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Thai Peanut Curry Recipe
This easy to make peanut curry is bursting with delicious Thai flavors. Sweet potatoes, carrots, red pepper, and kale are cooked in a creamy broth made of red Thai curry paste, coconut milk, and peanut butter. You will LOVE it!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 496 kcal
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 medium onion finely minced
- 2 tablespoons finely minced ginger
- 4 cloves garlic finely minced
- 2-3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste depending on how spicy you like it
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or coco aminos
- 14 ounce Can coconut milk
- 1 ½ cups Water or stock
- ¼ cup natural peanut butter
- 2 small sweet potatoes peeled and diced
- 2 medium carrots diced
- 1 red pepper diced
- 2 cups chopped kale
- sea salt to taste
- To serve: chopped peanuts and minced cilantro
Instructions
- Heat the coconut oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, ginger, and garlic and cook until the onion softens, about 3 minutes. Add the curry paste and cook until the oils begin to separate, about 2 minutes.
- Add the soy sauce, coconut milk, water or stock, and peanut butter to the pot and stir until the peanut butter is incorporated into the sauce. Add the sweet potatoes and carrots and bring the pot to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are almost soft.
- Add the red pepper and kale to the pot and let them cook for about 3 minutes, until they begin to soften. Season to taste with salt, if needed.
- Serve with the chopped peanut and some cilantro over top.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 serving = ¼ of the recipe
Calories
496kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
35g
(12%)
Protein
11g
(22%)
Fat
38g
(58%)
Saturated Fat
28g
(140%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Sodium
670mg
(28%)
Potassium
1014mg
(29%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
19777IU
(396%)
Vitamin C
88mg
(98%)
Calcium
133mg
(13%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 496
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serving = ¼ of the recipe | |
| Calories | 496kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 11g | 22% |
| Fat | 38g | 58% |
| Saturated Fat | 28g | 140% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Sodium | 670mg | 28% |
| Potassium | 1014mg | 22% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 19777IU | 396% |
| Vitamin C | 88mg | 98% |
| Calcium | 133mg | 13% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.