Baked Chicken Curry with Beans and Snow Peas

Chicken breast is cut into pieces, browned in a pan, a quick Thai-style curry paste and coconut milk are added and then it is placed in the oven and baked. Blanched beans and snow peas are added and it is served with rice and basil leaves.

Prep:
15mins
Cook:
25mins
Serves:
4

Ingredients

350g Jasmine rice

35g Palm sugar, crushed or grated

4 Cloves garlic, sliced

A Large pinch of chilli flakes

40g Ginger, peeled and sliced

¼ Teaspoon ground turmeric

45ml Fish sauce

15ml Japanese soy sauce

15ml Vegetable oil

800g Skinned boned chicken breasts, cut into 4cm pieces across the grain of the meat

2 Kaffir lime leaves

425ml Coconut milk

150g Beans, stalk ends cut off

200g Snow peas, stalk ends cut off

15ml Fresh lime juice

8g Basil leaves

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°CUse a rice cooker to cook the rice or, place the rice into a saucepan and add enough water to come 1

5cm above the level of the rice. Bring to a boil then move to your smallest stove element, cover and turn the heat to the lowest setting

Cook without uncovering for any reason for 20 minutes

Remove from the heat and without uncovering, allow to stand for 5 minutes

Uncover and gently fluff up the rice with a fork. Cover and reserve

Meanwhile, put the sugar, garlic, chilli flakes, ginger, turmeric, fish sauce and soy sauce into a small food processor and process until smooth. This is the curry paste. Reserve

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan over moderate heat and brown the chicken pieces

Add the curry paste and stir fry 2-3 minutes being careful it doesn’t burn

Add the coconut milk, mix well and place in the oven for 20 minutes or until bubbling and the chicken cooked

Drop the beans into a saucepan of boiling water and boil gently for 3 minutes

Add the snow peas, mix well and drain

Remove the chicken from the oven and add the vegetables and the lime juice

Serve on the rice with the basil sprinkled on top