How To Cook Poached Chicken Fillet With Coconut & Fragrant Green Curry

Name: How To Cook Poached Chicken Fillet With Coconut & Fragrant Green Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2

20 mins
20 mins
easy
2

Recipe by

Jeff Baker

Ingredients

2 x skinless chicken breasts (fillets)
400ml Coconut milk
2 sticks Lemon grass bashed
Pinch sea salt
Pak Choy blanched until tender in salted boiling water
Courgette sliced & blanched until tender in salted boiling water
Tender stem broccoli blanched until tender in salted boiling water
For The Green Paste
Bunch basil leaves only (keep stalks)
Bunch coriander Inc. stalks
2 tbls. Fresh grated Root ginger
4 x Green finger chilli deseeded (or to taste)
2 x Cloves of garlic
2 x Shallots
Pinch unrefined sugar
Zest & juice of lime
1 tbls. Light soy or fish sauce
2 tbls. Peanut or sunflower oil

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Introduction

A healthy oriental meal packed with nutrition and flavour.

Method

1. For the paste; blend all ingredients together and store in the fridge until required.

2. Poach the chicken very gently in coconut milk topped up with light chicken stock to cover if required with the lemongrass, a pinch of sea salt and any leftover basil stalks until just cooked, approximately 12 minutes then leave to cool a little in the liquid.