Thai Chicken

We've been craving for some Thai food for the last couple of days, but we didn't find the time to go and fetch it, and we don't know any good in house delivery restaurant in the surroundings.

So, what to do, then? Well, easy, cook it yourself!

This is a veeeery easy recipe and it's obviously not mine, found it in the Internet, tested it and it's an instant success. Full preparation time under 30 minutes and it's for absolute beginners.

So, here we go!

What you will need, for 2 people:

- 1/2 chicken breast
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 1/2 cup of basmati rice (or rice noodles, your taste)
- 1 lime
- 1 fresh chili
- Fresh ginger
- Fresh coriander
- Salt

Step 1: Put the coconut milk to boil in a casserole, with a pinch of salt

Step 2: Chop the chili, some coriander, and the ginger.
Tip: use a teaspoon to peel the ginger, it's really easy and efficient!

Step 3: When the coconut milk is boiling, add the chopped ingredients to it. Put them aside, out of the fire, to infuse.

Step 4: In a different casserole, put water to boil with some salt - this water will be for the basmati rice.

Step 5: Cut the chicken in pieces (if it wasn't cut from before). Add the chicken to the coconut milk infusion. Put it back on the fire for the chicken to cook.

Step 6: When the water in the second casserole is boiling, add the basmati rice. It will take 8-10 minutes to cook.

Step 7: Grate the skin of the lime, afterwards cut it in two pieces. Chop some more coriander.

Step 8: When the rice is cooked, drain the excess of water with a colander. Put the basmati rice in bowls.

Step 9: When the chicken is well cooked (is there anything worse that undercooked chicken?? Argh!!) divide the amount of "coconut soup" between the two bowls.


Step 10: Sprinkle with lime skin and fresh lime juice, and chopped coriander.

This recipe is so tasty! Now, it can turn out to be a little bit too spicy. You may want to use less chili - or none - depending on your taste.

Likewise, you may want to switch the basmati for rice noodles. Which in my view, is much better, to be honest.

Another tip is to add one or two tablespoons of sugar to the coconut milk at the beginning for a little bit of sweetness if that is what you like.

And there you go! 

Please let me know if you tried and how did you like it! :)