Penang Red Curry Paste Recipes

PANANG CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat in large non-stick skillet. Saute onions for 2 minutes, then add bell peppers, garlic and ginger and saute for 2 minutes more.
• Add curry paste and peanut butter and saute for 1 minute. Add 1 ½ cans of coconut milk. Whisk cornstarch into remaining 1/2 can coconut milk then add to the pan. Stir well.
• Add chicken, stirring to coat. Simmer for 10-15 minutes or just until chicken is no longer pink and sauce begins to thicken.
• Stir in sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, and basil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.

BEST THAI PANANG CURRY RECIPE WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat skillet or deep bottom pan. Add coconut oil and wait until oil melts.
• Sauté finely chopped onions in hot coconut oil until onion is translucent.
• Add roughly chopped galangal, lemon grass.
• Add minced garlic, red and green bell peppers. Cook for 2 minutes constantly stirring.
• Push veggies to one side of the pan. Add washed and cleaned chicken things. Cook until chicken browns a bit and changes colour.
• Mix chicken and veggies together. Continue cooking it for a minute more.
• Again gather chicken veggie mix to one side of the pan. Scoop out Thai Panang curry paste ( or Thai red curry paste) to empty side of pan. Stir the paste and fry it in oil. Wait until oil separates from the paste. Pro-Tip : Do not skip frying curry paste in oil. Flavors cone out and curry turns delicious with this step.
• Stir in unsweetened peanut butter, fish sauce and palm sugar. Nutmeg powder to be added now if using. Take Kaffir lime leaves on your palm and crush it. Add crushed kaffir lime leaves to the pan. Note - If you can't get palm sugar , substitute with brown sugar or jaggery. Crushing kaffir lime leaves helps release its wonderful aromatic oil, making Panang curry flavorsome.
• Cook stirring regularly for 2 minutes.
• Simmer flame. Pour in thick coconut milk. Give it a good stir.
• Let it cook for 5-7 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.
• Add few Thai basil leaves. Stir.
• Turn off flame. Thai Chicken Panang Curry is ready.
• It's great when served with steamed jasmine rice.
• You can also serve Thai Panang curry with rice noodles.

PANANG CURRY WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Fry the curry paste in the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium heat until fragrant. Stir the coconut milk into the curry paste and bring to a boil. Add the chicken; cook and stir until the chicken is nearly cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir the palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime leaves into the mixture; simmer together for 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the saltiness by adding more fish sauce if necessary. Garnish with sliced red chile peppers and Thai basil leaves to serve.

PANANG CURRY PASTE

Steps:

• Place red chile peppers in a bowl and cover them with warm water. Let sit until rehydrated, about 10 minutes. Drain.
• Place green chile peppers, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mace, and cardamom in a large, dry skillet over medium heat. Toast until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer red chile peppers and toasted spices to a mortar and pestle. Add shallots, garlic, lemongrass, cilantro root, peppercorns, lime leaves, galangal, shrimp paste, and salt. Pound together into a coarse paste.

PANANG CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add chicken breast; cook just until no longer pink in the center; about 3 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Whisk coconut milk and curry paste together in skillet until combined. Add potato; simmer until potatoes begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Stir cooked chicken, peas and carrots, fish sauce, sugar, and lime leaves into the curry mixture; simmer until potatoes are soft, about 10 minutes more.

PENANG RED CURRY PASTE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients (except garnish) in a food processor. Process well to form a paste.
• Add up to 1 more can coconut milk to the paste (this will create a curry sauce).
• Add meat, fish, tofu, wheat gluten, beans or vegetables, and cook either in a wok / large frying pan, or in a covered casserole dish in the oven.
• Bake meat based penang curry at 375 degrees F. for at least 1 hour, or until meat is well done.
• Garnish your Penang Curry dish with the fresh basil leaves.