Panang chicken curry (kaeng panang gai)

Ingredients

• 400ml Coconut Milk
• 1-2tbsp Panang Curry Paste
• 200g Chicken Breast
• 100g Green Beans
• 2-3 tbsp Fish Sauce
• 1-2tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 makrut lime leaves
• Handful Basil Leaves
• Boiled Jasmine Rice
• 6 Red Chilli
• 4 Dried Red Chillies
• 1 teaspoon Shrimp Paste
• 4 Cloves Chopped Garlic
• 1 tblsp Galangal
• 1 tblsp Lemongrass
• Zest of 2 Lime
• 1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1 tsp Ground Coriander
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 2 tblsp Peanuts

Quantities are the original recipe’s. The cost is our own estimate — typical own-brand supermarket prices for these quantities, divided by 4 servings. TheMealDB does not state how many a dish serves, so 4 is our assumption, not theirs. Treat it as “about this much a head”, not a shopping bill.

Method

1. Pound or blitz the dried chillies, fresh red chillies, shrimp paste, chopped garlic, galangal, lemongrass, lime zest, ground coriander, cumin, nutmeg and peanuts with a pinch of salt until you have a fairly smooth paste, adding a splash of coconut milk if using a processor.
2. Spoon the thick cream from the top of the coconut milk into a pan and set over medium-high heat until it starts to bubble.
3. Stir in 1-2tbsp of the curry paste and fry for about a minute, until the oil separates out and it smells fragrant.
4. Add the chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes, turning, until lightly browned on the outside.
5. Toss in the green beans and stir to coat them in the paste.
6. Pour in the fish sauce, brown sugar and the remaining coconut milk, then drop in half the lime leaves.
7. Simmer for 3-5 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, then taste and adjust with more fish sauce or sugar so the balance is salty, sweet and nutty.
8. Stir through the basil leaves and remove from the heat.
9. Serve over jasmine rice, scattered with sliced red chilli and the remaining lime leaves.

These steps were written by StreetOwl from the original recipe, in British English, with every oven temperature and cooking time checked against the source. They are not the original author’s words. If anything reads oddly, the original is linked below and it wins.