Thai-style red monkfish curry

Thai-style red monkfish curry

Put the wow into weeknights with chunks of delectable monkfish sizzled with onions, peppers, baby corn and our special red Thai and ginger and garlic pastes. A quick simmer with sugar snaps in fish sauce and stock and you're ready for a final flourish – silky yogurt, coriander, lime juice and a mound of fluffy rice.

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Serving size

Cook time: 35 mins
Cuisine: Thai
Food group: Fish
Allergens: Fish, Celery, Milk

Cooking Instructions

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As of December 2025, we’ve revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

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Before you start

  • 1x large non-stick saucepan
  • 1x saucepan

Boil the rice

  • Cook the rice in boiling water for 10-12 mins, then drain.

Prep & soften your veg

  • Meanwhile, peel and finely dice the onions, then deseed the peppers and dice into 2cm squares. Halve the baby corn diagonally.
  • Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions, peppers and baby corn for 5-7 mins.

Spice & sizzle the monkfish

  • On a separate board, cut the monkfish chunks in half.
  • Add the monkfish to the frying pan, squeeze in both pastes, stir well and cook for 2 mins.

Things get saucy!

  • Crumble in the stock, pour in 200ml water (300ml for 4 portions) and sprinkle in the fish sauce.
  • Add the sugar snaps, and simmer for 6-8 mins until the monkfish is cooked through and opaque.

Finish & serve

  • Take the pan off the heat and leave to cool a little. Finely chop the coriander.
  • Stir the yogurt and three-quarters of the coriander into the curry, then squeeze in the lime juice (to taste). Sprinkle over the remaining coriander and serve with the rice.

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