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Vietnamese Yellow Curry (cari Ga) Recipe

Description:
 

Prep Time:
30 mins 
Cook Time:
30 mins 
Servings:
4 
Difficulty:
Medium 
Tags:
chicken vietnamese yellow curry cari ga san  


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Ingredients
5 cloves of garlic
1 lemon grass stalk
1 inch knob of ginger
3 tbps curry powder
1 tbp fish sauce
1 cup coconut milk
1-2 cups of water
1 medium onion
1 lb chicken thigh
2 medium white potatoes
3 carrots
salt
fresh pepper
1 chili pepper
olive oil
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Directions
1. Prep the marinade:
2. crush 2 cloves of garlic
3. mince 1 tablespoon of lemon grass (bottom end)
4. grate 1 tablespoon of ginger
5. 2 tablespoons of curry powder
6. 1 tablespoon of sugar
7. 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
8. 1 teaspoon of salt
9. 1 lb of chicken
10. 1 sliced chili pepper

11. Preparation:
12. Cut carrots and potatoes into bite sized pieces
13. Bruise the lemon grass stalk
14. Mince 3 tablespoons of garlic
15. Cut onions into wedges

16. Stir-Fry
17. stir fry the onion wedges
18. add 1 tablespoon of curry powder
19. add the minced garlic
20. stir fry for 2 minute
21. Add the chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes

22. Adjust any seasonings accordingly
23. too creamy - add water
24. too watery - add coconut milk
25. not salty enough - add fish sauce
26. too salty - add water/coconut milk to dilute
27. not sweet enough - add sugar
Recipe Notes
Vietnamese yellow curry is similar to Thai red and green curry, but instead uses turmeric as its primary flavoring agent. There are quite a few ingredients involved, but the preparation is actually pretty easy.