Country-style Curry With Ground Beef And Green Beans

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped garlic
• 2 tablespoons red curry paste
• 1/2 lb ground beef or 1/2 lb ground lamb
• 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
• 3 cups chicken broth or 3 cups water
• 1 cup green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
• 2 mediim zucchini (halved lengthwise and cut in 1 inch lengths, about 2 cups) or 2 japanese eggplants (halved lengthwise and cut in 1 inch lengths, about 2 cups)
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• handful holy basil (bai graprao) or other fresh basil leaves or cilantro leaf
• 4 limes, leaves (recipe states to use torn wild lime leaves but this is optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add the garlic, and toss well. add the curry paste and cook, mashing and stirring to dissolve it, until fragrant and softened, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 2 crumble the ground beef and then add the nushrooms. cook, tossing often, untl the meat and mushrooms are browned and seasoned with the curry pasted, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 3 add the chicken broth, green beans, zucchini, lime leaves (if using), fish sauce, sugar, and salt and bring to a gentle boil. cook 3 to 5 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and the meat is cooked. stir in the basil leaves and remove from heat.