Really easy Thai roast chicken
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- (skin and bone on) 8 whole chicken thighs
- 4 tbsp (Thai Taste Thai red curry pasteis the best for colour)
- 400g tin coconut milk
- 300ml chicken stock
- 2 stalks lemongrassbashed
- 4 lime leaves
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 limesjuiced
- cooked basmati riceto serve
- 1 small ridged cucumbercut into wedges
- a few sprigs coriander
- 1 bunch spring onionssliced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal527
- fat41.6g
- saturates20.7g
- carbs5.8g
- fibre0.9g
- protein31.8g
- salt2.5g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Heat a shallow ovenproof, non-stick pan, then add the chicken thighs, skin-side down. Cook for 10-15 minutes on a medium heat. The idea isn’t to cook the chicken through but to render out some of the fat from under the chicken skin so it doesn’t all end up in the curry.
step 2
Remove the thighs from the pan, then pour out all but 1 tbsp of the fat.Add the curry paste and a splash of coconut milk and stir everything, cooking for a few minutes. Stir in the rest of the coconut milk and the stock, and bring it to a simmer. Stir in the lemongrass and lime leaves then sit the thighs, skin-side up, in the pan and put the pan in the oven.
step 3
Cook for 30 minutes until the skin is crisp and golden and the sauce is reduced. Stir in the fish sauce and lime juice and serve with the garnish and basmati rice.
