Thai Green Pork Curry Recipe
Tenderloin or fillet is the perfect cut of meat for this quick and easy sub-30-minute Thai green pork curry; it stays beautifully tender as it poaches in a coconut milk based sauce.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 700kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Pork Tenderloin or Fillet 12oz
- 1 Small-Medium Shallot 35g
- 1 Small Stick of Lemongrass
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 35 g Ginger 1 Thumb Sized Piece
- 2 Thai Birds Eye Chillies
- 4 Lime Leaves
- 30 g Coriander 1 Cup
- 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil
- 50 g Thai Green Curry Paste 3 tablespoon
- 200 ml 7oz Can Coconut Milk
- 175 ml Chicken Stock ⅔ Cup
- 75 g Sugar Snap Peas ¾ Cup
- 2 tablespoon Lime Juice
- 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 10 g Thai Basil Leaves ¼ Cup
Instructions
- Trim and sinew from the pork, then slice it pork across the fillet as thinly as you can.
- Cut the shallot in half lengthways, then peel it and cut it into slices as thinly as you can.
- Top and tail the lemongrass and bash it with the side of a knife. Remove and tough outer leaves, then finely chop what is left.
- Peel the garlic cloves and slice them as finely as you can.
- Peel the ginger, then cut it into batons as thinly as you can.
- Cut the chilli peppers into rounds around 2mm thick,
- Tear the stem from the lime leaves and then slice them as thinly as you can.
- Chop the coriander as finely as you can.
- Roughly chop the Thai basil.
- Heat a wok over a high heat, and when it is hot, add the cooking oil.Add the shallots, garlic, ginger and chilli and stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the Thai green curry paste and cook for another minute stirring continuously.
- Pour in the stock, and coconut milk and add the lime leaves, lime juice, fish sauce and brown sugar. Reduce the heat to medium, then stir and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the coriander and pork and stir to combine and simmer for 1 minute.
- Throw in the sugar snap peas and Thai basil leaves and cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Have a taste before serving and add more lime juice, sugar or fish sauce to tweak the seasoning.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 700kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 57g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 1814mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 14g
