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Thai Red Curry with Vegetables

A Thai red curry recipe that's easy to make at home — tastier than takeout and healthier too. Feel free to change up the vegetables (about 3 cups total) and skip the kale for a more traditional curry. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.

Recipe via cookieandkate.com

Prep10 min
Cook30 min
Total40 min
Serves4
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1 ¼ cupbrown jasmine rice or long-grain brown ricerinsed
1 tbspcoconut oil or olive oil
1 smallwhite onionabout 1 cup, chopped
saltpinch, more to taste
1 tbspfinely grated fresh gingerabout a 1-inch nub of ginger
2 clovegarlicpressed or minced
1red bell peppersliced into thin 2-inch long strips
1yellow, orange, or green bell peppersliced into thin 2-inch long strips
3carrotsabout 1 cup, peeled and sliced on the diagonal into 1/4-inch thick rounds
2 tbspThai red curry paste*
1 canregular coconut milk14 oz can
½ cupwater
1 ½ cuppacked thinly sliced kaletough ribs removed first, preferably Tuscan/lacinato/dinosaur variety
1 ½ tspcoconut sugar, turbinado sugar, or raw brown sugarraw
1 tbsptamari or soy sauce***
2 tsprice vinegar or fresh lime juice
garnishes/sideshandful of chopped fresh basil or cilantro, optional red pepper flakes, optional sriracha or chili garlic sauce
  1. 1

    To cook the rice, bring a large pot of water to boil. Add the rinsed rice and continue boiling for 30 minutes, reducing heat as necessary to prevent overflow. Remove from heat, drain the rice and return the rice to pot. Cover and let the rice rest for 10 minutes or longer, until you’re ready to serve. Just before serving, season the rice to taste with salt and fluff it with a fork.

  2. 2

    To make the curry, warm a large skillet with deep sides over medium heat. Once it’s hot, add the oil. Add the onion and a sprinkle of salt and cook, stirring often, until the onion has softened and is turning translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds, while stirring continuously.

  3. 3

    Add the bell peppers and carrots. Cook until the bell peppers are fork-tender, 3 to 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Then add the curry paste and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.

  4. 4

    Add the coconut milk, water, kale and sugar, and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat as necessary to maintain a gentle simmer and cook until the peppers, carrots and kale have softened to your liking, about 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  5. 5

    Remove the pot from the heat and season with tamari and rice vinegar. Add salt (I added ¼ teaspoon for optimal flavor), to taste. If the curry needs a little more punch, add ½ teaspoon more tamari, or for more acidity, add ½ teaspoon more rice vinegar. Divide rice and curry into bowls and garnish with chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes, if you’d like. If you love spicy curries, serve with sriracha or chili garlic sauce on the side.

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