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Red Curry Pork and Rice Cake Stir-Fry

Red Curry Pork with Rice Cakes
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht, Prop Styling by Emma Ringness
  • Total Time

    1 hour

If you’ve ever felt daunted by stir-fry prep, this approach is for you. Though a few items still need a chop, the rice cakes give you a built-in starchy side and a sauce (really just curry paste thinned with water to cook the rice cakes) all in one pan. The combination of ginger, garlic, and fish sauce with red curry paste creates a flavorful base that coats the ground pork and chewy rice cakes. Substitute with any ground meat like beef, turkey, or chicken to switch things up. And if you’re in an especially spicy mood, dial up the heat by using the full curry paste can.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

4 servings

1 lb. sliced Korean rice cakes
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. ground pork
3 scallions, white and pale green and dark green parts separated, thinly sliced
1 2" piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
¼ cup red curry paste (preferably Maesri)
3 medium red and/or yellow bell peppers, cut into 1" pieces
1 Tbsp. fish sauce
1 Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar
1 tsp. honey
½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, plus more
  1. Step 1

    Place1 lb. sliced Korean rice cakesin a medium bowl; pour in cold water to cover. Let sit 10 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup rice cake soaking liquid.

    Step 2

    Heat1 Tbsp. vegetable oilin a large skillet with a lid over medium-high. Cook1 lb. ground pork下面,原状,直到褐色,大约5米inutes. Break up meat with a wooden spoon and continue to cook, stirring and breaking up into large pieces, until browned all over but still pink in places, about 2 minutes more.

    Step 3

    Add3 scallions, white and pale green parts thinly sliced,one 2" piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped, and5 garlic cloves, finely chopped; cook, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add¼ cup red curry pasteand cook, stirring, until paste is fragrant and slightly darkened and beginning to stick to bottom of pan, about 3 minutes. Add3 medium red and/or yellow bell peppers, cut into 1" pieces, and stir to coat.

    Step 4

    Stir in1 Tbsp. fish sauce,1 Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar, and1 tsp. honey, scraping up any browned bits. Add rice cakes,½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and reserved rice cake soaking liquid; stir to combine. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until rice cakes are softened, about 5 minutes. Uncover and cook, stirring, until sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Taste and season with more salt if needed.

    Step 5

    Divide stir-fry among shallow bowls. Top with3 dark green scallion tops, thinly sliced.

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  • Made this last night exactly as written and was very disappointed. The sauce was very thin. The rice cakes took way longer to soften than the recipe suggested and the overall dish was very underwhelming.

    • Anonymous

    • NJ

    • 8/25/2023

  • Liked this dish a lot! Made it exactly as written and it was easy and tasty!

    • KR

    • Oregon

    • 8/7/2023

  • Easy and delicious!

    • Lauren Hersh

    • Sarasota, FL

    • 9/2/2023

  • Sooooo yummy!! Had to add a little extra salt but all of the flavors are there! Great job, BA!

    • Anna Mikey

    • Chicago, IL

    • 8/14/2023