Beef and Veg Thai Red Curry

A deeply-satisfying Thai curry that can be served over any starch of your choice*. There is a handy tip here on how not to overcook your meat and veg: Simply fry them off beforehand and remove from the pan, then reduce your sauce before returning the meat and veg to the pot. You are left with tender meat and perfectly-cooked vegetables that retain their colour. *We have calculated the macros assuming you will serve it over cooked cauliflower rice.

Ingredients

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 300g ATHLEAT sirloin, trimmed of fat and cut into cubes
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• 160g mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 90g baby corn
• 40g mange tout
• 2 TB Thai red curry paste
• 1 cup light coconut milk
• ¼ tsp fish sauce
• 300g cooked cauliflower rice, to serve
• coriander, to garnish

Method

1. Heat one teaspoon olive oil in a large pan and brown the cubes of sirloin over high heat on all sides. Remove from the pan and set aside.
2. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add a second teaspoon olive oil, lightly fry the spring onions and mushrooms for 1 minute. Add the baby corn and mange tout and fry for an additional minute. Remove from the pan and set aside.
3. Add the curry paste to the pan and gently cook for 1 minute before whisking in the coconut milk. Increase the heat to moderately high and allow the coconut milk to reduce to a thick consistency. Add the dash of fish sauce to taste. (Since we are using light coconut milk, the reducing time will take slightly longer that if we used the full-fat coconut milk.)
4. Return the beef cubes and vegetables to the pan and simmer for a minute or two to cook the beef through and warm the vegetables. The sauce should be sufficiently thickened by this time.
5. Serve the creamy curry over any starch of your choice (like wild rice or egg noodles), or of you are on a very low-carb diet, serve it over cooked cauliflower rice or shirataki noodles. Garnish with coriander leaves.