Grammy's Kitchen · Chicken Curry · Thai Panang Chicken Curry
One of 171 chicken curry recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 171 for gravy quality among the chicken curry recipes we compared. 120 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.1★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 171.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 56% | 47% |
| fat | 0% | 3% |
| aromatics | 33% | 17% |
| acid | 4% | 0% |
| salt | 5% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 197% | 24% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 66 g | 1/4 cup tomato paste |
| 150 g | 1 small onion, quartered |
| 1 thumb-size piece galangal, or ginger, peeled and sliced | |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon soy sauce |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce |
| 34 g | 2 tablespoons fish sauce |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon shrimp paste |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon paprika |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chili powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon turmeric |
| 22 g | 1 to 2 minced red chilis, or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or chili flakes, to taste |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves | |
| 383 g | 1 (13 1/2-ounce) can coconut milk, good-quality |
| 31 g | 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into large chunks, or skinless bone-in pieces (breast, thighs, or drumsticks) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon whole cumin |
| 2 g | 2 makrut lime leaves or bay leaves |
| 1233 g | 3 tomatoes, cut into wedges |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper, sliced |
| 0 g | 1/2 loose cup fresh basil leaves, preferably Thai, roughly chopped if large |
| Thai jasmine rice (white or whole-grain) |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Thank you for an authentic and delicious meal, I followed the recipe as written, adding juice of half a lime to the paste mix (it isn't in the ingredients list but is mentioned in the method instructions). Teamed with a spicy carrot salad and coconut rice it m” — a cook
“The recipe doesn't say how much lime juice to add? And the cumin seed is under the curry sauce ingredients, but says to add it with the chicken and peppers?” — a cook