Chicken with lemongrass & coconut

Dinner with 11 ingredients.

Servings: 6

Total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 x cans coconut milk
• 1 fresh red chilli chopped
• 3 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 lemongrass stalks, finely sliced
• 2 tablespoon lime juice
• 500 gram boneless skinless chicken breast cut into chunks
• 2 teaspoon light muscovado sugar
• 3cm piece ginger or galangal, finely chopped
• 6 freeze-dried kaffir lime leaves (Barts is very good)
• 250-350 g Thai rice cooked following pack instructions, to serve
• good handful fresh basil and coriander, roughly chopped

Method

1. Tip all the ingredients except the chicken, lime juice and herbs into a pan, bring to a gentle simmer and cook uncovered at a relaxed bubble for 5 minutes.
2. Add the chicken, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, until the chicken is tender. Stir in the lime juice, then scatter over the herbs before serving with rice.