Sauce/Thai Green Curry Coconut Sauce

By latin1

Ingredients

• 1-14 oz can coconut milk
• 1 1/2 tsp Thai green curry paste
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 4-1 " strips lemon zest
• 1-1 " piece of fresh ginger, peeled,thinly sliced and lightly smashed
• 4-1 " strips of lime zest
• 3 tbsp Asian fish sauce
• 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
• 2 tbsp finely chopped basil

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium saucepan, whisk i1/4 cup of the coconut milk with the curry paste. Stir in the remaining coconut milk, stock, lemon and lime zest, ginger, 2 tbsp of fish sauce and the brown sugar and bring to a simmer. Cook the sauce over moderately high heat until reduced by one-quarter, about 15 minutes.
Using a slotted spoon, remove the lemon and lime zest and the ginger and discard. Stir in the lime juice, cilantro, basil and the remaining 1 tbsp of fish sauce. Transfer to a bowl.