Embark on a culinary adventure to the vibrant streets of Thailand with our authentic Thai Chicken Curry with Dried Apricots recipe. This delectable dish tantalizes your taste buds with a harmonious blend of sweet, savory, and aromatic flavors. Succulent chicken pieces are simmered in a rich and creamy coconut milk sauce infused with fragrant spices, aromatic herbs, and the unique tanginess of dried apricots. As the flavors meld together, the chicken absorbs the essence of the curry, resulting in a tender and flavorful main course that will captivate your senses. Accompanying this main dish are two additional recipes that perfectly complement the Thai Chicken Curry. Delight in the refreshing Cucumber Salad with Peanut Dressing, a crisp and vibrant salad that offers a delightful contrast to the richness of the curry. For a flavorful side dish, try the Steamed Jasmine Rice, which provides the perfect base for soaking up the delicious curry sauce. Together, these recipes create a complete and authentic Thai dining experience that will transport you to the heart of Thailand.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
CHICKEN APRICOT CURRY
Creamy Chicken Apricot Curry with mildly sweet accents from dried apricots, red, and yellow bell peppers. Enjoy this one-pot dish with steamed rice.
Provided by Linda Ooi
Categories Main Dish
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Blend onion, garlic, and ginger with ¼ cup (60ml) water. Transfer to a bowl. Add curry powder, cumin, and fennel. Mix into a paste.
- Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a medium sized pot over medium heat. Fry red and yellow bell peppers for 2 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Add remaining 3 tablespoons vegetable oil to the pot. Stir fry spice paste until fragrant, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add chicken and stir till chicken turns opaque, about 3 minutes. Pour in ½ cup (120ml) water.
- Add dried apricots. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove lid. Add coconut milk, salt, and cooked bell peppers. Allow coconut milk to heat through, about 3 minutes.
- Turn off heat and allow curry to sit for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 382 kcal, ServingSize 1 serving
THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN
This fragrant Thai chicken curry is a one-pan dish that comes together in just 30 minutes.
Provided by Jennifer Segal
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oil over medium-low heat in a large nonstick pan. Add the light scallions, garlic, and jalapeño and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Do not brown.
- Add the coconut milk, red curry paste, fish sauce, and brown sugar and whisk together. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce heat and simmer until thickened, a few minutes. Add the chicken and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally to promote even cooking, until the chicken is cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. (Do not let the sauce boil; the idea is to cook the chicken gently so that it's tender.) Stir in the lime juice, dark scallion greens, and cilantro. Taste and adjust seasoning with more lime, if necessary. Serve with jasmine rice.
- Note: As always, take care when working with jalapeño peppers. If you touch the seeds or ribs, be sure to wash your hands well and avoid touching your eyes.
- Note: It's important to wait until you're ready to eat to cook the chicken. If you want to get a head start, prepare the sauce up until the point when the chicken is added. Take it off the heat and then poach the chicken right before serving. If the chicken sits in the hot curry sauce for too long before serving, it will overcook.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 649, Fat 51 g, Carbohydrate 16 g, Protein 35 g, SaturatedFat 26 g, Sugar 10 g, Fiber 1 g, Sodium 886 mg, Cholesterol 128 mg
FRUITED CHICKEN CURRY
The curry lovers in your house will certainly take to this juicy chicken that's served over a bed of hot rice. Dried fruits and toasted almonds make it a wonderful change-of-pace entree for any occasion.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large skillet, brown the chicken in butter on each side; remove and keep warm. In the drippings, cook the onion, curry, salt and pepper until onion is tender. Stir in the fruit, water, sugar and lemon juice., Return chicken to pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until a thermometer reaches 170°. Serve with rice; sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 234 calories, Fat 8g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 379mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 10g protein.
CHICKEN CURRY WITH DRIED APRICOTS
Steps:
- Heat vegetable oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped shallots and sauté until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in red curry paste and fresh ginger and cook 1 minute. Add chicken tenders and sauté until cooked through, about 6 minutes. Using tongs, transfer chicken to bowl.
