# Authentic Red Curry Chicken with Pumpkin

A delicious curry made with chicken and pumpkin, cooked with authentic red curry paste.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 150 g Red Curry Paste (Homemade)
- 3 cup Coconut milk
- 1 cup Water
- 250 grams Chicken thigh, cut into pieces
- 5 tablespoon Fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Palm sugar
- Pumpkin, cut into pieces
- Sweet basil
- 1 piece Long red chili, sliced
- 4 pieces Kaffir lime leaves
- 0.25 cup Coconut milk

## Instructions

1. Reduce one quarter cup of coconut milk to extract the fat.
2. Fry red curry paste until aromatic and oil comes out.
3. Add chicken thigh and fry with the curry paste.
4. Add some kaffir lime leaf and fry together.
5. Add 3 cups of coconut milk and 1 cup of water.
6. Simmer for approximately 30 minutes to let the chicken absorb the curry flavor.
7. Season with one tablespoon of palm sugar.
8. Add all pumpkin pieces and cook until the pumpkin is soft.
9. Add one teaspoon of sugar.
10. Add five tablespoons of fish sauce.
11. Before serving, add some kaffir lime leaf, sweet basil, and red chili.

## Tips

- Reduce coconut milk to extract the fat.
- Fry red curry paste until aromatic and oil comes out.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiSb3Kj8Y0g
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/068ae6b2-7b68-45b2-bba0-4ff468330cb3
- Extracted: 2026-01-24

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