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Thai Red Prawn Curry with Jasmine Rice

Prawns and crisp vegetables simmered in a red curry coconut sauce, served over jasmine rice.

Total
25 min
Hands on
15 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Thai

Per serving · estimated

Energy
730 kcal
Protein
38 g
Fat
33 g
Carbs
68 g
Freshly cooked Thai Red Prawn Curry with Jasmine Rice

Method

  1. Step 1 of 10

    Rinse the rice in a sieve until the water runs clear.

    • jasmine rice
    rinse rice
  2. Step 2 of 10

    Put the rice in a saucepan with 300 ml water, bring to the boil, then cover and cook on the lowest heat for 10 minutes.

    • jasmine rice
    10 min
    cover rice simmer
  3. Step 3 of 10

    Cut the pepper into long strips and trim the green beans.

    • red pepper
    • green beans
    slice pepper strips
  4. Step 4 of 10

    Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat and fry the curry paste for 1 minute until it smells fragrant.

    • vegetable oil
    • Thai red curry paste
    1 min
    heat oil in pan
  5. Step 5 of 10

    Pour in the coconut milk and bring to a gentle simmer.

    • coconut milk
    reduce to simmer
  6. Step 6 of 10

    Add the pepper strips and green beans and simmer for 4 minutes until just tender-crisp.

    • red pepper
    • green beans
    4 min
    vegetables tender crisp
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  7. Step 7 of 10

    Stir in the prawns and simmer for 4 minutes until pink, opaque and cooked to 63 °C.

    • raw peeled prawns
    63 °C / 145 °F4 minShrimp, lobster, crab and scallops to 63 °C / 145 °F
    prawns pink curled
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  8. Step 8 of 10

    Season the curry with fish sauce, sugar and the juice of half the lime.

    • fish sauce
    • brown sugar
    • lime
  9. Step 9 of 10

    Fluff the rice with a fork.

    • jasmine rice
    fluff rice
  10. Step 10 of 10

    Spoon the curry over the rice and top with Thai basil and lime wedges.

    • Thai basil
    • lime

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