Thai Chicken Meatball Curry with Coconut Rice
Meatballs in curry, getting hungry now. This sounds like a great dish. You need curry paste for this, not curry powder.
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
- 500 grams ground chicken
- 1/2 teaspoon red curry paste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- zest from 1 lime
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Curry
- 1 carrot, julienned
- 1 tablespoon red curry paste
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 1/4 cups coconut milk
- 2 cups chicken stock, fresh or from powder
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 Bird's Eye Chili, seeded and sliced
- juice from 1 lime
- snow peas, amount is up to you
- baby corn, halved, amount is up to you
For the Coconut Rice
- 1 recipe coconut rice, Shortcut in Recipe Notes
Instructions
- Combine the Meatball Ingredients. With wet hands (this helps to keep the chicken from sticking to your hands) form golf-ball sized meatballs. Place the meatballs on a tray lined with parchment paper and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Heat a large frying pan and fry the meatballs in a neutral oil, I would use rice bran or coconut oil, until they are browned all over. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Discard all but 2 tablespoons of the oil, and add the carrots and curry paste to the pan, cooking until the curry is slightly toasted. Add the garlic, fry for 10 seconds then add the coconut milk and chicken stock. Add the fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar and Thai chili and whisk to combine.
- Add the meatballs back into the pan and allow to simmer for 10 minutes before adding the snow peas and baby corn. Simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Serve the curry over coconut rice or in a lettuce cup. Garnish with sliced chilies, chopped cilantro, Thai basil, chopped peanuts and a lime wedge.
Notes
The chicken will cost about 75 Baht, if grinding yourself, go with a mixture of breasts and thighs. For 4 servings, this is about 55 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Coconut Rice.
Variants: If I was a betting man, I would say Beef or Pork Meatballs could be used as well. Now if you use curry powder instead of curry paste, you will change up the overall taste and make it more of an Indian dish.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Stephen Connell.
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