RED PORK CURRY WITH GREEN BEANS

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You can make this curry a day ahead - it's a classic dish, full of spicy flavour

Provided by Mary Cadogan

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Supper

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

250g green bean , trimmed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 tsp red Thai curry paste
1 tbsp finely chopped root ginger
500g pork fillet , thinly sliced
300ml vegetable stock
2 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
1 tsp light muscovado sugar
400ml can coconut milk
400g can palm hearts , drained, rinsed and sliced
1large lime , grated zest and juice
a handful each of basil and coriander leaves

Steps:

Cook the beans in boiling salted water for 5 minutes, then drain and refresh under cold running water.
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the curry paste and ginger and fry gently until the oil separates out. Tip in the pork and stock, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the fish sauce, sugar, coconut milk, palm hearts, lime zest and juice and simmer for a further 5 minutes, adding the beans halfway through. Throw in the basil and coriander and serve with rice noodles.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 396 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 16 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 10 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 32 grams protein, Sodium 2.29 milligram of sodium