Red Curry Paste

Red Curry Paste is made of dried chili peppers, salt, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime zest, garlic, shallots, cilantro roots, peppercorns, cumin and coriander. The spices are pound into a smooth reddish paste. The paste is fragrant with fresh and dried spices. Traditionally, the paste was made fresh for each dish. Today, most people buy the already made curry pastes and store in the fridge.

Red Curry Paste is available in plastic tubs and cans at Asian markets and some mainstream supermarkets. You can store red curry paste in a plastic bag in the freezer for a year.

The Red Curry Paste is not to be confused with basic red curry paste or 'gang kua'. The difference is the additional 3 ingredients, peppercorns, cumin and coriander, red curry paste in red curry paste.

See recipe for homemade Red Curry Paste and homemade Basic Red Curry Paste. Check out in details how Red Curry Paste is different than Basic Red Curry Paste.

Recipes made with red curry paste

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  Beef and Bamboo Shoot Curry

  Gang Naw Mai Neuw Sub

  Ground beef and bamboo shoot red curry.

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  Chicken Curry

  Gang Gai

  Chicken and Thai eggplant in red curry

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  Curried Noodles

  Goew Tiew Gang

  Rice noodles in beef curry sauce

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  Green Beans and Shrimp

  Pad Prig King

  Dried curry green beans with shrimp

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  Satay

  Marinated and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce. A simpler recipe.

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  Peanut Sauce for Satay

  Nam Jim Satay

  Thick curried peanut sauce for dipping satay in.

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  Satay - Modern Thai Version

  Satay

  Marinaded and grilled pork served on skewers with peanut sauce

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  Stinky Beans and Shrimp

  Pud Ped Sataw

  Stinky beans stir fried in red curry paste with shrimp

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  Tropical Yum

  Yum Tawai

  A variety of tropical vegetables with sesame curry sauce.

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  Pumpkin Curry

  Gang Ped Fug Tong

  Creamy and mild pumpkin curry.

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  Fried Chicken Wings

  Peek Gai Tod Gluea

  Fried chicken wings with crispy skin, seasoned lightly with Thai herbs

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  Roast Duck Curry

  Gang Ped Pbed Yaang

  Roast duck curry in red curry sauce with cherry tomatoes.

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  Sour Bamboo Curry

  Gang Gai Naw Mai Dong

  Sour pickled bamboo shoot cooked in red curry paste and coconut milk

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