Thai Red Curry Chicken Thighs With Zucchini Recipes

THAI RED CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces; cook and stir for about 3 minutes. Mix in the curry paste, zucchini, bell pepper, carrot and onion. Cook and stir for a few minutes.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in the coconut milk, then pour into the skillet. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 1 minutes. Right before serving, stir in the cilantro.

ZUCCHINI AND CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat up a skillet with the oil. Saute the red curry paste until aromatic.
• Add the chicken and carrots into the pot and stir well with the curry paste.
• Add the zucchini, coconut milk, water and bring the curry to boil, about 5 minutes. Add the palm sugar and fish sauce and let boil for another minute or so, or until the zucchini is a bit soft but not overcooked. Dish out and serve immediately with steamed jasmine rice.

THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN THIGHS WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375˚F.
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 ½ tablespoons oil. Swirl oil around skillet.
• Generously season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place each thigh into skillet, skin-side down.
• Sear thighs for 4 to 5 minutes. Flip each piece of chicken and continue to sear for an additional 4 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer skillet to oven and bake thighs for 12 to 15 minutes or until just cooked through.
• Remove thighs from oven and transfer onto a plate. Place skillet back over medium heat and add remaining oil. Add shallot and garlic and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Add zucchini and continue to saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in curry paste and toast for 1 minute. Stir in coconut milk and stock until sauce is smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• Nestle chicken thighs back into skillet, skin-side up and simmer in sauce for 6 to 8 minutes.
• Scoop steamed rice into bowls and top each pile of rice with 1 or 2 chicken thighs. Ladle sauce into bowls, top with cilantro leaves and serve with lime wedges.

THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium high heat in large nonstick skillet. Add chicken, onion and red curry paste and cook just until chicken is no longer pink. Add bell peppers, zucchini, ginger and garlic and saute 1 minute.
• Add half of the coconut milk. Mix remaining coconut milk with 1 tablespoon cornstarch and add to skillet along with all remaining ingredients (expect Garnishes).
• Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens and the vegetables reach desired crisp-tenderness. If you would like a thinner sauce, thin with water (I don't do this). Discard bay leaf.
• Garnish with additional optional fresh basil, cilantro, lime zest, lime juice and Sriracha to taste. Serve with rice.

CHICKEN THIGHS IN MILD RED CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. Brown the chicken well in the pan, 3 to 4 minutes on each side, then remove to a plate. Add the butter to melt, then add the curry paste, cumin, garlic, onions, ginger, cinnamon and bay leaf. Cover the pan and cook to soften, 10 minutes.
• Grind the almonds in food processor. Slice chicken thighs into 1/2-inch pieces. Add the stock to the pan and stir in the almonds, chutney and sliced chicken. Stir to combine and simmer 3 to 4 minutes more. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat over medium heat, adding the yogurt just before serving to make the sauce creamy.
• To serve the same night, cook the rice or heat the griddle for the naan while the chicken is cooking, otherwise begin rice while you reheat the dish. For the naan bread, heat the griddle over medium-high heat. Add a little water to griddle and cook the bread until blistered on each side and slightly puffed. Brush with melted butter to serve. Serve the curry topped with sliced scallions and cilantro.

CURRIED CHICKEN BREAST WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Put chicken pieces in a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of the oil, salt and pepper.
• Trim off the ends of the zucchini and cut it into 12 rounds, each about 1/2-inch thick. Add zucchini and curry powder to the chicken and blend well with the fingers to coat the pieces evenly.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil in a heavy skillet and add the chicken pieces in one layer. Scatter the zucchini rounds between the chicken pieces, preferably in one layer. Cook over moderately high heat until chicken pieces are nicely browned on one side, about 3 minutes. Turn the chicken pieces and the zucchini rounds and cook over moderately low heat about 5 minutes.
• Transfer chicken pieces and zucchini rounds to a warm serving dish.
• Pour off the fat from the skillet and add the butter. Add shallots and cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add broth and cook until reduced to about 1/3 cup. Add cream, stir and bring to a boil. Return chicken and zucchini pieces to the sauce and turn the pieces in the sauce. Cook about 2 minutes.

SHEET-PAN CHICKEN WITH ZUCCHINI AND BASIL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, and season all over with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Place zucchini on a rimmed sheet pan, and season with a little more salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, combine garlic, mint or oregano, coriander (if using) and red-pepper flakes. Whisk in oil. Add chicken to the pan with the zucchini pieces and pour garlic mixture over all, tossing until well coated. Spread chicken and zucchini in a single layer, and roast until chicken is cooked through and zucchini is browned and caramelized, 30 to 40 minutes. You don't need to turn anything.
• Once the pan is out of the oven, squeeze a lemon wedge over everything. Garnish with basil and serve with more lemon wedges and red-pepper flakes on the side.

SLOW COOKER/CROCK POT THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, in batches, for 1 to 2 minutes each side or until golden. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Reduce frying pan heat to low. Add remaining oil to pan. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes or until aromatic. Add stock and stir until curry paste has dissolved. Add mushroom and bamboo shoots. Pour mixture over chicken and stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 1/2 hours. Combine fish sauce, sugar and coconut milk in a jug. Stir into curry. Cover and cook on HIGH for a further 30 minutes.
• Stir in basil. Spoon curry over rice. Serve.