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Thai Pork and Vegetable Curry
Ingredients
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1 1/3
cups dried orzo (about 8 ounces)
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12
ounces pork tenderloin or lean boneless pork
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2
tablespoons cooking oil
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8
ounces green beans, bias-sliced into 1 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups)*
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1
red sweet pepper, cut into thin bite-size strips
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2
green onions, bias-sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
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1
ounce can unsweetened lite coconut milk
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4
teaspoons bottled curry paste
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2
teaspoons sugar
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2
tablespoons lime juice
Directions
1. Cook orzo according to package directions. Drain and keep warm. Thinly slice pork into bite-size pieces.
2. Pour 1 tablespoon of the oil into a large nonstick skillet. Preheat over medium-high heat. Add pork; cook and stir about 4 minutes or until no pink remains. Remove from skillet.
3. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to skillet. Add green beans; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Add sweet pepper and green onions; cook and stir about 2 minutes more or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add coconut milk, curry paste, and sugar. Reduce heat to low, stirring until combined. Stir in cooked pork and lime juice; heat through. Serve over hot orzo.
4. Makes 4 servings
From the Test Kitchen
- Note *A 9-ounce package of frozen cut green beans, thawed, can be substituted for the fresh beans. Add them to the skillet along with the sweet pepper and onions; cook as directed.
Nutrition Facts
(Thai Pork and Vegetable Curry)
- Servings Per Recipe 4,
- Calories 502,
- Protein (gm) 29,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 57,
- Fat, total (gm) 17,
- Cholesterol (mg) 50,
- Saturated fat (gm) 5,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 4,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 3,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 4,
- Sugar, total (gm) 4,
- Vitamin A (IU) 2430,
- Vitamin C (mg) 90,
- Thiamin (mg) 1,
- Riboflavin (mg) 1,
- Niacin (mg) 7,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 125,
- Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 1,
- Sodium (mg) 447,
- Potassium (mg) 558,
- Calcium (DV %) 40,
- Iron (DV %) 5,
- Vegetables () 2,
- Starch () 3,
- Lean Meat () 2,
- Fat () 2,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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i love this too. even my mom, who doesn't like curry, likes this. my daughter loves the orzo.
1/14/2011 05:13:25 PM Report AbuseAMAZING!!! Way better than eating at a Thai restaurant :) I crave this meal all the time and LOVE IT! Sometimes I use chicken or sugar snap peas as substitutes.
2/27/2010 08:19:53 AM Report Abuse