Chicken Laksa
Winner winner, chicken dinner. If your in the mood for a soup that is a little bit different, then this creamy and comforting chicken laksa with a spicy noodle broth is the perfect thing to cook up on a chilly evening.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 spring onions
- 2 packs baby corn
- 2 stalks lemon grass
- 1 Lime
- 560 g diced chicken thigh
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 2 tbsp red curry paste
- 2 tins light coconut milk
- 400 ml water
- 2 large tbsps peanut butter
- 4 nests egg noodles
Instructions
- Prep the veggies. Trim the spring onion, then finely slice. Halve the baby corn widthways. Bash the lemongrass with the bottom of a pan. Halve the lime.
- Start cooking. Heat a splash of oil in a laarge saucepan on high heat. Add the diced chicken thigh and stir-fry until golden, 4 mins. Add the ginger, red curry paste and half the spring onion. Cook and stir for 30 seconds.
- Make the laksa. Stir in the coconut milk, water, peanut butter and bashed lemongrass. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 3 mins.
- Cook the noodles. Add the baby corn and noodles, stirring with a fork to separate the noodles. Simmer for another 4 mins, until the noodles are cooked and the chicken is no longer pink in the middle.
- Finish up. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a a squeeze of lime juice. Add a splash of water if the laksa is a bit thikn - you want it soupy.
- Serve. Serve the laksa in bowls topped with the remaining spring onion. Remember to remove the lemongrass! Enjoy!