Chicken curry with Egg Noodle 2 ways (ข้าวซอยไก่)

This is a famous Northern Thai style breakfast and lunch, and can be considered 'fast food'. However, it is quite unique and amazing taste profile that can be enjoyed in an Italian style pasta as well.

Tender juicy chicken thigh soaked up all the beautiful fragrant chili paste with all the herbal ingredients, would have thought to be a bit pungent but actually quite well balanced dish. Homemade egg noodle boiled and fried complete the dish, together with fresh shallots sliced, pickle cabbage slices, dried chili and final touch with a squeeze of fresh lime.

This authentic presentation in a one bowl serving.

An alternative plating is influenced by Italian pasta dish, and also appeared like a 'deconstructed' dish.

To make this dish, start with making egg noodle dough.

1) Put 120g of All purpose flour, 200g of bread flour and 40g of Tapioca flour in a bowl for stand mixer.

2) Add 1 tsp of baking soda and 1tsp of salt to the flour.

3) Use the dough hook and start the mixer, slowly add 3 eggs, some water and some vegetable oil to the mixture.

4) Mix until a dough is formed and take out to put in a seal container, put in a fridge for at least 1 hour before use.

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Then prepare the curry paste, as follows;

1) Put 7 large red chili, 4 cloves of peeled garlic, 9 peeled shallots in a frying pan (without any oil) and roast them until some charred mark on the skin, set aside.

2) Coarsely chop 1 thumb size Turmeric, 2 thumb size ginger and roast the same fashion until fragrant, set aside.

3) Roast 2 seeds of black cardamom seeds, and 2 tsp of coriander seeds until fragrant.

4) Put all ingredients above in a food processor, adding 1 tsp of salt and blend until smooth paste is formed. Add oil as needed.

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5) Fry the chili paste with some coconut oil, adding 4 tsp of palm sugar, 3 tbsp of fish sauce, 1 tbsp of curry powder, stir well.

6) In a separate pot, put chicken in coconut milk and simmer for a good 15 min.

7) Then add the stir fried chili paste with coconut milk to the chicken boiling pot, season further as needed. Simmer the everything for 15 min.

8) Meanwhile, prepare to fry 1 part of egg noodle and boil 2 parts of egg noodle, set aside separately.

9) prepare all the condiments, slice shallots, pickle cabbage, lime wedge and prepare parsley for decoration.

10) Put everything together the way you like it, and enjoy.