Thai•gourmet
Khua Kling (Southern Thai Dry Curry)
This easy khua kling recipe is a spicy Thai dry curry made with pork or your favorite protein. Serve it with rice and a crispy fried egg!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 tbsp water (for cooking pork)
- 2 1/4 cups ground pork
- 3 tbsp Southern Thai curry paste (or red curry paste)
- 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 4 kaffir lime leaves (sliced into thin strips)
- 2 stalks lemongrass (chopped)
- 2 clusters black peppercorns
- 3 chilies (sliced)
Instructions
- 1
Add water to a wok pan or skillet over low heat and add minced pork. Cook until there is no more water and the pork is cooked through.
- 2
Add the curry paste and mix it with your protein.
- 3
Add fish sauce and white sugar, thoroughly mix with the rest of the ingredients.
- 4
Lastly, add lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, chilies, and black peppercorns. Stir-fry for 1 more minute and make sure all the ingredients are well mixed. Serve immediately with rice.