- Add unsweetened coconut milk and dried apricots to skillet and boil until mixture is reduced to 2 1/4 cups, about 10 minutes. Mix in mango chutney and 1/2 cup cilantro. Return cooked chicken to skillet. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir to heat through. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cilantro. Serve over rice.
- *Available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.
- **Available at Indian, Southeast Asian and Latin American markets and many supermarkets.
THAI CHICKEN CURRY WITH DRIED APRICOTS
This is an authentic 5 star restaurant-quality Thai/Indian style dish that can be created at home. This dish is an amazing Thai dish, and one I could quite possible eat every day, it is THAT good! If you don't have any red curry paste or coconut milk on hand, I strongly suggest to purchase some just to make this recipe, you can find Thai red curry paste and coconut milk in any Asian, Indian or Latin American market or large food chains, I purchase mine at my local Super Valu store chain. Bypass this recipe if you don't have a palat for Thai or Asian-style dishes. If you prefer your apricots to stay a firmer texture, then add in with the chutney and cook about 1 minute.
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Curries
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a heavy skillet heat oil over medium heat.
- Add in onions, garlic and red bell pepper; saute for about 5 minutes.
- Add in red curry paste and minced ginger; saute for about 1 minute longer.
- Add in the cubed chicken breast and cook, stirring for 5 minutes; transfer the chicken to a bowl.
- Add in 2 cans unsweetened coconut milk and dried apricots to skillet and boil until mixture is reduced to about 2-1/2 cups (this should take about 10 minutes).
- Add in mango chutney and half of the chopped fresh cilantro; mix to combine.
- Return the cooked chicken back to the skillet and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle with remaining cilantro.
- Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 765.6, Fat 56.4, SaturatedFat 40.8, Cholesterol 98.8, Sodium 142.7, Carbohydrate 26.7, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 15.4, Protein 45
CHICKEN IN CURRY SAUCE WITH FRUIT
This is a recipe from Austria. It's nothing like authentic curry dishes from India, but it is very nice, with a good curry taste that doesn't burn the palate. The fruit really makes the dish.
Provided by greenery
Categories Curries
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet.
- Finely chop onion, and simmer in the butter until soft but not brown. Lower heat to medium.
- Cut all the fruit into small pieces. Add all fruit except the cut up bananas at this point.
- Stir gently until warmed through.
- Add the flour and stir until it's been incorporated, about one minute.
- Add curry and chicken broth.
- Add the bananas.
- Let simmer on low heat for five minutes.
- Add cream and stir.
- Add cooked shredded chicken breast.
- Let it all come back to a low simmer.
- Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 821, Fat 44.5, SaturatedFat 25.1, Cholesterol 166.1, Sodium 169.4, Carbohydrate 83.7, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 17, Protein 23.4
CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS
Chicken with dried apricots is hardly a new idea, but I had issues with its most common interpretations. For one thing, they were almost always cloying; the routine addition of cinnamon and cloves does nothing to offset the apricots' sweetness and makes the dish taste more like dessert than dinner. For another, they were usually stewed rather than braised, turning the chicken skin sodden. I brown the chicken in a nonstick skillet with no fat, and that works well. A tablespoon or two of butter, stirred in at the end, will make the sauce richer. Or you can render some bacon, remove it, and brown the chicken in the bacon fat, then crumble the bacon and stir it in at the end of cooking. Finally, any dried fruit can be used, or a combination; with the short cooking time, even prunes will remain intact. But be aware that fruit dried with sulfur (the common method) becomes tender much faster than fruit dried organically, which needs a couple of hours of soaking before cooking.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dinner, easy, weekday, main course
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine apricots in a bowl with vinegar, wine and 1/4 cup water. Let soak while you brown the chicken.
- Turn the heat to medium high under a 12-inch nonstick skillet, and add chicken pieces, skin side down. Cook, rotating but not turning pieces so they brown evenly. When they are nicely browned - take your time - turn them so they are skin side up. Make a little space to add the onion, and cook, stirring the onion occasionally until it has softened a bit, a minute or two.
