Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Peanut Chicken Curry

2 chicken breasts cut into bite-size chunks
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 heaped tbsp peanut butter
2.5 tbsp soy sauce
1.5 tsp crushed ginger (I buy the toothpaste tube looking pre-crushed ginger)
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tbsp thai red curry paste
1 tin coconut milk
1 tin chicken stock or water (measured in the empty coconut milk tin)
few handfuls of snap peas, rinsed and cut in half

Saute chicken with a bit of olive oil in a large pan until brown, remove from pan and set aside
Fry the ginger and garlic for a minute or two alone before adding back the chicken
Fry together for a minute or two before adding the peanut butter, brown sugar, and curry paste (If you're not on a food network show and don't have those tiny bowls to pre-measure all your junk in this might take more than 1 minute, that's OK)
Add coconut milk and water/stock and stir to combine
Lower heat slightly and let simmer and thicken for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally
Layer jasmine rice, then raw snap peas, then curry on top - the hot curry with cook the peas a little bit, but I like them to still be mostly raw and crunchy

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