Name: Pork with Spicy Green Beans (Moo Paht Prik King)
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: ½ pound fresh green beans or Asian yard-long beans, cut into 2-inch lengths (about 2 cups); 3 tablespoons prik king curry paste or red curry paste; 2 tablespoons dried shrimp, finely chopped or ground (optional); 1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar; 4 wild lime leaves (optional); ¼ pound pork, thinly sliced crosswise into 2-inch strips; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; ⅓ cup chicken stock or water; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Quick & Easy Thai

By Nancie McDermott

Published 2004

About

How could this not be one of my favorite Thai dishes? I grew up in North Carolina eating my grandmother’s green beans cooked with pork, sans chilies of course, and my sister Linda always orders moo paht prik king for us at Indra Thai, in Glendale, California. You can find prik king curry paste in Asian markets, but any red curry paste will work fine. For a traditional prik king, ground dried shrimp are an essential ingredient. You can buy them ground, grind them in your spi