Red Curry Duck
Roasted duck in rich coconut red curry with sweet lychee, Thai basil, and tomatoes — a royal Thai dish.
- prep 15 min
- cook 20 min
- total 35 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Thailand
Ingredients
- 500 g duck
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 3 tbsp red curry paste
- 150 g lychees
- 100 g cherry tomatoes
- 20 g thai basil
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp palm sugar
- 4 kaffir lime leaves
Steps
- Chop the roasted duck into bone-in pieces.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes and drain the lychees if canned.
- Crack open the coconut milk and scoop the thick cream from the top.
- Fry the cream with red curry paste over medium heat 3-4 minutes until oil separates and the paste is deeply fragrant.
- Add the duck pieces and stir to coat in the curry paste.
- Pour in the remaining coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, and torn kaffir lime leaves.
- Simmer 10 minutes.
- Add the lychees and cherry tomatoes and cook 3 more minutes until heated through.
- Finish with a handful of Thai basil leaves stirred in at the last second.
- Serve with jasmine rice.
≈ 520 kcal · 30 g protein · 22 g carbs · 34 g fat — per serving, estimate