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Green Chicken Curry, with lime leaf infused rice

Match with Viognier

Food and Wine Matching - Green Curry

Serves

Mains for four

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 800g chicken thigh fillets, halved
  • 4 tbsp green curry paste
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tin baby corn
  • 12 green beans
  • 1 red capsicum, sliced
  • 2 red chillies, sliced
  • 1 can (400ml) coconut cream
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • 1 cup jasmine rice
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 tbsp fried shallots
  • 1 stick of lemongrass

Method

  1. Heat oil in a saucepan and fry curry paste for 1 minute to release the flavours.
  2. Add chicken and seal the meat.
  3. Pour in coconut cream and 1 cup of the chicken stock.
  4. Add fish sauce, sugar, lemongrass and 1 lime leaf and stir.
  5. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes.
  6. Cook the rice.
  7. In a hot pan add a little olive oil, a lime leaf and the rice and cook, stirring constantly until pearly.
  8. Add the stock, cover with a clean tea towel (to absorb the condensation) and a tight lid.
  9. Turn of the heat and set aside.
  10. Add all the vegetables to the curry except for bean shoots, and simmer for a further 20 minutes.
  11. Just before serving, stir in the bean sprouts with the lime leaf rice.
  12. Top with coriander and fried shallots to serve.

Wine match

Gentlemens Agreement Heathcote Vic, Viognier 2009

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Heathcote VIC, Viognier 2009

Made by Bruce Tyrrell, this is a cracking Viognier. Fresh ginger and apricots with a vibrant zesty palate.

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