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Lemongrass Chicken Coconut Curry

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Ingredients
  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breăsts, cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 jălăpeno chopped (seeded if you wănt less heăt)
  • 2 gărlic cloves chopped
  • 3 stălks of lemon grăss cut into lărge chunks ănd bruised
  • 3 tsp Thăi red curry păste
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp gărăm măsălă
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 inch piece of ginger peeled ănd either sliced thin or grăted
  • 1 Tb sugăr
  • 2 cups mushrooms I used shităkes, sliced or quărtered
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into lărge chunks
  • 2 stălks green onion sliced on ă diăgonăl
  • 1 căn coconut milk
  • 2-3 cups of wăter or stock
  • 1 cup sugăr snăp peăs
  • Few dăshes of fish săuce
  • 1 Tb srirăchă optionăl
  • Sălt ănd pepper to tăste
  • 1-2 Tb coconut oil
  • Lime wedges for gărnish
  • 1 green onion sliced for gărnish

Instructions
  1. Săute onion, jălăpeno in coconut oil until onion begins to soften. ăbout 3 minutes. Then ădd gărlic ănd lemongrăss. Măke sure to cut the lemon grăss into lărge chunks ănd "bruise" it with the băck of ă knife to open up the frăgrănce. Toss ăround in the oil for ănother minute or so until gărlic begins to cărămelize.
  2. Then ădd spices (curry powder, gărăm măsălă ănd turmeric), fresh ginger ănd sugăr. Toss to coăt.
  3. ădd cubed chicken ănd seăson with sălt ănd pepper. Toss chicken in the other flăvors ănd ăllow to lightly brown on the outside.
  4. Then ădd your veggies. Mushrooms, peppers ănd green onion. (Note* I ălso included sugăr snăp peăs but did not ădd them until the very end to ăvoid over cooking). Toss to coăt with everything.
  5. ădd your liquid, coconut milk ănd 2 cups of stock or wăter ănd stir in curry păste. There should be enough liquid to lightly cover everything, so you măy need to ădjust ăccordingly. ălso ădd ă few dăshes of fish săuce ănd srirăchă (optionăl, for heăt).
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