Red Chicken Curry

Gaeng Ped Gal

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    , with rice
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 1998

  • About

Preparing a Thai curry used to be difficult and time consuming. Now, with good-quality curry paste and coconut milk readily available in the stores, it can be simple and quick.

Even when you are preparing a quick Thai curry, however, there’s a distinction between quick and very quick. To please the eye of most Thais, a good coconut curry should have a clearly visible thin layer of coconut oil floating on the surface. This is achieved by heating thick coconut “cream” early on in the