Recipe I want to try.
Ingredients
-2 1/2 to 3 lbs. whole chicken (cut up)
-1 ½ to 2 lbs of assorted potatoes, cut up in stew sized pieces
-3 tbs yellow curry paste
-1 can 13.5 fl.oz coconut milk
-1/4 cup fish sauce
-1 1/2 to 2 cups water to add occasionally when sauce looks dry
-½ tbsp cornstarch (mixed with a little water)
Cooking Instructions
Pour ½ can of coconut milk in a large pot.
Turn the heat on medium.
Cook the coconut milk and keep stirring until it starts bubbling for 30 second
Add in the curry paste. Stir well with the coconut milk.
Add the fish sauce
Add the chicken. Mix the chicken in until all pieces are coated with the sauce.
If the sauce looks too dry add a little water a bit at a time
Cover the pot so everything will cook faster
Cook the meat until it is half way done and add about ½ of the remaining coconut milk (and little more water if its still looking dry.)
Add the potatoes
Make sure everything is covered with sauce,
Cover the pot and cook till the meat and potatoes are cooked
Stir in the cornstarch
Pour in the remaining coconut milk
http://www.thaifoodtonight.com/thaifoodtonight/recipes-Yellow_chicken_curry.html
I think if I pan fry the potatoes first it might work out better, texture wise.
Next week - adventure down to the asian market.
The last two weeks have been too busy to bother with going to the store - but last night's amazing dinner of "a packet of instant mashed potatoes" has convinced me to go to the store Sunday when I get home. Tonight is "some chicken i thawed out and whatever assorted vegetable is in the cupboard."
Edit:
The curry paste / soy sauce (didn't go for fish sauce) / coconut milk was pretty spot on.
Next round I need to adjust cooking times (overcooked the chicken a bit), and rethink the potatoes somehow. 1. Peel them first. 2. Probably chop them into little cubes rather than slices, they'll fry up better that way.
Also, chopping up a chicken with the skin and bones is fucking stupid. I'll pay the store to do that kind of work for me next time.
Overall, a good first effort. Definitely not sad about the leftovers in the fridge.
-2 1/2 to 3 lbs. whole chicken (cut up)
-1 ½ to 2 lbs of assorted potatoes, cut up in stew sized pieces
-3 tbs yellow curry paste
-1 can 13.5 fl.oz coconut milk
-1/4 cup fish sauce
-1 1/2 to 2 cups water to add occasionally when sauce looks dry
-½ tbsp cornstarch (mixed with a little water)
Cooking Instructions
Pour ½ can of coconut milk in a large pot.
Turn the heat on medium.
Cook the coconut milk and keep stirring until it starts bubbling for 30 second
Add in the curry paste. Stir well with the coconut milk.
Add the fish sauce
Add the chicken. Mix the chicken in until all pieces are coated with the sauce.
If the sauce looks too dry add a little water a bit at a time
Cover the pot so everything will cook faster
Cook the meat until it is half way done and add about ½ of the remaining coconut milk (and little more water if its still looking dry.)
Add the potatoes
Make sure everything is covered with sauce,
Cover the pot and cook till the meat and potatoes are cooked
Stir in the cornstarch
Pour in the remaining coconut milk
http://www.thaifoodtonight.com/thaifoodtonight/recipes-Yellow_chicken_curry.html
I think if I pan fry the potatoes first it might work out better, texture wise.
Next week - adventure down to the asian market.
The last two weeks have been too busy to bother with going to the store - but last night's amazing dinner of "a packet of instant mashed potatoes" has convinced me to go to the store Sunday when I get home. Tonight is "some chicken i thawed out and whatever assorted vegetable is in the cupboard."
Edit:
The curry paste / soy sauce (didn't go for fish sauce) / coconut milk was pretty spot on.
Next round I need to adjust cooking times (overcooked the chicken a bit), and rethink the potatoes somehow. 1. Peel them first. 2. Probably chop them into little cubes rather than slices, they'll fry up better that way.
Also, chopping up a chicken with the skin and bones is fucking stupid. I'll pay the store to do that kind of work for me next time.
Overall, a good first effort. Definitely not sad about the leftovers in the fridge.