Chilli Chicken

Panaeng Kruang Don

Preparation info
  • 4

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Original Thai Cookbook

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1981

  • About

Another dish from the Thai countryside, this chilli-spiced chicken is presented in an unusual and attractive style.

Ingredients

8 dried red chillies, seeded, soaked in warm water and finely chopped

Method

Place chillies, garlic, shallots, lemon grass, coriander roots and shrimp paste in a food processor and process to a coarse paste. Put Laos and peppercorns in an electric spice grinder and grind to a powder. Add the powder to the paste and process once more to mix thoroughly.

Pour one half the reduced “Thick” coconut milk into a wok and bring to a boil. Stir in the curry paste fr