thai chicken curry pies

serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 tbs olive oil
1kg diced chicken thigh fillets
300g Gold sweet potato, cut into 2.5cm pieces
2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste
270ml can coconut cream
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons tsp fish sauce
2 teaspoons cornflour
1 tablespoon lime juice
150g green beans, trimmed, chopped
3 sheets frozen shortcrust pastry, just thawed
2 sheets frozen puff pastry, just thawed
Method
  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned all over.
  2. Add sweet potato and curry paste, and cook until fragrant.
  3. Stir in coconut cream, sugar and fish sauce and bring to the boil. 
  4. Reduce heat to low and simmer until potato is tender and sauce thickens. 
  5. Mix cornflour with lime juice in a small bowl.
  6. Add to chicken mixture and cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. 
  7. Season
  8. Remove from heat and stir in beans. 
  9. Set aside for 30 minutes to cool.
  10. Preheat oven to 200°c. 
  11. Lightly grease 6 x 12cm pie tins. 
  12. Halve shortcut pastry sheets diagonally and use to line tins, trimming excess. 
  13. Fill with chicken mixture. 
  14. Cut 6 x 12.5cm rounds from puff or rough pastry sheets. 
  15. Place over filling, pressing edges with a fork to seal. Brush tops with soy milk. 
  16. Decorate, using trimmed pastry, if desired. 
  17. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden. 
  18. Serve.

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