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Zucchini and chicken in a Thai red curry has always been my personal favorite. The reason is simple: this curry is quick and easy, no fuss to make and the end result is always satisfying.
I love all kinds Thai recipes and Thai curries are one of the easiest curry to make and it goes so well with fresh steamed white jasmine rice.
While dining out at Thai restaurants would be nice, I would rather get all the ingredients and make my own variation of the popular Thai red curry.
Making Thai food at home is easier than you think, you only need a few key ingredients: store-bought curry paste (you can get it online here), coconut milk, fish sauce, fresh ingredients such as chicken or beef, and vegetables. Easy breezy.
Many people don’t like fish sauce because of the pungent smell.
However, if you get a good quality fish sauce such Red Boat Fish Sauce or Magic Chef, you won’t even smell anything foul as fish sauce is made from anchovies and salt.
Anyway, before zucchini disappear from the market, savor the last bounty of zucchini and make this amazing Thai zucchini and chicken curry. I am sure your family would really enjoy this wonderful dish!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 320 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
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Zucchini and Chicken Curry
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 8 oz. boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
- 6 baby carrots
- 6 oz. zucchini, cut into quarters
- 80 ml coconut milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 teaspoons palm sugar or white sugar to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Home at 5:30. Dinner on the table at 6:00. Delicious dinner, too! Definitely adding this to our meal rotation!
In your pics, it looks like there is sliced green herbs, maybe Cilantro or basil or something similar looking on your pieces of chicken and Zucchini. Any idea what those are?
I have LOADS of zucchini now and am bookmarking this to try soon. So glad I found it. This looks DELISH.
This looks absolutely delicious, my taste buds are dancing already! I’m addicted to red Thai curry
I made this yesterday and it was absolutely delicious ! I love that I used more of the abundant zucchini in our garden . I have canned zucchini sweet relish , zucchini pineapple tidbits , zucchini pickles , zucchini Italian sauce and have stuffed zucchini blossoms for deep fring and have shredded it for baking . I feel like it’s growing in my brain which is fine , I love zucchini . Thanks for another great recipe Bee !
You’re fast. Thanks for trying my Zucchini and Chicken Curry.
Thanks for the recipe! It’s seems really nice. But since it contains zucchini, I wanted to say one thing – here: http://www.listonic.com/protips/get/soeextwjle I’ve read that you should buy only zucchinis that are shorter than 8 inches because the longer ones can be bitter.
Thanks again! Best wishes!
Yes Paula you are right, some of them are bitter. Thanks for letting me know.
You’re welcome :)
Thank you Bee for the nice recipe.