Thai pork & peanut curry

Name: Thai pork & peanut curry
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 34 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil; Bunch Spring Onions; Bunch Coriander; 400g Pork Tenderloin; 4 tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste; 4 tablespoons Peanut Butter; 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce; 400ml Coconut Milk; 175g Sweetcorn; Juice of 1 Lime; Steamed Jasmine Rice

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Pork recipe with Thai flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 41 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 34 min total

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
Bunch Spring Onions
Bunch Coriander
400g Pork Tenderloin
4 tablespoons Thai Red Curry Paste
4 tablespoons Peanut Butter
1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Soy Sauce
400ml Coconut Milk
175g Sweetcorn
Juice of 1 Lime
Steamed Jasmine Rice

Step-by-step instructions

Heat the oil in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole. Add the spring onions and coriander stalks and cook for 1 min. Add the pork slices and cook for 5 mins until starting to brown.
Stir in the curry paste and peanut butter. After 30 secs, add the sugar, soy and coconut milk, plus ½ can of water. Mix well, put a lid on and leave to simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally.
Remove the lid, add the baby corn and increase the heat. Bubble for 3 mins until the corn is cooked and the sauce has thickened a little. Stir in the lime juice and check the seasoning. Can now be frozen for up to 2 months. To cook from frozen: thoroughly defrost, then heat in a pan on the hob until curry is hot all the way through. Serve scattered with the coriander leaves and rice.

Why this works on a weeknight

Thai pork & peanut curry lands at about 34 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Weeknight Curries collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Thai pork & peanut curry actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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