Mark Gilchrist Game Fair Recipe: Thai Green Pheasant Curry with Fragrant Rice
With the game shooting season well-under way, this week's recipe of Thai Green Pheasant Curry offers the perfect antidote for those cool wintery evenings, whilst utilising a beautiful game meat that exudes plenty of stunning flavours.
Mark Gilchrist, Countryman Fairs' resident chef and Director of Game for Everything, guides you through cooking a fragrant Thai curry under 25 minutes. Perfect for this coming Valentine's weekend, Mark's recipe is quick and easy to prepare without compromising on taste. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Serves: 2
Cooking Time: 25mins
- 1 bunch of spring onions
- Ginger
- Chillies to taste
- A knob of butter
- 1 bunch of coriander
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 piece of lemon grass with the skin and top removed
- 1 teaspoon of shrimp paste (optional)
- 2 pheasant breasts, diced
- Onion
- One can of coconut milk
- Rice - normal, wild or a combination
Method
- In a food processor, blitz the spring onions, ginger, coriander, garlic, lemon grass, chillies and shrimp paste.
- In a pan, fry two tablespoons of the above mixture in oil on a relatively high heat, then add half a diced onion and the diced pheasant breast. Thighs would also work well with this recipe.
- Get the rice on. I tend not to wash it so that it goes a bit sticky, which is how Thai rice should be. Use equal parts of rice to water, bring to the boil, put a lid on the pan and simmer until all the water is absorbed (normally around 10mins).
- Pour the coconut milk into the curry and cook for 5mins. Season to taste.
- Plate it up nicely and enjoy!
Simple and quick recipes from Mark will be posted every Wednesday, so be sure not to miss out on next week's dish! (Recipes courtesy of Mark Gilchrist and Sporting Shooter).
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