Phaal Curry Recipe: The Hottest Curry in the World

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound chicken breast

  chopped (or use lamb)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 ghost peppers

  chopped (use habanero peppers for less intense heat, or use extra hot peppers like 7 Pot peppers, scorpion peppers, or the hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper, for the hottest phaal curry ever!)
• 1 medium onion

  chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 4 cloves garlic

  chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
• 1 tablespoon curry powder

  I use 2 tablespoons in mine!
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 14 ounce can diced tomatoes

  or use equivalent fresh
• 1 cup chicken broth

  or use vegetable stock
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Juice from fresh limes + lime wedges for serving
• Chopped cilantro and spicy chili flakes or parsley for serving
• 2 cups cooked rice for serving

Instructions

• 1 Season the chopped chicken with a bit of salt and pepper.
• 2 Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan or wok to medium heat.
• 3 Add the ghost peppers and onion. Cook them down about 5 minutes, until the
  peppers and onions have softened. It's a good idea to cook in a well-ventilated
  room with ghost peppers.
• 4 Add the chicken and cook another 2-3 minutes, stirring  a bit, until the chicken
  is mostly cooked through.
• 5 Next, add in the garlic, ginger and most of the green onions. Cook another
  minute, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant.
• 6 Add in the curry powder, paprika, cardamom, turmeric and cumin. Give it a stir.
• 7 Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
• 8 Add the diced tomatoes and chicken broth and stir. Bring to a quick boil and
  reduce the heat. Simmer for 15 minutes or more to let the flavors develop, and
  the chicken to cook through.
• 9 Serve the spicy chicken curry over prepared white rice, then squeeze a bit of
  fresh lime juice over the top.
• 10 Top with extra green onions, parsley or cilantro, spicy chili flakes and lime
  slices or wedges.

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