Cooking Guide
Chicken Amok
A Cambodian-style coconut curry: chicken simmered in a fragrant lemongrass-and-chili paste with coconut milk, fish sauce, and coconut sugar, finished with lime zest and served over jasmine rice.
- Cambodian
- Main
- Savory
- Contains
- fish
- shellfish
- paleo
- gluten-free
- dairy-free
Cooking Guide
Step 1
1Make the amok paste: blend the lemongrass, mint, ginger, shallot, garlic, and red chili into a smooth paste, adding a splash of the coconut milk to help it come together.
The Why
Blending the aromatics into a fine paste (kroeung) releases their oils so the flavor infuses the whole curry evenly, which coarse pieces never would.
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Version history
- v1current7/14/2026