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I used the Thai Blend to make a no-fuss Thai Chicken Curry dish in the slow cooker:

300g chicken breast, diced

1 onion, finely chopped

1 can coconut milk

1 cup basmati rice

1 tbsp Rice wine

1/2 tube Gourmet Garden Thai Fresh Blend

1 tsp Fish sauce

200g green beans

Put the chicken, onion and rice in the slow cooker.

Add the coconut milk, then fill the empty can with water and add that to the pot as well. Bung in the fish sauce, rice wine and Thai spice blend, as well as a stock cube.

Stir and cook on high for 2 hours.

Stir and add green beans then cook for another 30 minutes.

Serve in a bowl and eat the comforting Thai-style curry with a spoon.