I Heart Cooking Clubs : Curry in a Hurry

As you can see even if it is Potluck week at I Heart Cooking Clubs I couldn't leave Thailand !!

This chicken was in a hurry even to photograph !!

The recipe is fantasic :Nigella makes it with frozen vegetables but I used pumpkin and cauliflower from my veggie box.

This curry is super easy and fast: if you have coconut milk, fish sauce and curry paste in your pantry you are set !

Last week I saw the basmati Mary made so I accompanied the chicken with it.

It was such a success we are lucky I got one picture of it !!

INGREDIENTS

2 x 15ml tablespoons wok oil

3 x 15ml tablespoons spring onions, finely chopped

3–4 x 15ml tablespoons green Thai curry paste

1kg chicken thigh fillets, cut into strips about 4 x 2cm

1 x 400ml can coconut milk

250ml boiling water

enough chicken stock concentrate or cube for 500ml water

1 x 15ml tablespoon fish sauce (nam pla)

185g frozen peas

200g frozen soya beans

150g frozen fine beans

3 x 15ml tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped

METHOD

1.	Heat the wok oil in a large saucepan that owns a lid, drop in the spring onions and cook, stirring for a minute or two, then add the curry paste.
2.	Add the chicken pieces and keep turning over heat for 2 minutes, before adding the coconut milk, stock (i.e. the water plus stock concentrate or cube) and fish sauce, then the frozen peas and soya beans.
3.	Simmer for 10 minutes, then add the frozen fine beans to the mix and cook for another 3–5 minutes.
4.	Serve with rice or noodles, sprinkling the coriander over as you do so. Put out a plate of lime wedges for people to squeeze over as they eat.

ADDITIONAL INFO

If you want to make this with fresh vegetables rather than frozen, then up the water (keeping the amount of stock concentrate the same) and indeed I would double it to 500ml. But if using frozen – which is how I make this 99% of the time, and why it is a great storecupboard standby – I find it easier to use a cappuccino cup, or similar, and measure out 1 1/2 cups of each frozen green veg rather than weigh it. The chicken comes in packets, so that just keeps everything simple and straightforward.