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Jungle curry
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Jungle curry

25 ingredients Serves 6 openrecipes
Jungle curry

North Thailand traditionally puts lots of herbs, spices and chilli in yellow curry paste but no coconut milk, so it's really hot!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

787
Calories
64g
Protein
19g
Fat
84g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 21 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lemongrass 1 tbsp (6g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Galangal not in our table 0
Bamboo Shoots not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp yellow curry paste (see recipe below)
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 x 1kg guinea fowl , each jointed into 6
  • 50ml fish sauce
  • 1 tsp palm sugar
  • 100ml Shaoxing wine or sherry
  • 1l chicken stock
  • 2 lemongrass sticks, bashed
  • 6 lime leaves , crumpled
  • 1 thumb-sized piece galangal or ginger, bruised
  • 200g green beans
  • 200g bamboo shoots
  • 1 tsp white peppercorns
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 2 small shallots , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves , peeled and roughly chopped
  • a small chunk ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 30g dried shrimps , soaked in hot water, or use 2 tsp shrimp paste
  • 2-4 long yellow or red chilli , roughly chopped
  • coriander root from a small bunch
  • a handful Thai basil leaves
  • a handful coriander leaves
  • steamed jasmine rice

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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