Thursday, April 3, 2008

Thai Curry from Kate

Thai Curry

Maureen Matthews

/1/2 to 1 Tbs red, green, or yellow curry paste (such as Thai Kitchen) Use more for more heat/

/1 can coconut milk/

/1/4 c fresh basil/

/1/4 c bamboo shoots/

/3 Tbs fish sauce/

/2 Tbs brown sugar/

/1/3 c chicken or vegetable broth/

/chicken (cut in 1” pieces) or tofu (diced large)/

/vegetables of your choice (I like red pepper, onion, carrot, sweet potato, pineapple chunks, but others use eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, chard, spinach, potato, green pepper)/

Combine curry paste and coconut milk in a large saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes. Add coconut milk through broth—stir until combined. Add meat and boil until cooked through (if using tofu, don’t add it yet). Remove meat from sauce and add vegetables. Bring to a boil and simmer until tender crisp. Return meat to pot or add tofu. Serve hot over rice.

I have never added basil or bamboo shoots, so it’s fine if you don’t have those. I like to use the yellow curry paste and I love it with sweet potatoes

1 comment:

Spencer said...

When simmering the vegetables until "tender crisp", is it correct to assume that this is only a few minutes?