Sweet Potato Thai Curry
photo by Yassi Y
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and in 1/2 cubes
- 1 onion, Chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, Finely chopped
- 2 inches fresh ginger, Finely chopped
- olive oil, for saute
- 1 tablespoon red curry paste
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons panang curry paste
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
- 1 chili (fresh and finely chopped or flakes)
- fresh spinach (2 bags of the prepackaged spinach)
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- cilantro, for garnish
directions
- Sauté onion, garlic, and ginger in the olive oil on medium high heat in a large pot until the onion is transparent.
- Add the sweet potato and pastes. Mix well. Allow for mixture to heat up.
- Add coconut milk and chili. Stir. Allow for mixture to heat up.
- Add all the spinach to the pot, but do not mix. Cover the pot.
- After 5 minutes, the spinach should be wilted. Stir into mixture. At this time, add the fish sauce and stir.
- Re-lid and let simmer for 5-10 minutes, or until the potatoes are cooked.
- Serve over rice and add a sprig of cilantro on top.
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Reviews
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This was really excellent, especially considering how easy it was to make. I modified it some but tasted it first as made by the recipe and it was really good that way too. This was for a "dinner date" with my wife, so I added about 1/2lb of shrimp at the end. Could also do chicken or marinated tofu. I cut the spinach to 1 bag, because of the other adds, didn't want one ingredient to over power the others. If I was doing the veggie only version I would have went with two as the recipe states. I also increased the amount of curry paste to 1.5 tbsp red and 2 tbsp panang for a little more flavor and additional heat (we like really spicy thai food. With this addition, it was PERFECT. Put it at a 3.5-4 on a 5 heat scale at most thai places where 5 is for "natives"). I also wanted it a little sweeter so I added 2 tbsp of brown sugar and 2 tsp salt. With these additions it was easily as good as the best thai food I have had in a restaurant. Great job Michelle!
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wow! i was actually looking for a thai sweet potato soup so all i did was not add the spinnach and blended it up, Fabulous! I do want to try it the curry way but tonight i just couldn't be bothered making rice to go with it. I'll definately be making this one for my vegetarian sister next time, it's simple, quick and foolproof
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So so good! I love Thai food and this hit the spot. Who'd have thought sweet potatoes would go so well with Thai flavors? I made a few small changes, but otherwise stuck to the recipe pretty closely. Firstly, I used virgin coconut oil instead of olive oil because it goes so much better with all the flavors. I chopped up some chicken meat and added it for a little extra protein. I didn't have panang curry paste, so I just used extra red curry paste. My husband and I don't care for cooked spinach so I stirred it in just before serving. This goes really well with brown rice and an extra dash of fish sauce (love that stinky stuff!) for a filling and nourishing meal with plenty leftover for the next day!
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