Thai Massaman Curry with Chicken

Ingredients

• 600g chicken thighs, cut into pieces
• 3 tbsp Massaman curry paste
• 400ml coconut milk
• 200ml chicken stock
• 300g waxy potatoes, cubed
• 1 yellow onion, in wedges
• 100g roasted peanuts
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp palm sugar
• 2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Jasmine rice to serve

Method

1. 11. Fry the curry paste in a little oil for 1 minute. Add the cream from the coconut milk (the thick part) and fry until the oil separates.
2. 22. Brown the chicken in the paste for 3 minutes.
3. 33. Pour in the rest of the coconut milk and stock. Add potatoes, onion, bay leaves and cinnamon.
4. 44. Simmer 25–30 minutes until potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked through.
5. 55. Season with fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind.
6. 66. Scatter peanuts and serve with jasmine rice.