Thai Red Curry Chicken (Kaeng Dang)

This dish is fairly similar to the green curry chicken from the previous page.  The only difference is we will be using red curry paste instead of green curry paste.

You can choose any choice of meat you like for the red curry.  The same goes for vegetable.  Anything you like in your food is all good. 

You can now find the red curry paste in most of the grocery stores (superstore, asian market, walmart etc).

If you cook the curry paste before adding the coconut milk, usually it's will be more  tastety and flavourful.

Just remember, any of the ingredients that is optional, you don't really have to use it but it will taste better with it in the cooking.

Kaeng Dang Gai with Nor-mai

Ingredients:
 *served 2-3 people*

• 2-3tbsp of cooking oil
• 1 chicken breast (cut in smaller pieces)
• 1 tbsp red curry paste
• 1 can coconut milk
• 3-5 kuffir lime leaves (optional)
• 3-5 basil leaves (optional)
• 1 can bamboo shoots (other vegetable is ok)
• 1/2 red peppers (cut into long small pieces)
• 1/2 green pepper (cut into long pieces)
• 1tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2tbsp of sugar

Let's get started:

Step 1: put a wok or pot on the stove at medium heat, add cooking oil, when hot, add the curry paste and the lime leaves. Stirred till the curry is cook or obsorbed all of the oil (don't over cooked it till it's burnt).

Step 2:  Add the coconut milk to the curry, wait until it comes to a boil and then add the chicken.

Step 3: Once the chicken is cook, add all of the vegetable, fish sauce, sugar and basil.  Cook the vegetable for about 2-3 min or till it's almost cook, taste you curry to make sure you are not missing any flavour. 

Step 4:  Served with scented steam rice or steam noodles.

*note if the curry get too dry while you are cooking it, you may add some water*
*for extra spice, you can add some fresh Thai chili or dried chili flakes*

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:

http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes

http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup

http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes

http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry
http://thaifriedrice.blogspot.com/ for delicious Thai fried rice

Panang Curry

About the Curry:

• Panang Curry is one of the most popular Thai curry dish.
• It is a thicker curry sauce (therefore; should not be runny.
• It is really easy to make. 
• The traditional thai way we don't actually add vegetable to it, just Thai herbes and spices.

  

  Chicken Panang

Ingredients:

• Panang Curry paste (1-2 tbsp)
• meat (chicken, pork, beef or seafood about 200gr)
• ground cumin and coriander (optional)
• crush peanuts (1-2tbsp)
• 5-10 lime leaves and thai basil (optional)
• carrot, red, green peppers (optional)
• fish sauce (1tbsp)
• sugar (1/2tbsp)
• coconut milk (1 can)

Let's get started:

Step 1:  At medium to high heat, put the thickest part of the coconut milk in the frying pan, add the panang curry paste.  Blend the curry paste with the coconut milk, let it boil till the sauce is thicken.

Step 2:  Add your choice of meat, fish sauce and mixed it together until the meat is cook.

Step 3:  Add all the remaining ingredients: the vegetable, lime leave , basil, peanuts, cumin and coriander and a prinkle of sugar.  Let the sauce come to a boil so the remaining ingredients are well blended together, give it a taste and it is ready to served.

Step 4:  Served with steam rice or steam vermicelli noodle

*note the curry sauce should be thick and not runny.  If the curry sauce is too dried while cooking it add more coconut milk.  All the herbes and spices, you should only add a few sprinkle to the dish.  It is use for the aroma, garnish and to enhance the taste.  If you used too much of it the dish won't taste good.  Remember less is more*

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry

Thai Green Curry

About Thai Green Curry

• One of the most popular Thai curry dish
• Perfect for someone who is vegetarian, it contained no shrimp paste.  Most other Thai curries do have shrimp paste in them.
• More spicy than other Thai curry paste
• It is really easy to make
• You can used any vegetable you desire for this delicious curry dish

Ingredients:

Green Curry Chicken

*serving 1-2 people*

1. Thai green curry paste (1-2 tbsp)
2. 1 chicken breast cut into smaller slices (or other meats: pork, beef, tofu, seafood)
3. 1 can of coconut milk
4. Thai basil (about 5-10 leaves)
5. fish sauce (about 1-2tbsp)
6. lime leaves (optional)
7. sugar (about 1/2tbs)
8. vegetables cut into smaller pieces (bamboo shoots, green and red peppers, etc)

Let's get started:

Step 1:  Put a can of coconut milk into a wok or a pot, turned the stove on at medium-high heat.  Add 2tbsp of the Thai green curry paste and let it boil slightly.

Step 2:  Add the chicken or your choice of meat,  give it a quick stirred and add the fish sauce.

Step 3:  When the chicken is cooked, start adding your vegetable, lime leaves Thai basil and sugar. If your curry become too dry, you may add more coconut milk or water. 

Step 4:  Give it a taste to see if you need to add more flavor to the curry.  You may add more fish sauce, chilli or sugar to create the flavor that you like.

Step 5: Served with steam rice and/or steam noodle.

*note for any Thai curry dish, less is more.  If you are only cooking a small portion(1-2 serving), do not used too much curry paste (only about 1-2tbs); otherwise, it will create a bitter taste to your curry* 

*For those of us who wants the food to be more spicy; add dried chili flakes or fresh chopped thai chili instead of adding more curry paste*
*tbsp is table spoon*

To learn how to make other delicious Thai dishes please visit:
http://lila-thaicooking.blogspot.com/ for Pad-Thai and other noodles dishes
http://lila-thaitomyum.blogspot.com/ for Thai tom yum goong and other Thai soup
http://lila-padkrapow.blogspot.com/ for popular Thai stir-fried dishes
http://lilathaicurry.blogspot.com/ for easy recipe on how to make Thai curry