Thailand

Pad Prik King

Name: Pad Prik King
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 400 g Pork, sliced; 2 tbsp Red curry paste; 200 g Long beans (or green beans); 4 Kaffir lime leaves; 1 tbsp each Fish sauce & palm sugar; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; to taste Chilli

Thai dry chilli curry

Pad prik king is a “dry” curry: unlike soupy curries, the curry paste is fried in the wok without coconut milk until it caramelises aromatically.

With pork and crisp long beans it is bold, salty and spicy - a quick stir-fry of everyday Thai cooking.

Servings3

Time30 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork, sliced400 g
Red curry paste2 tbsp
Long beans (or green beans)200 g
Kaffir lime leaves4
Fish sauce & palm sugar1 tbsp each
Vegetable oil2 tbsp
Chillito taste

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Fry the curry paste in hot oil until fragrant.
Add the pork and stir-fry vigorously.
Add the beans and shredded lime leaves.
Season with fish sauce and palm sugar.
Reduce dry until glossy; serve with rice.

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Curry paste and kaffir lime leaves for pad prik king are in the Asia Boutique.

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