Thai Red Chicken Tacos with Coconut Curry Sauce & Fresh Coriander

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Choice (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, December 26, 2021.

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Keep it fresh and spicy with these Thai Coconut Chicken Tacos. Chicken is marinated in our punchy red curry paste and served with fresh tomato salsa, creamy coconut sauce all wrapped up in warm tortillas. Aroma, sight and taste will all transport you to Thailand.

Ingredients

To serve

1 pack wheatmeal tortillas
1 telegraph cucumber, cut into batons
1 bunch coriander, leaves picked
2 radish, grated

Sauce

200ml coconut cream
2 tsp red curry paste, see tip
2 tsp soy sauce

Chicken

600g free range chicken breasts, cut into steaks
1/2 Tbsp red curry paste, see tip
1 drizzle of oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 drizzle of oil

Tomato salsa

3 tomato, diced 1cm
1/2 red onion, finely diced
1/2 tsp white vinegar

Steps

Preheat oven to 200°C (or 180°C fan bake), if heating tortillas in the oven.
In a small pot combine, coconut cream, first measure of red curry paste and soy sauce. Heat on medium heat until simmering and set aside to cool before serving (see tip).
Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. Place your hand flat on top of chicken and slice through horizontally. Toss chicken with second measure of red curry paste, oil and salt. Heat oil in a large fry-pan on medium heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through. Set aside to rest.
Wrap tortillas in foil and heat in oven for about 12-15 minutes, until warmed through. Alternatively, wrap stack of tortillas in a damp tea towel and heat in microwave for 1-2 minutes, until warm.
Finely dice tomato and onion and toss in a medium bowl with vinegar and a pinch of salt. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside for serving.
Cut cucumber into long thin battons. Grate radish and pick coriander. Thinly slice chicken.
Tortillas filled with chicken, sauce, tomato salsa, cucumber, radish and coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy	2407 kj 575 kcal
Protein	42.5g
Carbohydrate	40.1g
Fat	26.1g