Roy's Homestyle Chicken Curry Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 4 whole chicken legs (thighs and drumsticks attached, about 2 1/2 lb. total)
• 1 teaspoon salad oil
• 1 stalk (12 to 16 in.) fresh lemon grass
• 1 can (14 oz.) coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon Mussaman curry paste
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar or firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 to 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla)
• 4 slices (each about the size of a quarter) fresh ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 18 fresh basil leaves (at least 2 in.)