A fresh, divine lime and lemongrass Thai curry. Original Recipe created by Donna Hay and included here with some very minor changes.
Ingredients:
- * 6 large slice ginger
- * 6 kaffir lime leaf
- * 4 stalk lemongrass (white section)
- * 1 long red chilli
- * 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- * 4 x 125 gram chicken thigh fillet (tip: cut them in quarter)
- * 1.5 cup (375ml) coconut milk (tip: use ayam brand for best taste)
- * 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- * 80 gram baby spinach leaf
- * coriander (cilantro) leaf, to garnish (tip: go nut and use load)
Instructions:
- Roughly cut up the lemongrass, chilli, lime and ginger. Toss them into a small food processor and let it do the hard work to achieve a finely chopped result.
- Pour 1 tablespoon oil into a medium- hot frying pan
- Slide in the finely chopped lemongrass, chilli, lime, ginger mixture to the pan
- Stir and cook the mixture (about 4 mins – it should be fragrant)
- Time to add the quartered thigh fillets to the pan and lightly brown – about a minute each side
- Add the coconut milk and fish sauce to the pan
- Simmer the chicken until it is cooked and tender (approximately 6 minutes each side depending upon size of chicken pieces – don't over cook)
- Toss in the spinach leaves and stir through the curry.
- Serve with steamed jasmine rice and scatter the dish with loads of fresh coriander leaves
Lime and Lemongrass Chicken • Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients:
- * 6 large slice ginger
- * 6 kaffir lime leaf
- * 4 stalk lemongrass (white section)
- * 1 long red chilli
- * 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- * 4 x 125 gram chicken thigh fillet (tip: cut them in quarter)
- * 1.5 cup (375ml) coconut milk (tip: use ayam brand for best taste)
- * 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- * 80 gram baby spinach leaf
- * coriander (cilantro) leaf, to garnish (tip: go nut and use load)
Lime and Lemongrass Chicken Nutrition Facts:
• Diet: Low-Carb
• Calories: 105.22
• Fat: 153.62
• Carbs: 40.97
• Protein: 79.36
• Cholesterol: 114.33
• Calcium: 35.61
• Sodium: 78.15* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.