Quick Pork Curry with Mango

Quick Pork Curry with Mango is a delicious and flavorful main dish that combines sweet ripe mangoes with the spicy kick of Thai red curry paste. The tender pork pieces are cooked in coconut milk, while the tangy mangoes provide a refreshing contrast to the spiciness of the curry.

What else can you do with that jar of Thai red curry paste? You can make a quick Thai Red Curry Chicken Soup for lunch or dinner with your Instant Pot. Or if you’re feeling snack, red curry paste gives a delicious spicy kick to Pumpkin Hummus.

Not Every Dinner is ‘Blogworthy’

There are many meals that I make for my family that I don’t share. Does that surprise you? The truth is not every dish comes out looking fabulous or even edible for that matter. Not everything tastes perfect either…far from it! I am a firm believer in the saying ‘we eat with our eyes first’ and if you’ve ever raised a toddler you know that the first thing they do is scan the food and then decide if they will eat it or not…it is truly a behavioural function of our evolution. Naturally, when I choose a dish to blog about, it has to check all three boxes:

1. It has to look appealing. Do you want to grab a fork or spoon and go for it?
2. It has to taste good. Take a quick scan of my blog…do you see any recipes for broccoli? I happen to hate broccoli and have yet to find a recipe that will make me enjoy this vegetable. I blame my mother.
3. It has to be achievable both in skill level and completed in the amount of time I have to feed my family. I’m not a trained chef, just an adventurous and enthusiastic home cook.

Over the course of the last three years my approach to finding ideal recipes has changed somewhat. Now that my daughter is vegan I look for dishes that can be easily altered to suit both a vegan diet and a non vegan diet. This pork and mango red coconut curry ticked all those boxes and was easily converted for her vegan diet.

Use Ingredients You Have on Hand and Create Something New

I had three pork steaks in the fridge and the remains of a case of mangoes that I had picked up last Friday at the Calgary Farmer’s Market. We were doing pretty good just eating them as they were but with three left I knew they would need to be eaten sooner rather than later. I started a google search for Pork and Mango curry but none of the recipes that popped up caught my eye, so I directly searched a few blogs that I enjoy reading…turning up nothing. I ended up just creating this on my own with the ingredients that I had on hand and I was quite happy with how it turned out!

How to Make Quick Pork Curry with Mango

To begin making this delicious pork curry, add Thai red curry paste to a large frying pan. Cook it over medium low heat, moving it around in the pan as it cooks. After a few minutes, scoop the cream at the top of the can of coconut milk (about halfway down), and add it to the pan.

Let the curry paste mixture cook for a few minutes until fragrant and coconut cream starts to release oil, about 3-5 minutes. Add the rest of coconut milk and vegetable stock and bring to a simmer.

Reduce the heat and add mango pits and sweet potato cubes. Cook until tender, about 15 minutes.

In another pan sauté red pepper strips (or other vegetable like zucchini) until just cooked. Remove from pan.

Add pork steaks to the hot pan, season with salt and pepper then sear each side. Remove from pan and chop the pork into bite size portions. Add pork, red peppers, and puréed mango to the sauce in the large frying pan.

Adjust flavour fish sauce and sugar (taste curry and add more fish sauce if desired). Add Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves, and remove from heat. Remove mango pits.

Serve with rice.

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