. Thanks for the keeper!!