Thai-Style Coconut Chicken
Written by Bruce on 13 November 2020
Ingredients:
- 3 pieces Chicken Breast
- 1 tsp Ground Salt
- 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 half Onion
- 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger
- 1 stalk Lemongrass
- 4 small Thai Green Chilli
- 4 medium Dried Red Chili Peppers
- ¼ cup White Wine
- 1 cup Coconut Milk
- ½ cup Chicken Broth
- 1 tbsp Fish Sauce
- ½ cup Green Peas
- ⅓ cup Fresh Cilantro
- 1 tsp Lemon, Juiced
Method
- Score the chicken breasts.
- Season with salt on both sides.
- Pan fry chicken breast over high heat.
- Meanwhile, dice onion, ginger, lemongrass and green chili.
- After a few minutes, turn the breasts over to cook the other side.
- Remove the chicken, add some oil into the same pan, and stir-fry dried red chili with the diced aromatics .
- Add cooking wine, flambé.
- Stir in coconut milk, chicken broth, fish sauce and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, then turn down the heat to low and simmer for another 6-8 minutes.
- Place the chicken breasts back into the pan and add in green peas and cilantro. C
- Cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Squeeze in fresh lemon juice, and cook until the sauce has reduced a bit.
- Serve immediately with rice or Salad.
Bon appetite !!