Thai Penang Curry Sauce

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    quarts
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Asian Smoke: Thai and Southeast Asian Barbecue from the Curry Boys

By Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

  • About

Although Penang curry isn’t one of the three so-called typical curries (those are red, yellow, and green curry), it is just as popular and well loved. At Curry Boys, it is our second most popular curry because of the subtle heat from red chilies and the creaminess from the legumes (typically peanut, or mung bean if trying to avoid allergies). While it might be similar in color to red curry, the ground peanut or mung bean that is found in the paste is what really sets this apart from the res