Vietnamese Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes Food

CHICKEN AND SWEET POTATO CURRY (CARI GA)

Steps:

• Heat a dry frying pan over a medium heat. Add all the spice mix ingredients and roast for 2 minutes until they have darkened, shaking the pan constantly to prevent burning. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Transfer the spices to a spice mill or pestle and mortar and grind into a fine powder.
• Put the chicken in a bowl with half of the spice mix and the salt. Toss well to coat. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and brown the sweet potatoes for about 5 minutes so they are just browned, not cooked through. Remove the potatoes and set aside.
• Add the chicken to the pan and cook for 8-10 minutes, turning to brown all sides. Take the chicken out and put with the sweet potatoes.
• Add the shallots and garlic to the pan and stir fry for 5 minutes.
• Add the rest of the spice mix, coconut milk, lemongrass paste, kaffir lime leaves, carrots, fish sauce, chicken and sweet potatoes to the pan.
• Stir well and simmer for 20 minutes.

VIETNAMESE COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Enjoy!

CHICKEN CURRY WITH SWEET POTATOES AND COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add oil. Brown chicken pieces, in batches if necessary, until golden all over, 6 to 8 minutes per batch. Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Stir scallion, ginger, garlic and chiles into pot and reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring, until soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in curry paste and cook 1 minute. Stir in coconut milk and sweet potatoes. Arrange chicken pieces on top of potatoes, placing breast meat on top. Pour in enough water to come halfway up the sides of chicken. Bring to a boil. Cover pot and transfer to oven. Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large dry skillet over medium heat, toast coconut flakes until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mustard seeds and toast until they begin to pop, 1 minute more. Transfer to a bowl and season with a pinch of salt.
• Transfer chicken and sweet potatoes to a platter. Return Dutch oven to the stove and simmer over medium-high heat until cooking liquid has thickened to a saucelike consistency, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour over chicken and potatoes. Sprinkle with the coconut and mustard seed mixture and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing.

VIETNAMESE CHICKEN CURRY WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine 2 tablespoons of the curry powder and the salt in a medium bowl. Add the chicken thighs and turn to coat the meat evenly. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Cut the lemongrass stalk into 3-inch pieces and smash them with the flat side of a knife, set aside. Peel the ginger and cut into 3 slices, set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the shallot, garlic, dried red chili flakes and the remaining 1 tablespoon of curry powder; stir for about 10 seconds.
• Add the chicken and cook until golden, 3-4 minutes.
• Add the fish sauce, sugar, lemongrass, ginger and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.
• Add the carrots and cook for 10 minutes. Add the coconut milk, onion and sweet potato and cook for 15 minutes or until vegetable are tender.
• Transfer to a serving bowl and top with garnishes.

VIETNAMESE CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Shallow fry potato until light browned.
• Drain and set aside.
• Heat a little oil in a pan and saute shallots with lemon grass, garlic and chillies until soft.
• Add curry powder and stir for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken and stir for 3 minutes.
• Add potatoes, salt, coconut milk and chicken stock, bring boil, then cover and simmer gently for about 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with basil leaves.

CHICKEN & SWEET POTATO CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and cook over a low heat for about 5 mins until softened. Increase the heat slightly, add the chicken pieces and brown.
• Stir in the curry paste and garlic, cooking for 2 mins before adding 100ml water, the sweet potatoes and chopped tomatoes. Simmer for 20-30 mins until the chicken is cooked through and the sweet potato is tender - add a splash more water if it starts to look dry. Season to taste and add the spinach, removing the pan from the heat and stirring until the spinach has wilted. Serve with basmati rice.