This Isn’t Chicken Vietnamese Curry

Lots of delicious veggies, creamy coconut milk, fragrant spices, toasted cashews, crispy onions and THIS Isn’t Chicken… what more could you want?!

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 1 onion, finely diced

  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

  • 3cm ginger, peeled and grated

  • 3 pepper (we used 2 red and 1 yellow), cored and roughly chopped into chunky bite-sized pieces

  • 2 medium carrots, thickly sliced

  • 300g mushrooms, thickly sliced

  • 190g THIS Isn’t Chicken (or other chicken substitute)

  • 2 x 400ml tins coconut milk

  • 1 stick lemongrass (optional), bashed to release the aromatic oils

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

  • 1½ tbsp coconut sugar (or any brown sugar)

  • 1-2 tsp salt (taste and adjust according to preference)

  • Juice of ½ lime

  • 100g toasted (in the oven at 180ºC for around 10 minutes) cashew nuts plus more for decoration (optional)

  • Handful fresh coriander

  • Handful crispy onions

Spice blend:

  • 1 tsp coriander seeds, dry fried then ground

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds, dry fried then ground

  • ½ tsp fennel seeds, dry fried then ground

  • Pinch cloves, dry fried then ground

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp ground turmeric

  • ¼ – ½ tsp cayenne pepper (depending on how much heat you like)

OR…..Quick spice blend:

  • 2 tsp ground cumin

  • 2 tsp ground coriander

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp turmeric

  • ¼-½ tsp cayenne pepper

  • Pinch ground cloves

Serving suggestions: basmati rice, coconut yoghurt, fresh chillies, Thai crackers.

Method

  1. Fry the onion until soft.

  2. Add the garlic and ginger and fry for a further few minutes.

  3. Add the spices and stir through thoroughly.

  4. Add the pepper, mushroom and THIS Isn’t Chicken and fry for around 5 minutes.

  5. Add the carrots, coconut milk, lemongrass, soy sauce, lime juice, salt and sugar. Bring to the boil then simmer on a low heat for around 15-20 minutes.

  6. Stir the cashews through before serving and remove the lemongrass. Enjoy with some or all of the added serving suggestions!

Maryanne Hall, Viva! Vegan Recipe Club www.veganrecipeclub.org.uk

Instagram: @veganrecipeclub

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