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Illustration of a bowl of rice in a yellow coconut curry broth, topped with sliced chicken and chilli oil

Curried Coconut Chicken and Rice

Oyster sauce chicken thighs over rice in a yellow curry and coconut broth, with chilli oil and crispy onions.

Makes
2 servings
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Air fryer
200°C
Servings
2

Ingredients

For the Chicken

For the Broth

For the Rice

To Serve

Method

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  1. Put the chicken in a bowl, grate over the garlic and stir through half the oyster sauce. Season with salt and pepper and leave it to marinate.

    • 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
    • 1 garlic clove
    • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
    • salt and pepper
  2. Pick the coriander leaves and finely chop the stalks, keeping them separate.

    • 5g coriander
  3. Put the rice and water in the Sistema rice cooker, fit both lids and microwave on full power for .

    • 150g jasmine rice
    • 300ml cold water
  4. Heat a saucepan over a medium-high heat, add a splash of the coconut milk and cook for a few seconds. Stir in the coriander stalks, curry paste and the rest of the oyster sauce and cook until fragrant.

    • 1 tbsp Thai yellow curry paste
    • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  5. Add the water and the rest of the coconut milk, bring to the boil, then simmer over a low heat for .

    • 200ml full-fat coconut milk
    • 200ml water
  6. Meanwhile, heat the air fryer to 200°C. Brush the chicken with the oil and cook it on the crisper tray for , turning it halfway, until charred at the edges and cooked through.

    • olive oil
  7. Season the broth with the lime juice, sugar, salt and pepper, adding more lime juice if you like it sharper.

    • juice of ½ lime
    • ¼ tsp sugar
  8. Divide the rice between bowls, ladle over the broth and top with the sliced chicken. Finish with the chilli oil, crispy onions, coriander leaves and a lime wedge.

    • 2 tsp chilli oil
    • about 15g crispy onions
    • ½ lime, in wedges

In a Pan

Fry the chicken in the oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat for 5 to 6 minutes on each side, until charred and cooked through.

For Ted

Leave this one out for Ted, because the oyster sauce and curry paste make it salty.

Source: Mob, by Chloe René