Chicken Red Curry -- Thai Style!

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I personally love Thai style red curry chicken that's about an 8.5 on the hot scale ... how about you?

I've been making Thai style chicken red curry for several years so that I've pretty much got my recipe down to a science. Over the years, I've tweaked my recipe for chicken red curry to make it more tasty. I've finally hit upon the right combination of ingredients that makes my chicken red curry taste just as good as you get in Thai restaurants. That's what my hubby says!

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How HOT do you like your red curry? 

The red curry paste allows you to adjust the degree of spicy to please the pickiest tastes!

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Medium -- Three Alarm

18 points

Medium Plus -- Four Alarm

13 points

Hot -- Five Alarm

11 points

Mild -- One Alarm

10 points

Mild Plus -- Two Alarm

8 points

Secret ingredients for my delicious chicken red curry recipe 

Definitely a great-tasting Thai style recipe for red curry!

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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm divulging my secret ingredients for a limited time! I normally would keep this information pretty close-to-the-vest, but I've been persuaded to share this info!

  • 1 pound of boneless chicken breasts
  • 3 tablespoons of Pilippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon of Kikkoman Lite Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 a package of A Taste of Thai Red Curry Paste -- this is customizable depending upon how hot you like it! I've tried the entire package and that a tad bit hot for the hubby.
  • One 13.5 fl. oz. can of Hokan Coconut Milk
  • One 8 oz. can of LaChoy Fancy Bamboo Shoots -- drained
  • One-half package of Birds Eye Deluxe Baby Vegetables Baby Broccoli Mix -- broccoli florets, edamame, Parisian carrots, & sliced water chestnuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon of Lawry's Garlic salt
  • Dash of salt and pepper to taste
  • 6 packages of Equal sweetener -- the yellow stuff!
  • 1 bag of Success Jasmin Rice - Thai Fragrant Rice - 10 minute Boil-in-Bag

Here's that magical ingredient for chicken red curry -- Thai Style! 

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the one magical "secret" ingredient that helps make my three alarm chicken red curry ... well, "three alarm!"

I love this stuff! You know, you can use A Taste of Thai Red Curry Paste in a variety of dishes!

It's my spice of choice when I cook Basa fish -- check out that lens for cooking tips and interesting info on Basa.

How to make MY killer chicken red curry 

I'm revealing my recipe!

  • Heat a large skillet with the olive oil on medium heat.
  • Cut the chicken into strips. I like it 1/2 inch x 2 inches.
  • Add the chicken to the hot olive oil and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring to cook on both sides.
  • When the chicken is white, season with the garlic salt and add the coconut milk and red curry paste, stirring until the curry is distributed.
  • Add the soy sauce, bamboo shoots, and vegetables.
  • Turn the heat down a bit and continue to simmer.
  • Add the rice to boiling water. You'll want to time it to be ready when your curry is ready.
  • Add the Equal to the curry and stir well.
  • When you rice is ready, your curry should be ready.
  • I like to serve my curry in a flat soup bowl. In the middle of the bowl, place several tablespoons of the rice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

I recommend a good cast-iron pan for making your red curry! 

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Chicken Red Curry -- The NEXT Day! 

Definitely tastier the next day

A little secret about my chicken red curry! It is so much better the next day or the day after that. That's straight from my hubby's mouth. You can see from this picture that I've mixed in the jasmine rice.

How to make Thai chicken red curry 

This is pretty close to my delicious recipe

How to make Thai-chicken curry with bamboo shoots

They are too many kinds of curry paste in Thailand...Red, green, yellow curry.Kaeng khua curry, mutsamun curry, phanaeng curry, phrik khing curry.They're all good.So try to make some Thai curry dishes..You'll love it!

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I've recommend this Thai cookbook: Thai Food and Cooking by Judy Bastyra 

It's a wonderful book to learn how to make red curry dishes

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About the Author: Judy Bastyra is an accomplished author who has published over 20 books on food and social issues for both children and adults. When not writing books, she works as a freelance journalist and has contributed to The Times, Company, Good Housekeeping, BBC Good Food, Homes and Gardens and Woman's Own.

Judy also works as a restaurant consultant devising new menus. She has appeared on many radio and television programmes for BBC Radio 4, LBC and BBC 1. Becky Johnson trained and worked as a chef at Villandry in London and Ballymaloe house in Southern Ireland before embarking on a two-year journey of culinary discovery through Asia, Australia and America. She now works freelance as a food stylist, for national newspapers, magazines and books as well as writing recipes and features in food magazines.

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Drop me a line ... Do you love chicken red curry? 

Do you LOVE Thai food? Have you tried red curry yet? It's great with chicken or scallops if you prefer them! I hope you will get a chance to try my recipe and let me know how you like it!



Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...

I love Thai food although I have to confess to not being overly experienced with it this looks yummy and this is blessed.

ReplyPosted November 03, 2009

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virginia wrote

will the recipe be good without the equal sweetener? my husband doesnt like sweet dinners.

Reply Posted October 06, 2009

hlkljgk wrote...

i love red curry! i didn't know it was so easy to make. can't wait to try this out (with some vegetarian "chicken" ;)

ReplyPosted September 03, 2009

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