thai red curry roast chicken

This is another recipe I found on one of my favourite food blogs - Not Quite Nigella.  I follow her on Instagram and Facebook and her food photography is wonderful and her recipes are delicious.  This recipe is easy to prepare and is a different way of serving a roast chicken if you want to add a bit of extra flavour and spice.  I used chicken pieces but I’m sure it would work just as well with a whole chicken.  Don’t leave out the Thai lime leaves - they add a delicious limey kick - I also added some extra lime juice right at the end.

Thai Red Curry Roast Chicken

  

Serves 4

1 whole chicken about 1kg (or chicken pieces)

2 tablespoons red curry paste (or green curry paste)

1.5 tablespoons oil plus extra for drizzling

3 kaffir (Thai) lime leaves, finely sliced

2 teaspoons finely chopped lemongrass

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 lime

1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks

1 cup uncooked jasmine rice

2 tablespoons fresh coriander (optional)

Preheat the oven to 200C.  Mix the curry paste, oil, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, the juice of half the lime, salt and sugar in a bowl. Brush just over half of the mixture all over the chicken and the butternut. Drizzle the butternut with a little extra oil. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, rinse the rice in cold water until the water runs clear, add water and steam until cooked.

After 30 minutes, take the chicken out the oven and brush again with the remaining paste and toss the butternut and drizzle a little more oil if needed. Return to the oven for another 30 minutes or however long it needs (usually 30 minutes for every 500g). If you are using chicken pieces return them to the oven for another 20 minutes.  Carefully check that they are cooked through before serving.

Put the chicken and butternut on a serving plate and squeeze over the juice of the remaining half of the lime and sprinkle over some chopped coriander (if you want).  Add the cooked rice to the juices in the pan and serve alongside the chicken and roast butternut.