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Pad Prik King

Name: Pad Prik King
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb ground or thinly sliced pork; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 tablespoons red curry paste; 1 lb green beans, cut in 2-inch pieces; 3 makrut lime leaves, sliced very thin; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar; 1/4 cup water

ผัดพริกขิง

Pork and green beans stir-fried in a dry, spicy red curry paste with makrut lime leaves.

Serves 4

Prep 10 min

Cook 12 min

Pad Prik King — Photo: Haydn Blackey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

1 lb ground or thinly sliced pork
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons red curry paste
1 lb green beans, cut in 2-inch pieces
3 makrut lime leaves, sliced very thin
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar
1/4 cup water

Steps

Step 1. Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Fry the curry paste for 1 minute.
Step 2. Add the pork and stir-fry for 4 minutes, until no longer pink.
Step 3. Add the green beans, fish sauce, sugar, and water. Stir-fry for 5 minutes, until the beans are tender-crisp and the pork is cooked through.
Step 4. Stir in the lime leaves. Serve with rice.

Where this recipe comes from

Yoribang Thai recipes, part two by Yoribang. License: Free to use. View the original (opens in a new tab)

More Yoribang write-ups of Thai dishes. Fish sauce, palm sugar, curry pastes, and coconut milk are sold at Asian grocery stores, as are galangal, makrut lime leaves, and Thai basil. Thai chilies are very hot, so add them a little at a time.