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