Oven-baked chicken breast with red Thai curry – for lazy cooks

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 2 chicken breasts, approx. 400 g
• 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
• 1 small can of coconut milk (approx. 200 ml)
• 1 tsp sugar
• e.g. vegetables such as onions, carrots, peppers…
• 1 tbsp Soy sauce, light Thai
• 1 tbsp oil, neutral

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

a variation of Thai cuisine that can be prepared and still has the typical taste

You’ll need two casserole dishes, one of which should be large and shallow. If you don’t have a convection oven, the dishes should fit side by side in the oven. Cut the chicken into thin strips and marinate them with the soy sauce. Set aside. Trim the vegetables and cut them into bite-sized pieces, meaning fairly large. Grease the larger casserole dish, toss the vegetables in it with a little oil, and lightly salt. Preheat the oven to 175°C (convection oven) if you plan to prepare the meal right away. (If you’re just preparing the dish, you don’t need the oven now.) Mix the curry paste, peanut butter, and coconut milk. This works best in a small blender. Transfer the meat to the smaller casserole dish and pour the sauce over it. The sauce should cover everything. If necessary, submerge the meat pieces with a fork or add a little more coconut milk. Place the dish with the vegetables on a baking sheet on the lowest rack if you don’t have two racks. Place the dish with the meat on a rack slightly above in the middle of the oven, so there’s enough space between the levels. Don’t use a baking sheet here, or it won’t work. Bake at 175°C fan/convection oven for 45 minutes. If your oven doesn’t have a fan/convection oven, place the dishes next to each other and cook at 185°C top/bottom heat. Tip: If you don’t mind the rice sticking a little—we like it that way because it goes great with the sauce—you can put a cup of basmati rice, 2 cups of water, and a pinch of salt in another baking dish and place it under the meat dish so it’s covered. The rice will then cook itself. Wash the rice very gently and thoroughly beforehand. This is a meal that’s easy to prepare in advance, and if you have a programmable oven, it will cook it all by itself. I cook it for my husband and child when I’m not there. Turn on the stove and rice cooker and wait 45 minutes, you’ll manage it and have a complete meal.