Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe

Filipino Chicken Curry is a chicken curry with coconut milk dish from the Philippines which is mixed with bell peppers, potatoes, and carrot. It is best to serve with rice.

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• Indian vs Thai vs Filipino Curry
• Recipe Ingredients
• Step by Step Instruction
• Variation and Tips
• Other Curry Recipes to Try
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When I am cooking some stew dishes, curry spice is what makes the food flavorful. Not only it is delicious, but it is rich in antioxidants and has tons of health benefits.

What I notice is that the curry spice used in the chicken curry pinoy is milder and not spicy. Nonetheless, if you love stew curry but not spicy, then I will recommend this Pinoy chicken curry.

Indian vs Thai vs Filipino Curry

In my experience, every country has its version of curry dish. But, the Indian and Thai curry tends to be the most popular one since you can find it around the world.

If you are not familiar with curry spice, I have discussed below the difference between Indian, Thai, and Filipino Curry:

INDIAN CURRY: Firstly, the Indian version uses dry spices such as cumin seeds, turmeric, cumin powder, coriander, red chili powder, and other powder spices. Secondly, the sauce has thicker consistent since they use to blend the spices with chopped tomatoes and onion.

THAI CURRY: The curry used in Thai dishes is made from a paste and it is not a dry spice. The curry paste contains lemongrass, shrimp paste, ginger, garlic, shallot, and chilies. Furthermore, they either have a green or red paste which depends on the chilies they used. And lastly, they use coconut milk in their soup, and they add green vegetables to their dish.

FILIPINO CURRY: This Filipino style chicken curry has a milder taste since the curry is made from turmeric, coriander, and other spices. Also, like Thai Curry, we like to incorporate other vegetables in our stew dishes like potatoes, carrots, and bell pepper. And lastly, we use coconut milk to make a stew.

Recipe Ingredients

Here are my recipe ingredient to make this delicious Filipino Chicken Curry:

MEAT: I am using mixed of chicken drumstick and thigh.

VEGETABLES: The list of vegetables I use includes Potatoes, Carrots, and Bell Pepper.

HERBS & SPICES: I am using garlic, ginger, onion, and Filipino curry powder. The local curry is found in Filipino grocery stores.

CONDIMENT: To enhance the flavor of the stew, I am using fish sauce and lemongrass.

OTHER INGREDIENTS: To make a stew, I use coconut milk and water.

Step by Step Instruction

To know how to cook chicken curry with coconut milk, here are the instruction that I stated below:

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• I sauteed the potatoes, bell pepper, and carrots in the pan so that way they can be cooked faster.
• Next, I sauteed the chicken until it has a brown texture on both sides. Set all of them aside.
• In a large pot, I saute the garlic, ginger, and onion before I added the curry powder.
• Once you are done mixing them, that's when I pour water, coconut milk, and lemongrass stalk. Add the chicken and let it simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Next, I add fish sauce followed by the rest of the vegetables. Stir to combine and let it simmer till it becomes soft.
• Add salt, black pepper, and additional curry powder. Mix to combine before turning off the heat.
• Serve with white rice or any rice you like.

Variation and Tips

• You can use green papaya instead of potatoes
  
• If you dont have green bell pepper, you can use red bell pepper.
  
• If you want your Filipino Chicken Curry spicy, you can add green chilies while simmering the chicken.
  
• To release the flavor of the lemongrass, pound it before you put into the pot.
  
• If you want to have a thicker sauce, you can use coconut cream instead of coconut milk.
  
• If you cannot find the Filipino curry, you can mix any Indian green curry powder with turmeric. But, do not use Red curry since this will make the soup red and spicy.

Other Curry Recipes to Try

Here are other recommended curry stew recipes you may like to try in your kitchen:

• Spicy Prawn Masala
  
• Thai Fish Green Curry