Kaeng Khiao Wan Kai (Green Chicken Curry)

This recipe and others can be found in the following article:

Bugged Out in Thailand!

By Paul Ross



Ingredients



  • 4 chicken legs

  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil

  • 3 tablespoons green chile paste

  • 1 cup coconut cream

  • 2 kaffir lime leaves (available in Asian markets)

  • 1 ½ cups coconut milk

  • 1 tablespoon sugar

  • 1 ½ teaspoons fish sauce

  • ½ cup diced eggplant

  • 1/4 cup chopped basil

  • 1 red chile, julienned



  • Instructions


    In a pan, fry the chicken legs in 1 tablespoon oil until done.

    Remove from the heat.

    In a separate pan, fry the chile paste in the remaining oil until fragrant, stirring constantly.

    Add the coconut cream a little at a time and cook until the cream begins to have an oily sheen.

    Place the chicken and lime leaves in the cream and cook for two minutes.

    Add the coconut milk, sugar, and fish sauce, and eggplant, and bring to a boil.

    Boil for 1 minute, remove from the heat and add the basil. Garnish with the julienned chile.


    Servings
    4
    Servings
    4