Red curry is a popular Thai dish consisting of red
curry paste cooked in coconut milk and added with meat; such as chicken, beef,
pork, duck or shrimp, or vegetarian protein source such as tofu.
Ingredients and preparation - The prepared red curry
paste is cooked on a saucepan with cooking oil, to which coconut milk is added.
Then the meat as protein source is added into the curry-base soup. Various
kinds of meats could be made as red curry, such as chicken, beef, pork, shrimp,
duck, or even exotic meats such as frog and snake meats. The most common
however, are chicken, pork and beef. The meat is cut into bite-sized pieces.
Common additives are fish sauce, sugar, chopped kaffir lime leaves, Thai
eggplant, bamboo shoots, thai basil (bai horapha).
Gaeng Daeng Gai(red Curry) Recipe |
Tofu, meat analogues or vegetables such as pumpkin
can be substituted as a pseudo-vegetarian option, but due to the presence of
shrimp paste in curry paste, substituting protein does not make the dish
vegetarian. There are, however, vegetarian red curry pastes available. This dish normally has a soup-like consistency and
is served in a bowl and eaten with steamed rice.
Red curry paste itself is the core flavouring for a
number of other non-related dishes such Thot man pla (fish cakes) and sai ua
(grilled Chiang Mai sausage).
Gaeng Daeng Gai(red Curry) |
Gaeng Daeng Gai(red Curry) Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless chicken breast
- 1 can bamboo shoots, sliced
- 3 tbsp red curry paste
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 2 fresh red chili, sliced diagonally
- 1/2 cup Thai sweet basil leaves (bai horapah), torn
- 2 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp palm sugar
- Thai sweet basil leaves (bai horapah) for garnish
Directions – How To Make Gaeng Daeng Gai(red Curry)
- slice diagonally into 1/2 cm thick, 3cm wide and 3 cm long pieces. Thinly slice the bamboo shoots (if not already sliced).
- Pour 1 cup of coconut milk into a wok. Bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring constantly. Add the curry paste, stir until red oil comes to the surface. Add the chicken and saute until it turns white and is cooked through.
- Add the remaining coconut milk, follow with the bamboo shoots. Season with fish sauce, sugar, and salt and bring back to a boil. Sprinkle with kaffir lime leaves, chilies, and sweet basil leaves. Turn off the heat. Arrange on a serving dish and garnish with sweet basil leaves before serving.
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