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Malaysian Chicken Thigh Curry

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5 from 3 reviews

This Malaysian Chicken Thigh Curry is sure to be a hit with whoever you feed it to. It's the simplest way I know to cook a curry like this from scratch, using a homemade curry paste.

  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x

Ingredients

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The Paste

  • 3 cm ginger ((peeled and chopped))
  • 5 red chillies ((chopped))
  • 3 cloves garlic ((crushed & removed from skin))
  • 2 stalks lemongrass ((chopped))
  • 2 shallots ((chopped))
  • 2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tsp coconut oil

The Curry

  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 onions
  • 4 chicken thighs ((bone in and skin on))
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 200 ml chicken stock
  • 2 tsp five spice
  • 10 mint leaves ((chopped fine))
  • 1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 200 g broccoli ((tenderstem / broccolini))

Instructions

The Paste

  1. Add all ingredients to a food processor or blender and process. If your blender or processor is too large foe the volume you can add a few tablespoons of water to help it along.

The Curry

  1. Bring the coconut oil to a medium high heat in a pan.
  2. Add half of the paste to the pan and stir whilst cooking for 3 minutes. Reserve the rest of the paste for future use.
  3. Slice the onions, add to the pan and continue to cook until they become soft.
  4. Add in the chicken thighs and cook skin side down until you get some browning on the skin.
  5. Add the coconut milk, stock, five spice, plus the tamari. Cook for 30 minutes
  6. Finally, add in the broccoli with 10 minutes to go. Taste for seasoning.
  7. Optionally serve with sweet potato mash and a dollop of coconut yoghurt.

Notes

The nutritional information is for the curry and broccoli.  Sweet potato mash or rice would need to be added.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Category: lunch, Main Course
  • Cuisine: Malaysian

Nutrition

  • Calories: 458
  • Sugar: 13
  • Sodium: 1872
  • Fat: 34
  • Saturated Fat: 27
  • Carbohydrates: 43
  • Fiber: 7
  • Protein: 14
  • Cholesterol: 3