Poultry and Game Recipes - Chicken Matsaman Curry Recipe

  
 

Poultry and Game Recipes - Chicken Matsaman Curry Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

  • 4 chicken drumsticks

  • 350 ml/12 fl oz coconut milk

  • 4 1/2 teaspoons matsaman curry paste

  • 3 new potatoes, scrubbed or peeled

  • 1 onion, quartered

  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

  • 4 1/2 teaspoons Thai fish sauce

  • 1/2 teaspoons sugar

  • 25 g/1 oz roasted peanuts

Method:

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the chicken drumsticks and brown on all sides.

  2. Stir the coconut milk into the pan and bring to the boil. Add the curry paste. Lower the heat and simmer for 2 hours.

  3. Stir in the potatoes, onion, lemon juice, fish sauce, sugar and peanuts, cover the pan and simmer for a further 20 minutes. Serve immediately.