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Rice Noodles with Tuna Curry Sauce

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Rice Noodles with Tuna Curry Sauce

Quick, simple and delicious!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil plus extra to drizzle
  • 400 ml coconut milk at least 65% fat content
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 3 tsp palm sugar or brown sugar
  • 200 g tinned tuna drained weight
  • 150 g vermicelli rice noodles
For the chilli paste
  • 5 large red chillies finely chopped (you may want to reduce this!)
  • 2 tsp hot chilli powder
  • thumb-size piece of root ginger finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 1 small shallot finely chopped
  • 1 lemongrass stalk finely chopped
To garnish
  • small handful of fine green beans
  • handful of beansprouts
  • sprig of coriander leaves picked and finely chopped
  • 1 spring onion finely sliced
  • 1 sprig of Thai basil leaves picked (optional)
  • 1 red chilli chopped
  • lime wedges for squeezing

Method
 

  1. To make the chilli paste, put all the paste ingredients in a medium jug and use a handheld blender to blend to a smooth paste, adding water as needed to help loosen the mixture. Set aside. Bring a small pan of water to the boil, blanch the beans for 1-2 minutes. Drain, run under cold water, then finely chop and set aside.
  2. Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the blended chilli paste and cook for 2-3 minutes until fragrant. Stir through the coconut milk, season with the fish sauce and sugar, then add the tuna and simmer for 10 minutes.
  3. Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, then add the noodles and cook for 2-3 minutes. Drain and drizzle with a little oil to prevent sticking. Place the cooked noodles in deep bowls, top with the curry followed by the green beans and beansprouts. Scatter over the coriander, spring onion, Thai basil (if using) and sliced red chilli. Serve with the lime wedges.

Notes

This is pretty spicy using the amounts specified in the ingredients, so cut the amount of chilli as needed
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