Coconut Curry Stir Fry Food

COCONUT CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Melt butter in large frying pan over medium heat.
• Cook and stir the cumin seeds in butter until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir chicken into the skillet with cumin seeds, and cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain any excess juices, if any.
• Pour vegetable oil into skillet with chicken, and heat oil until sizzling.
• Mix in onion, carrots, garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, honey, ground cumin, cinnamon, curry powder, salt, and black pepper to the pan; cook until onions are translucent and carrots done, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in coconut milk and simmer until flavors have blended, about 10 minutes.

PALEO COCONUT CURRY STIR FRY

Steps:

• Mix coconut milk, ginger, lime juice, fish sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, chile-garlic sauce, and sugar together in a small bowl.
• Heat avocado oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Stir-fry chicken in the hot oil until no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from wok and keep warm. Leave remaining avocado oil in skillet.
• Stir onion and curry powder into hot oil in skillet; cook 2 minutes. Stir in broccoli; stir-fry 3 minutes. Add coconut milk mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer sauce and vegetables for 3 minutes. Return chicken to skillet; cover and cook until chicken has heated through and vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes.

RED CURRY CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Heat a wok over high heat. When the wok begins to smoke, add 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil. Add the carrots and green beans and stir-fry for 1 minute. Splash in 2 tablespoons stock to facilitate cooking and stir-fry for another minute. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Wipe the wok dry and return to the heat. When the wok is hot, add the remaining 2 tablespoons peanut oil. Add the garlic, ginger and half the chiles and stir-fry for less than 1 minute. Add the curry paste and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the kaffir lime leaves and chicken and stir-fry until the chicken has browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the coconut milk and stir-fry for 1 minute. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup stock, the shiitake mushrooms, scallion light parts, bean sprouts and fish sauce and cook until the chicken has cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes more. Add the green beans and carrots back in and season with salt and white pepper. Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with the remaining chilies, some bean sprouts, the scallion greens and cilantro.

FREEZER BAG CHICKEN CURRY STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Whisk together the coconut milk, curry powder, tomato paste, chile flakes, ginger, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and several grinds black pepper in a large microwave-safe bowl. Add the peas and cauliflower and toss to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and microwave until the cauliflower is crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Uncover and let cool to room temperature.
• Transfer the vegetables with the marinade to a large resealable plastic bag and add the chicken. Squeeze out most of the air and seal, then toss gently to coat the chicken with the marinade. Freeze until ready to use. Thaw in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before cooking.
• Pour the chicken, vegetables and marinade into a large skillet and heat over high heat. Cook. stirring often, until the chicken is cooked through, about 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide the chicken and vegetables among 4 plates. Serve each with naan and garnish with cilantro leaves and yogurt.

STIR-FRIED BROCCOLI WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large wok or saucepan set over a medium heat. Toss in the mustard seeds followed by the curry leaves (if you are using dried curry leaves add them later on with the broccoli) and chilli flakes. Swirl everything around until the leaves stop spluttering, then add the onions and ginger and fry for 3-4 mins over a high heat.
• Stir in the broccoli (and dried curry leaves if using) and continue frying over a high heat until just tender, stirring all the time. Scatter over the coconut (if you are using desiccated coconut, soak it in hot water for 5 mins before tipping into a sieve, draining away any liquid, and adding to the pan at the end of cooking), stir to mix and sharpen with the lime juice.

THAI CURRY STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Stir together broth, cornstarch, soy sauce, curry powder and red pepper flakes; set aside.
• Spray wok or large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium high heat.
• Add onions and garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute; remove from wok.
• Add broccoli and carrot to wok; stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp tender; remove from wok.
• Add oil to hot wok.
• Add chicken and stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes or until no longer pink.
• Stir broth mixture and add to wok.
• Cook and stir until broth mixture comes to a boil and thickens slightly.
• Return all vegetables to to wok and heat through.
• Serve with rice.

COCONUT CURRY SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry shrimp in 2 tablespoons coconut milk mixture until shrimp turn pink. Remove and keep warm., Add the red pepper, onions and remaining coconut milk mixture to pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3-4 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add shrimp and cilantro; heat through. Serve with rice and lime wedges.

GREEN BEAN, CORN, AND COCONUT STIR-FRY (THOREN)

Steps:

• Stir together coconut, cumin, coriander, cayenne, turmeric, chile, garlic, 1/4 cup water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl.
• Heat oil in a wok or 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then cook mustard seeds and red pepper flakes until mustard seeds begin to pop and/or turn gray. Add curry leaves (if using), covering skillet immediately as they crackle for a few seconds.
• Add green beans and corn and stir-fry 8 minutes. Add coconut mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, 8 to 10 minutes. If mixture becomes dry and begins to stick to bottom of wok, add a few tablespoons water. Season with salt.

PF CHANG'S COCONUT CURRY VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Drain the tofu, cube and fry in 1 tbsp canola oil until brown. Set aside. (See this thread: http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=170177) I recommend freezing the tofu first to firm up the texture.
• Separately blanch or steam the broccoli, carrots and sugar snap peas until tender-crisp in plain boiling water.
• Heat a wok or wide skillet over high heat until hot. Add 1 tbsp canola oil, swirl to glaze the pan, then add the onions and bell pepper. Stir-fry until tender-crisp, 3-4 minutes. Add the mushrooms and stir until hot, a few minutes more. Add the blanched vegetables and and tofu. Toss to mix.
• Combine the coconut-curry sauce ingredients. Taste and adjust the sugar to your liking.
• Add the sauce to the pan with the veggies. Bring to a simmer, tossing to combine.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in 1 1/2 tbsp of water and add to pan. Stir until the sauce turns glossy, about 10 seconds (a bit longer if you're doubling the sauce).
• Add the peanuts.
• Serve with rice, noodles, or a warm loaf of bread.
• Use a milder or hotter curry powder to vary the spice.
• For a really saucy dish to serve over rice or noodles, double the sauce ingredients and the cornstarch mixture.