Thai Green Coconut Curry with Cod, Aubergine and Red Chilli
Inspired by techniques from America's Test Kitchen and NYT Cooking.
Green curry paste and ginger are fried in thick coconut cream until the oil separates, then simmered with the rest of the coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, aubergine and lime leaves before cod is poached gently and finished with basil, chilli and lime.
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Method
- 1
Fry the paste. Reduce the coconut cream with the paste and ginger until the oil separates.
- 2
Make the sauce. Whisk in the remaining coconut milk, fish sauce and sugar.
- 3
Cook the aubergine. Simmer the aubergine and lime leaves for 8-10 minutes until tender.
- 4
Poach the fish. Lay in the cod and poach gently until it flakes and reaches 63 °C.
- 5
Finish. Off the heat, add the chilli, basil and lime juice.
- 6
Serve. Taste, scatter with more basil and serve with jasmine rice.
Storage
Best eaten the day it is made. Refrigerate leftovers within 1 hour and eat within 1 day, reheated gently until piping hot.
Why this label?
32.4 g protein for 576 kcal = 5.6 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 22% of the energy. High Protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
EU nutrition claims
- Low sugars: 2.1 g sugars per 100 g (limit ≤ 5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 304 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
2.7 g per serving
5.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 10.8 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- large heavy pot or deep frying pan (about 4 l)
- whisk
- wooden spoon
- instant-read probe thermometer
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 576 kcal |
| Protein | 32.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 16.3 g |
| of which sugars | 6.5 g |
| of which free sugars | 2.7 g |
| Fat | 45.1 g |
| of which saturates | 38.2 g |
| Fibre | 3.2 g |
| Salt | 2.28 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
5.6 g meets High Protein (≥ 5 g, 20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
