Thai green chicken curry

Name: Thai green chicken curry
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 750 g skinless free-range chicken thighs; ⅛ tbsp groundnut oil; 400 g mixed oriental mushrooms; 400 g light coconut milk; 1 pc chicken stock cube; 6 pc lime leaves; 200 g mangetout; ½ bunch Thai basil; 2 pc limes; 4 clove garlic; 2 pc shallots; 5 cm ginger; 2 pc lemongrass stalks; 4 pc green bird's eye chillies; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ bunch fresh coriander; 2 tbsp fish sauce; ½ tsp sea salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; 200 ml boiling water

A fiery Thai green chicken curry with fragrant curry paste, coconut milk and tender chicken, finished with lime leaves and herbs.

20 min 280 kcal/serving serves 6

280kcal28gprotein18gcarbs12gfat

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🍗skinless free-range chicken thighs

🥜groundnut oil

🍄mixed oriental mushrooms

🥛light coconut milk

🍗chicken stock cube

🍋lime leaves

🥣mangetout

🌿Thai basil

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Jamie Oliver is a British chef, restaurateur, and bestselling food writer who rose to prominence with the television series The Naked Chef in the late 1990s. He has since become one of the UK's most recognisable cooking personalities, known for campaigning on food education and school meals alongside a prolific output of cookbooks and TV shows.

His cooking centres on simple, approachable techniques and readily available ingredients, often built around quick assembly and bold, familiar flavours rather than technical precision. He draws widely on global cuisines, from Thai curries to Mexican-style dishes to Chinese stir-fries, typically adapting them into streamlined versions suited to a weeknight kitchen. Fresh herbs, citrus, and punchy sauces feature heavily, and his recipes tend to favour speed and big flavour over strict authenticity.

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