This stuff is delicious and the story behind it is even better.
I got this recipe from a ship captain while living on a sailboat off the coast of Thailand. No….seriously.
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons Massaman curry paste
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 -2 cartons Coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon Palm sugar
- 1-2 Chicken breasts
- 1 Sweet onion
- 6 (ish) small organic yellow potatoes
- Roasted peanuts (unsalted)
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 head of Cauliflower
- Salt, pepper, paprika
The cauliflower is my own personal addition. It adds flavor, depth, and a sweet and salty bit. Let’s go ahead and knock it out. It’s 5 extra minutes of work and you’ll be thankful later.
First, turn your oven onto broil. Roughly chop and dice half a head of cauliflower. Turn it into small cubes and spread it evenly across a a cookie sheet. Toss some olive oil, salt and pepper on top of the cauliflower. Once the broiler is going strong, throw the pan in. That’s it. Done is 15 or so minutes (you want the edges to have browned and crisped.
Onto the curry:
Fry 3 tablespoons of the curry paste in 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Get this going really well and keep mixing. You want to combine the paste with the olive oil so it doesn’t separate or break down the line. Once they’ve become friends, add in a drop (about 2 tablespoons if you’re being exact) of coconut milk and a tablespoon of thai palm sugar. Bring all of this to heat.
Once this comes to heat drop in your cubed/sliced chicken. Keep mixing, stirring, and cooking the chicken with all of the flavors of the curry you’ve developed. Once the chicken is 70% cooked pour in the rest of the coconut milk.
Once this is all brought up to heat, drop in the small yellow potatoes (roughly chopped), followed by the quartered sweet onion and a handful (1/4 to 1/3 cup) of unsalted roasted peanuts.
Slow cook this. You’re guide here is the potatoes, once they’re done you’re good to go. Add in the roasted cauliflower at the last minute. Combine, salt and pepper to taste. Serve over rice with a slice of lemon on the side.