Tom's Recipes

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
Ingredients
For the Chicken
For the Broth
For the Rice
To Serve
Method
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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
Pick the coriander leaves and finely chop the stalks, keeping them separate.
- 5g coriander
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
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
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
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
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
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