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Thai green chicken curry

Tender chicken in a creamy coconut milk sauce with green curry paste, zucchini, green beans and basil.

Time
35 min
Difficulty
Medium
Per serving
R$12.40
Servings
4 servings
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Ingredients

for 4 servings

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Creamy, aromatic and spicy to just the right degree. Green curry is ready in half an hour when the paste does the heavy lifting, and the homemade swap, blended in five minutes, works well when the ready-made paste is not at your supermarket.

Method

    • Cut the chicken into 3 cm pieces and season with a pinch of salt.
    • Cut the zucchini into thick half-moons and the green beans into 4 cm pieces.
    • Start cooking the rice.
    • In a wide pot, heat the oil over medium heat.
    • Fry the curry paste for 1 minute, until fragrant.
    • Add 100 ml of the coconut milk, from the thick part, and cook for 2 minutes.
  1. Add the chicken and stir for 3 minutes, until it changes color on the outside.

    • Pour in the rest of the coconut milk and add the soy sauce, the sugar and the lime zest.
    • Simmer over low heat for 12 minutes.
  2. Add the green beans and the zucchini and cook for 8 more minutes, until tender but still firm.

    • Turn off the heat and stir in the basil and the lime juice.
    • Taste and adjust the salt.
    • Serve over the rice.

Tips

If the sauce is thin, let it boil for a few minutes without a lid. If it is too strong for people who do not like heat, serve with a little more coconut milk on top. It reheats well the next day, which makes it a good lunchbox meal.

Thailand · per serving

Nutrients per serving

Calories

675 kcal

Protein

33 g

20% of kcal

Carbohydrate

57 g

33% of kcal

Fat

36 g

47% of kcal · fiber 4 g

Where the calories come from

  • protein20%
  • carbohydrate33%
  • fat47%

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By food

Nutrients of each food, per serving
FoodQty.kcalProt.Share of calories
boneless, skinless chicken thighs150 g24326 g36%
coconut milk94 g1561 g23%
zucchini50 g100.6 g1%
green beans38 g100.7 g1%
Thai basil3.8 g10.1 g0%
lime15 g50.1 g1%
brown sugar1.2 g40 g1%
soy sauce (shoyu)4 g30.1 g0%
vegetable oil3.4 g300 g5%
white rice60 g2154.3 g32%

Calculated with 10 of 11 ingredients. No data for: green curry paste.

Source: TACO (Unicamp) and USDA FoodData Central. Approximate values. Not medical or nutritional advice.