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Tumeric & coconut chicken with lemongrass & fragrant rice

🍽️2 Servings
📅Jul 15, 2026

Ingredients

4 skin on chicken thighs
5-6 slices galangal
1 lemongrass stick, bashed & bruised
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 knob of ginger, grated
1 400ml tin coconut milk
2 teaspoons @lachinatasmokedpaprika
2 teaspoons tumeric
Salt
Olive oil
Rice (100g per person)
1 teaspoon coconut oil
Coriander, finely chopped

Instructions

1
1) wash your rice and place in the rice cooker / stove to begin cooking.
2
2) marinade your chicken in tumeric, paprika, salt, and olive oil
3
3) in a large, shallow pan, hear some oil and fry the chicken skin side down until the skin has become crispy & is cooked most of the way through.
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4) remove the chicken from the pan, leaving the juices. Throw in the bashed lemon grass, galangal slices, garlic and ginger and saute for a few minutes before pouring in the entire tin of coconut milk.
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5) remove the lemongrass, place the chicken back in the sauce and simmer on a low heat until the chicken is cooked through.
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6) when the rice has finished cooking, fluff it with a fork and stir in 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and the coriander.