Also known as: Phat Phrik Khing, Pad Prik Khing, Prik King
About this dish
A dry stir-fry of pork or chicken and long beans in red curry paste, finished with kaffir lime leaves.
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Ingredients
🐖300g pork or chicken, thinly sliced
🫛200g long beans, cut into 4cm lengths
🌶️2 tbsp red curry paste
🌿6 kaffir lime leaves, very finely sliced
🐟1 tbsp fish sauce
🍬1 tbsp palm sugar
🫗3 tbsp oil
Method
Serves 2
1
Fry the curry paste in the oil over medium heat until fragrant and the oil turns red.
2
Add the meat and stir-fry until just cooked.
3
Add the long beans and a splash of water and stir-fry until tender-crisp.
4
Season with fish sauce and palm sugar.
5
Toss through the kaffir lime leaves and serve with jasmine rice.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Pad prik king is a 'dry curry': the paste is fried in oil rather than simmered in coconut milk, making it a favourite rice topping at Thai curry-and-rice stalls.
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