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White frying pan with a darkbrown red sauce tofu cubes, sliced bell peppers, sliced green chilies, mint leaves, sliced spring onion, mushrooms slices.
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Easy Thai Red Curry with Tofu

This is the easiest Thai red curry ever, with only simple 6 ingredients to make a delicious sauce. We also used ingredients that are common in Thai cuisine like tofu, wood ear mushrooms also known as black fungus, bamboo shoots, spring onions, and red chilis. It is a delicious, rich, and creamy red curry dish done in 30 minutes!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, International, Nut-free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword fried tofu, teriyaki tofu
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 276kcal

Ingredients

For the tofu marinade

For the curry

Instructions

Preparing the ingredients

  • Use a firm tofu and press it. 
  • Slice red chillies.
  • Cut spring onion in julienne style, or if you have small fresh ones, just cut off the green leaves and add it like that.
  • Pre-cook wood ear mushrooms according to package instructions.

Marinating

  • To make the marinade, take a glass mixing bowl and add Thai red curry spice mix, tomato paste, vegetable oil, lime juice, and water. Mix it thoroughly.
  • After you pressed the tofu cut them into cubes.
  • Take a shallow glass bowl and add the tofu cubes.
  • Pour the marinade and mix it with a silicone spatula or spoon to ensure it is thoroughly covered. Let the tofu marinate for at least 15 minutes.

Making the curry

  • Heat the frying pan or wok over medium heat and add the marinated tofu. Scrape the leftover marinade from the bowl into the pan. Add salt and black pepper and mix well. Fry it for 5-8 minutes.
  • Add red chilies, bamboo shoots, spring onions, and pre-cooked wood ear mushrooms. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add full-fat coconut milk (canned, shaken). Stir well.
  • Add maple syrup. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Voila! You are ready!

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Notes

We served it with white rice. But there are lots of options. Here is our recommendation if you want to mix and match.
  • Grains like steamed, cooked, or fried white rice, brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat, millet, or a combination of them. 
  • Riced veggies like cauliflower rice or sweet potato rice
  • Noodles like soba aka buckwheat noodles. If you need to eat gluten-free, please choose gluten-free noodles as soba noodles may contain wheat flour which is not gluten-free.
  • Toppings like sliced green onion or scallions or sprouts, or fresh cilantro.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving (without sides) | Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 274IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 3mg