Indonesian Chicken Curry

Indonesian Chicken Curry

Indonesian Chicken Curry

If you’ve never tried Indonesian food before, this is where you should start. This chicken curry is a marriage between Thai and Indian cuisine. The curry sauce will make you want to carry around a mug of it to drink, it’s so good. While there are a ton of ingredients, most of them get processed into the curry paste. You pretty much sauté the curry paste with the cinnamon sticks, lime leaves, and lemongrass. Brown the chicken in the curry paste and simmer in coconut milk and chicken stock. Serve the curry with steamed rice.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indonesian
Keyword: Chicken, Indonesian, main course, Southeast Asian
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

Curry Paste

  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves
  • 4 dried red chilies
  • 2 green chilies
  • 1/4 cup cashews
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 large shallot minced
  • 3 tbsp ginger minced

Chicken Curry

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 5 lime leaves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 3 stalks lemongrass
  • 3 lbs whole chicken legs drums cut in 2; thighs cut in 3
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce

Instructions

  • Combine all of the curry paste ingredients.
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  • Using an immersion blender, blend until a smooth paste is formed. Set aside.
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  • Heat up cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the lime leaves, cinnamon sticks, and lemongrass for 1 minute.
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  • Add in the curry paste and cook for 2 minutes.
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  • Add in the chicken. Coat in the curry paste and brown for 5-6 minutes.
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  • Pour in 1 cup of coconut milk and the chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
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  • Stir in the rest of the coconut milk and fish sauce.
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Serve with steamed rice.