Fragrant green chicken curry, jasmine rice, crisp spring rolls and a cooling cucumber salad.
Serves4
Dishes4
Total time40 min
Hands-on30 min
DifficultyMedium
Bright, fragrant and fast once the prep is done. The curry simmers gently while the rice steams; the spring rolls crisp up at the end and the quick cucumber salad cuts through the coconut richness.
To drink: An aromatic Riesling or a cold lager.
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The meal, dish by dish
Thai green curry
600 g chicken thigh
3 tbsp green curry paste
400 ml coconut milk
Fish sauce
Thai basil
Green beans
Cube the chicken thighs and trim the green beans
Prep / hands8–10 minHands-onPrep ahead
Fry the curry paste until fragrant
Stovetop3–4 minHands-on
Add coconut milk and chicken and simmer gently
Stovetop15–18 minUnattended
Add the beans, fish sauce and basil and simmer to finish
Stovetop6–8 minHands-on
Jasmine rice
300 g jasmine rice
Rinse and steam the jasmine rice, then rest
Stovetop15–18 minUnattended
Spring rolls
8 vegetable spring rolls
Bake the spring rolls until deeply crisp
Oven 200°C12–16 minUnattended
Cucumber salad
1 cucumber
Rice vinegar
Sugar
Chilli
Peanuts
Slice the cucumber and dress with sweet-sour vinegar, chilli and peanuts