Thai curry or another easy meal to make on val day?

[laurentwink]

Hi guys, i am making a thai curry for my bloke on wednesday - whats the point of forking out loads of money for such a crappy made up holiday!?

anyway, my question is... what thai curry should i make? green or red? its too expenisve and hard to buy all the seperate ingrediants so i was thinking of buying a ready made sauce so i can pour this over chicken. whats the best sauce out? Sharwoods? Pataks? lloyd grosman? have you guys tried any of these? we want something with a bit of a kick but not too spicy.

Thanks - ive never really cooked before so something quite easy is a bonus! :o{

[BBWCHATT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_curry

[c'est_nos�]

cheese curry!!!

[chazza]

Tesco does a good green curry sauce - it is in the tesco finest range.

I have had it a couple of times and it's lovely! And dead easy to make too, just add a couple of chopped chicken breasts!

[laurentwink]

excellent thanks Chazza, i'll go at lunchtime x

[KenR]

Quite often do a simple, basic, Thai red curry at home. Quick, easy and way tasty.

Brown off a couple of cubed chicken breasts in a little oil and set aside. Fry off 2-3 tablespoons thai red curry paste in the same pan (I personally like the Sainsbury�s one but guess Blue Dragon etc every bit as good) then slowly add 1 full can of coconut milk stirring all the while. Bring to the boil for a few mins until you see a sort oil rising to the surface. Return the chicken to the pan and simmer, fairly gently, for around 15 Minutes stirring occassionally. Add 1 red pepper, cut into chunky strips, and 1 sliced red chilli, de-seeded for you by the sounds of it. Return to the boil for around another five minutes and serve
Jasmine rice is best with this, but basmati would also do. I would avoid the quick cook and pre-coooked bag stuff.

Other times go the whole hog with lime leaves, fish sauce etc but the above is a simple tasty mid week comfort food.

[Gef]

Buy a jar of Red Dragon Red Thai Curry Paste and read the recipe on the label. So easy and very nice.