Panang chicken curry (kaeng panang gai)

Chicken · Thai classic.

Ingredients

• 400ml Coconut Milk
• 1-2tbsp Panang Curry Paste
• 200g Chicken Breast
• 100g Green Beans
• 2-3 tbsp Fish Sauce
• 1-2tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 Makrut lime leaves
• Handful Basil Leaves
• Boiled Jasmine Rice
• 6 Red Chilli
• 4 Dried Red Chillies
• 1 teaspoon Shrimp Paste
• 4 Cloves Chopped Garlic
• 1 tblsp Galangal
• 1 tblsp Lemongrass
• Zest of 2 Lime
• 1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1 tsp Ground Coriander
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 2 tblsp Peanuts

Method

1. Chill — First, make the curry paste. Use a pestle and mortar to pound together the dried and fresh chillies, shrimp paste, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, lime zest, white pepper, coriander, cumin, nutmeg and peanuts, plus 1 tsp salt.
2. Add ingredients — You should have a rough paste. Alternatively, add all the ingredients to a food processor along with 2-3 tbsp of coconut milk and pulse until you have a paste.
3. Continue cooking — Store in a lidded jar in the fridge. Will keep for up to two weeks.
4. Heat the pan — Add 2-3 tbsp of the thick part of the coconut milk into a saucepan over a medium-high heat.
5. Stir — When the coconut milk starts bubbling, add 1-2 tbsp of the curry paste and stir well for about 1 min, until fragrant.
6. Stir — Stir in the chicken and let it cook for about 3-4 mins until beginning to brown all over.
7. Stir — Follow with the French beans and stir well. Season with the fish sauce and sugar, then add the rest of coconut milk.
8. Simmer — Mix well, add half the makrut lime leaves and simmer for 3-5 mins until the chicken is cooked through.
9. Add ingredients — Taste and add more sugar or fish sauce if necessary – it should be salty and nutty, and the sweetness should come through.
10. Mix together — Add the Thai basil leaves, give it a quick mix and take off the heat.
11. Serve — Serve with steamed jasmine rice, garnished with the sliced chilli and the rest of the makrut lime leaves.

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