Thai Prawns With Pineapple Green Beans Food

THAI GREEN PRAWN CURRY

Steps:

• Place a wok or large shallow pan onto a medium heat. Add 3 tbsp of Thai green curry paste and cook for 1 minute to release the flavours.
• Next add a can of coconut milk and stir well until fully combined with the paste.
• Continue to stir until heated through.
• Next add a small amount of cold water to 1 tbsp of plain flour and mix into a paste. Add this to the sauce and stir in. Continue to heat and stir until sauce starts to thicken. (Skip this step if gluten free and see expert tips below for other ways to thicken the sauce)
• Add the raw king prawns to the green sauce and bring to a gentle simmer. TIP: do not boil as this will cause the sauce to thin out.
• Season with lime juice, lime zest, brown sugar and fish sauce (if you're making a vegetarian curry replace the fish sauce with a vegan fish sauce or seaweed paste). Stir well and cook at a simmer for 2-3 minutes or until prawns are bright pink.
• Next, add your choice of vegetables (I added edamame beans) and heat for a further 1-2 minutes or until veg is cooked but still crisp and bright green.
• Top with fresh basil, fresh chillies and Crispy onions. Dish up and serve with rice.

THAI PRAWNS WITH PINEAPPLE & GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large wok. Sauté the lemongrass and ginger until golden. Add the pineapple, beans and cherry tomatoes, and stir-fry for 3-5 mins until the beans are just cooked. Add the prawns and the sauce. Stir-fry for another 3-5 mins until the prawns are cooked, then throw in most of the basil leaves. Serve with lime wedges and the remaining basil leaves scattered over.

THAI-STYLE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, peanut butter and red pepper flakes; set aside. , In a small skillet, saute shallot and ginger in oil over medium heat for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add green beans; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add sauce; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cilantro and peanuts if desired.

THAI PINEAPPLE SHRIMP CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir curry paste until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir shrimp into paste and cook for 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a plate, scraping as much paste back into the skillet as possible.
• Pour coconut milk into the curry paste. Add leeks, onion, bamboo shoots, sugar, and fish sauce; bring to a boil. Add green beans, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, scallions, and jalapeno pepper and simmer until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Add shrimp and pineapple; cook and stir until shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 5 minutes more. Serve curry over cooked rice.

THAI FRIED PRAWN & PINEAPPLE RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wok or non-stick frying pan and fry the spring onion whites for 2 mins until softened. Stir in the pepper for 1 min, followed by the pineapple for 1 min more, then stir in the green curry paste and soy sauce.
• Add the rice, stir-frying until piping hot, then push the rice to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs on the other side. Stir the peas, bamboo shoots and prawns into the rice and eggs, then heat through for 2 mins until the prawns are hot and the peas tender. Finally, stir in the spring onion greens, lime juice and coriander, if using. Spoon into bowls and serve with extra lime wedges and soy sauce.

THAI GREEN CURRY WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan or wok and add the cooking oil, curry paste and three tablespoons of coconut milk.
• Stir-fry for a couple minutes, then add the garlic, chilli and shallots.
• Fry another 2-3 minutes then add the meat and cook until it is coloured on all sides.
• Add the bruised lemon grass to the pan along with the beans, fish sauce and the rest of the coconut milk.
• Lower the heat and simmer gently for 25 minutes or until the meat is tender.
• Add a squeeze of lime juice at the end.
• While the curry is simmering, wash the rice and place it in a pot with three times as much water (about 750ml).
• Boil, then take the heat down to low, cover and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the heat and leave the rice without taking off the lid for another 10 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir in the bamboo shoots, a bit of coriander and pineapple.
• Heat through and serve over rice, garnished with another sprinkle of coriander.

THAI GREEN PRAWN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wok or large saucepan. Add the shallot and garlic, and stir-fry for 1-2 mins. Add the curry paste, coconut cream and 50ml water, and bubble for 2 mins.
• Add the sugar snap peas and cook for 1-2 mins until just beginning to soften. Add the prawns, soy sauce and lemon juice and heat through. Stir in the coriander and serve straight away with noodles.

FRAGRANT THAI PRAWNS

Steps:

• Tip all the chopped ingredients into a bowl, add the olive oil along with the lime zest and juice and mix well. Set aside for 30 minutes to allow the flavours to mingle.
• To make fragrant Thai prawns, remove heads and peel shells from 20 raw king prawns but leave tail sections on. Toss in the marinade and cook on a really hot barbecue for 45 seconds on each side until they turn from grey-blue to pink.

THAI-STYLE PRAWNS

Steps:

• Mix the marinade ingredients and add to the prawns. Leave for 5 mins. To cook on a barbecue: thread the prawns on metal skewers, place in the centre of the grill on the lemongrass and cook for 2-3 mins, turning once until opaque. Discard the lemongrass before eating.