Thai curries and dishes that use coconut milk are so similar to some of the dishes from my home town in India as we also use a lot of coconut milk and coconut in our dishes! One who has had Thai food is definitely familiar with the yellow, red, and green curries.
Today I am sharing the recipe of Green Curry Chicken which is very simple. If you use the store-bought green curry paste (like I did), it is even easier :). You could also make the green curry paste from scratch, which again is quick and easy. There are some other ingredients like bamboo shoots, kaffir lime leaves, Thai basil leaves which you need and they are all easily available in any Asian store. All these ingredients give an authentic taste. I adapted this recipe from a Thai cookbook "Thai cooking" by Judy Batsyra with some modifications. Vegetarians can substitute the chicken with Tofu as well. Do let me know if you try it, it tastes absolutely delicious!
If you love Thai curry you may also love the recipe for Thai Red Curry Chicken
Thai Green curry Chicken
A delicious chicken curry made with green curry paste ,coconut milk, bell peppers, basil leaves ,bamboo shoot and kaffir lime leaves, based on the Thai cuisine and perfect for dinners, best served with rice .
Ingredients
- 8 oz boneless chicken chopped
- 1 bell pepper sliced into long thin stripes
- 2 carrots sliced into long thin stripes
- 4 beans sliced into long thin stripes
- 5-6 snow peas sliced length wise
- 1 inch ginger cut into long thin stripes
- 2 tsp kaffir lime leaves finely chopped
- 4 -5 shallots
- 3-4 Thai green chillies
- 3-4 garlic sliced into small pieces
- ½ a cup chopped spring onions
- 1 bunch chopped coriander
- 1 can coconut milk
- 2 tsp sliced bamboo shoots
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce (optional)
- 2 -3 tsp green curry paste
- ½ tsp red chilly flakes
To make green curry paste (if not using store bought),grind the following to a smooth paste and store in an air tight container in the refrigerator.
- 1 bunch spring onions
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
- ½ cup parsley leaves
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 inch ginger
- 3-4 garlic
- 4-5 green chillies
Directions
- Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, red chilly flakes and a dash of salt.
- Take 3-4 tsp oil in a pan and sautée chicken until half done.
- Drain and keep aside.
- The above steps (1 to 3) are optional ,you can also directly add the chicken in step 8.
- To the remaining oil in the pan add shallots, bell pepper, snow-peas,carrots, beans, ginger ,garlic, spring onions.
- Stir fry for about 6 -7 minutes.
- Add 2 -3 tsp green curry paste (you can add more if you can tolerate the spice).
- Fry for a while, then add chicken.
- Add bamboo shoots, kaffir lime leaves, chopped basil and coriander leaves.
- Add salt and sugar.
- Cook until chicken is well done.
- Finally add coconut milk and simmer .
- Serve this delicious aromatic curry with white rice !
Looks delicious!
Thanks a lot Ester!
Looks yummyyyy 😋👍
Thanks much Priya!!
Well Explained Recipe
Thanks a lot Deepa!
I am a vegetarian and I like Thai green curry (with vegetables) for its wonderful flavor and spices. Thanks for sharing this recipe and I would try the same with vegetables!
Thank you Megala, am pretty sure you will love the vegetarian version of it ..I especially love the flavor that the Thai basil , ginger and kaffir lime leaves infuse into this curry.
Yes, I like these flavorful ingredients!
Looks yum!! Thanks for sharing.. i was looking for this recipe online and shortlisted one to try this weekend, now I'll try yours.. 😀😀 we love the flavours of Thai green curry.. mouth watering 👍
Thank you so much Lavs!! Would love to hear how it turns out when you try it out 🙂
Looks delicious! Love green curry 🙂
Thank you so much Pia!
hmmm yummy..... i didnt tried thai food at home. I will this recipe.
Thanks much Deepa, do try it out ..would love to hear how it turned out !
sure, vl let u know
One of y favorite dishes ever. Nice work (:
Thank you so much ! appreciate it
yummy! this recipe looks really right on!
Thanks Liz! it was indeed awesome 🙂
sure, vl let u know !
Thank you so much!
sure, vl let u know sure, vl let u know !
This is really a delicious recipe!
Thank you so much Chefkreso!
Thanks much Deepa, do try it out . sure, vl let u know
Thanks much Deepa, do try it out . sure, vl let u know