- Add apricot mixture and bring to a boil; cook for a minute, then turn heat to low and cover. Cook until chicken is done, 15 to 20 minutes. Uncover, raise heat and season chicken well with salt and pepper. Boil away any excess liquid; sauce should not be too watery. Serve with white rice or any other cooked grain, or bread.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 613, UnsaturatedFat 22 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 35 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 44 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 777 milligrams, Sugar 19 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CHICKEN AND APRICOT MASALA
I love curry, but on the whole I am not interested in cooking that involves too much spice-grinding or many-layered processes. Thus this chicken masala is my version of a curry: it demands little effort and delivers a huge amount of flavor.
Provided by Nigella Lawson
Categories dinner, main course
Time 45m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Soak apricots overnight in 2 cups cold water, or cover with 2 cups hot water and soak until swollen and softened, 2 to 3 hours.
- Prepare masala: In a small bowl, combine hot pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, cloves, cardamom, garlic and ginger. Add 1/4 cup water, and stir to make a paste. Set aside.
- In a large sauté pan over medium heat, heat oil and cinnamon stick. Add onions and salt, and sauté until onions begin to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add masala, and stir. Add chicken, and stir for about 5 minutes. Add apricots and their soaking liquid, diced tomatoes and diluted tomato paste.
- Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Check cooking liquid about halfway through; if chicken is covered with liquid, remove cover for remainder of cooking. Transfer to a large bowl, sprinkle with cilantro and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 450, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 23 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 47 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 655 milligrams, Sugar 16 grams, TransFat 0 grams
APRICOT CHICKEN CURRY
I love apricot juice as the base for this curry dish. Chicken drumsticks are an economical meat option, but any bone-in pieces would do. Hold back on the madras curry and peppers to keep this dish mild and flavorful; adjust upward if you enjoy a lot of heat! Over rice, this is a complete meal.
Provided by Katherine D
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Leg Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Season the chicken drumsticks with salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until garlic is softened and is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Place the drumsticks in the skillet, and brown the chicken on all sides, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer the skillet to the oven.
- Bake the chicken drumsticks in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Bring the apricot nectar to a boil in a large pot over medium-high eat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Mix cornstarch and water together in a small bowl; stir cornstarch mixture and curry powder into the apricot nectar. Add dried apricots. Transfer the baked drumsticks into the apricot mixture.
- Heat the skillet used to cook the chicken over medium heat. Stir in the onion, green bell pepper, carrots, and green chile pepper; cook and stir until the onion has softened. Pour the drumsticks and apricot sauce into the skillet. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in water chestnuts just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 649.1 calories, Carbohydrate 75.3 g, Cholesterol 116.6 mg, Fat 23.1 g, Fiber 9.3 g, Protein 40.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 167.8 mg, Sugar 58.6 g
Tips:
- Mise en Place: Before you start cooking, measure and prepare all of your ingredients. This will help you stay organized and ensure that you don't forget anything.
- Use Fresh Ingredients: Fresh ingredients will give your curry the best flavor. If possible, use organic or locally sourced ingredients.
- Don't Be Afraid to Adjust the Spices: The amount of curry paste and coconut milk you use can be adjusted to suit your taste. If you like it spicy, add more curry paste. If you prefer a milder curry, use less curry paste and more coconut milk.
- Simmer the Curry: Simmering the curry allows the flavors to meld and develop. Be patient and let the curry simmer for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve with Jasmine Rice: Jasmine rice is the perfect accompaniment to Thai chicken curry. It's light and fluffy, and it absorbs the curry's delicious sauce.
Conclusion:
This Thai chicken curry with dried apricots is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. The curry is flavorful and creamy, and the dried apricots add a touch of sweetness and tartness. Serve it with jasmine rice and your favorite sides, and you'll have a meal that the whole family will enjoy.
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