Thai Yellow Curry
I love all kinds of Thai curries, for example yellow curry. Imagine rich coconut curry with chicken and all sorts of vegetables, in a curry sauce, it’s delicious.
Making traditional and authentic curry is easier than you thought. Once you master the basic skills in making Thai curries, you can make just about any curry like.
Yellow Curry Paste
While you can make the curry paste from scratch, I always buy canned yellow curry paste, for example: Mae Ploy brand. The instant curry paste is pretty good and authentic; making curry is so easy with the curry paste.
You can find them easily at Asian stores and some regular food stores do have them in the ethnic food section. You can also buy it online at Amazon.
Yellow Curry Chicken
How to make authentic yellow curry? This yellow chicken curry is very easy to make. The ingredients are:
- Boneless and skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs.
- Bamboo shoots.
- Red bell pepper.
- Zucchini.
- Yellow curry paste.
- Coconut milk.
Make the curry in a big pot and serve it with steamed rice; the curry sauce is delicious with soft and fluffy rice.
Can You Make It Vegetarian or Vegan?
Yes. You can make this curry vegetarian and vegan friendly. You can use vegetarian and vegan ingredients such as cabbage, zucchini, tofu, squash, red and green bell peppers, eggplant, etc. For the seasoning, just use sugar and salt.
What Dishes to Serve with this Recipe?
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons yellow curry paste
- 8 oz boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1/3 cup bamboo shoots
- 1/2 small zucchini, cut into rounds
- 1/2 small red bell pepper, cut into pieces
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
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Heat the oil in a small pot over medium heat. Add the yellow curry paste. When you smell the aroma from the curry paste, add the chicken, bamboo shoots, zucchini and bell peppers into the pot, stir to combine well with the curry paste.
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Add the coconut milk, water, and cover the pot with its lid. Let cook for about 3 minutes or until all the ingredients are cooked. Add the fish sauce, sugar, and stir to mix well with the curry. Turn off the heat and serve the curry immediately with steamed jasmine rice.
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NSNDV
Loved this mouth watering yellow curry! wanted to try it out but confused on sugar issue. As a diabetic patient, i will definitely skip sugar in the recipe. Just wanted to know the taste affect without sugar in this recipe..
How % of difference would you say in the taste without usage of sugar?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rasa Malaysia
Thai curry is sweet. You can skip it but the taste is not balanced.
Chrissie Baker
This looks SO amazing, Bee! Yellow curry is my absolute favorite and this looks so good! I mean, so good I could eat it for breakfast as well good.
Gina
I love yellow curry the best out of all the Thai curries.
Daniel Ptak
Hi Bee.. I’ve come across you and your site a few times as I’ve explored my cooking horizons and wanted to let you know I’ve enjoyed every recipe. Very accessible and I like how you use more vegetables in certain dishes like this delicious yellow curry that’s faster, healthier (and MUCH cheaper) than delivery. Just one important thing. I added.. Lime Leaves!
. Your personality really shines through in your posts. You have a new subscriber. All the best!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Daniel, awww, thanks so much! You’re so sweet. :)
Edwin Pelayo
This was my first time cooking curry. I love this recipe. Thank you so much!!
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Edwin! :)
Max
Hi,
I am Thai Chef and the owner of Thai restaurant in Australia. I can guarantee that Thai curry texture is more like soup compare to Indian curry.
I have a lot of customer complaint me at my restaurant about the curry is watery but the taste is good.
And this get me headache all the time because they compare us to Indian restaurant curry.
The only curry that has thick texture is Panang curry that is because the put ground cooked mug bean to thickening it.
I have a lot of customer complaint me at my restaurant about the curry is watery and get me headache all the time.
Regards,
Max
Nicolle
OMG Thai curry is by far the best and the watery makes it amazing! The rice soaks up all that goodness some of your customers are crazy and don’t know curry.
Addie
Tasts good but was super watery, more like soup. Not sure how to fix that next time, maybe cut back the water.
Rasa Malaysia
Look longer to reduce the water.
Brian
if cooking longer thigh meat is better choice than breast meat
Kimberly Bojorquez
could you tell me which type or brand of yellow curry paste you use?
Rasa Malaysia
You can use Mae Ploy. Any brand is fine.
Nancy
Hi! Do you think I could freeze the curry and reheat it? I want to make a big batch of this and be able to reheat on a weeknight or if my husband and I feel like eating different things, he can have the curry and I can eat something else.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can.
tony
Three minutes from raw chicken to finished and ready to eat meal…..magic! Or rolling the dice on your health!
Rasa Malaysia
The chicken is cut into bite-sized cubes. On high heat and boiling point, they get cooked in 1 minute.
Curry lover
Tony is an idiot
Joe
Lame reason to give one star. It is the cook who determines if the chicken is cooked through. Ranges vary, but on our range three minutes would cook thinly sliced chicken thoroughly. There is no recipe police forcing you not to cook a bit longer if your range is not as hot ;)
Joe
Lame reason to give one star. It is the cook who determines if the chicken is cooked through. Ranges vary, but on our range three minutes would cook small cubes of chicken thoroughly. There is no recipe police forcing you not to cook a bit longer if your range is not as hot ;)
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Joe for the support! :)
Kayron
What a freaking moron @Tony.
Denise
Do you have nutritional information on your recipes?