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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal371
  • fat26g
  • saturates13g
  • carbs4g
  • sugars3g
  • fibre2g
  • protein31g
  • salt0.79g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the mince into a large bowl with the chopped chilli, ginger and egg, then season generously. Mix well with your hands, then shape into 20 meatballs. Can be made and chilled up to a day ahead.

  • step 2

    Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then brown the meatballs for 5 mins. Tip onto a plate. Add the curry paste, fry for 1 min, then pour in the coconut milk and half a can of water. Bring back to the boil and stir to make a smooth sauce.

  • step 3

    Return the meatballs to the pan with the bamboo shoots and beans. Simmer for 5 mins until the beans are just tender and meatballs cooked through. To serve, season the sauce with salt, pepper and lime juice, then tear in the basil leaves. Scatter with sliced chilli and serve with rice or noodles and more lime wedges for squeezing over.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010

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Overall rating

A star rating of 3.5 out of 5.64 ratings

amymembery

Soo nice if you upgrade the dish. Added fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, concentrated beef stock, mange-tout and used pork for the meatballs with eggs/grated onion.

Bombay23

I really think that beef meatballs are the wrong choice here. The flavours from all the other ingredients were lovely but I think next time I’ll use chicken (and add baby sweetcorn). 3 stars rating simply because I felt beef didn’t sit well with the flavour combination.

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Suzanne Schellenberg

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

As written, this is a middling 3 stars. But if you're willing to experiment, and know your Thai seasoning pallet, this is a knockout starting point for a killer recipe. Since I follow a very low (keto) carb diet, I made a number of modifications to accommodate that requirement. I used 1/3 portion of…

jmyule

Made it with lean turkey mince and it was v tasty - would make again. Agree with a previous comment - Thai curries are meant to be slurpy /almost like soup - so this recipe is spot on

samosa28

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

We all loved this recipe. Went down very well with 2 adults and 2 teenagers on a Saturday night :)

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