Thai chicken meatballs flavoured with lemongrass, fish sauce and red curry paste cooked in a delicious, quick and easy red curry sauce.

This recipe will take you around 15 minutes to prepare, but it can all be done well in advance, and cooking will take less than 30 minutes.

Meatballs just make me happy, no idea why, they just do! They are also endlessly versatile and really tasty.

I regularly pair them with a host of flavours from all over the world. Of course, I have spaghetti and meatballs, but also a wonderful Indian Lamb meatball curry (rista), a North African kefta tagine, Greek soutzoukakia and some very British pork and black pudding meatballs.

My latest recipe takes some Thai flavoured chicken meatballs, which get cooked in a simple red curry sauce.

The meatballs get flavoured with lemongrass, fish sauce and curry paste, and are bound together with coconut cream and breadcrumbs.

The sauce is delicious, yet simple; more coconut cream, a bit of red curry paste, fish sauce, brown sugar and lime juice.

The dish can be cooked and prepared in under 45 minutes, making it a fantastic midweek dinner.

Can I use turkey?

Yes, I tested this with both minced turkey and minced pork; both the timings and flavours work very well.

What curry paste do you use?

Can I use coconut milk rather than coconut cream?

Can I make this in advance?

Rice is the ideal side dish for these Thai red curry chicken meatballs. I have opted for some simply cooked jasmine rice for the photos on this page.

Coconut rice would also make a perfectly good alternative, as would this wonderful pineapple fried rice.

If you want to add some green veggies, my stir fried broccoli or asparagus stir fry would be wonderful.

I only name-check brands of equipment if I think that they make a material difference to a recipe. But if you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments section below the recipe.

• Hob/stovetop.
• 28cm or 11" frying pan with a lid.
• Small spatula and kitchen tongs.
• Stirring and serving spoons.
• Kitchen knife.
• Chopping board.
• Mixing bowl.
• A combination of weighing scales, a measuring jug, measuring cups and spoons.