Chicken Massaman Curry Recipe
Chicken
Michelle McGlinn · tastingtable.com · 2023 · 4 Servings
Against 95 massaman curry recipes
More fish or soy sauce than 96% of recipes and no peanuts, unlike 64%.
How it compares
Against the typical pot: the median of 95 massaman curry recipes, per can of coconut milk.
- More fish or soy sauce than 96% of recipes: 53 g per can of coconut milk against the typical recipe's 18 g, about 3 times as much.
- No peanuts at all, where 64% of recipes use some (most of those 25 to 59 g per can of coconut milk).
- No tamarind or lime at all, where 60% of recipes use some (most of those 15 to 30 g per can of coconut milk).
Ingredients (16)
- 1 pound bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs454 g
- ½ pound size B gold potatoes, peeled and halved227 g
- 1 large shallot, quartered then halved≈ 20 g
- 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and minced≈ 6 g
- 3 cloves garlic, minced≈ 9 g
- 2 small Thai chiles, finely choppedn/a
- 3 tablespoons Massaman curry paste≈ 48 g
- 2 sticks cinnamon≈ 6 g
- 2 bay leaves≈ 0.4 g
- 1 (13.5-ounce) can coconut milk383 g
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock or water≈ 356 g
- 1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce≈ 24 g
- 1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce≈ 27 g
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar≈ 13 g
- Juice from ½ limen/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.
- Cilantro, for garnishn/a
1 can, 383 gin all 1572 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Grams per can of coconut milk
Grams per can of coconut milk, and where that falls among all 95 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Curry paste50 g · 59th percentile · median 48 g
- Meat, fish or tofu474 g · 66th percentile · median 355 g
- Potatoes237 g · 39th percentile · median 316 g
- Onions21 g · 38th percentile · median 52 g
- Peanuts0 g · 18th percentile · median 24 g
- Fish or soy sauce53 g · 97th percentile · median 18 g
- Tamarind or lime0 g · 20th percentile · median 14 g
- Sugar13 g · 70th percentile · median 7.7 g
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