Thai Red Curry With Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 pound chicken pieces of, thigh or breast
• 1 bell pepper red, chopped
• 2 tomatoes sliced into small chunks
• 2 cups eggplant chopped, optional
• 2 kaffir lime leaves or substitute bay leaves
• 1/2 cinnamon stick or add 1/4 tsp. cinnamon to the sauce
• 1 handful basil and 1 handful coriander fresh
• 1 can coconut milk
• 3 tablespoons lemongrass fresh, minced or bottled/frozen prepared lemongrass
• 1 shallots or 1/4 cup purple onion, sliced
• 1 piece ginger thumb-size, grated
• 5 garlic cloves
• 2 chilies red fresh, sliced, or 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup or tomato puree
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder or more, depending on how spicy you want it, North American chili powder from the supermarket
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin ground
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander ground
• 1 tablespoon sugar brown, to taste
• 1 teaspoon shrimp paste or 1 extra tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice fresh

Nutrition

• Calories : 540 calories
• Carbohydrate : 33 grams
• Cholesterol : 95 milligrams
• Fat : 34 grams
• Fiber : 6 grams
• Protein : 34 grams
• SaturatedFat : 26 grams
• Sodium : 1240 milligrams
• Sugar : 14 grams