Thailand Recipe Pad Prik King Tua

The Thai name for pork belly and yardlong beans, fried in red curry paste
is Pad Prik King Tua and is quite confusing.
Pad Prik King Tua means fried with chili,
ginger and beans,
but there is absolutely no ginger in this recipe.
We could not figure out, why it is called like that.
and all the Thai people, who we asked, said the same:
It is called like that !
No matter at all, Pad Prik King Tua is a mouthwatering stir-fry recipe from Thailand.

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Thailand recipe: Pork belly and yardlong beans, fried in red currypaste (Pad Prik King Tua)

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons oil
200 g pork belly
300 g yardlong beans
50 g red curry paste
4-5 kaffir lime leaves
3-4 Tablespoons hot water
1 1/2 Tablespoons palmsugar
Salt or fish sauce
1/2 Teaspoon Umami MSG food enhancer
1 fresh, long red chilipepper

Preparation:
Cut the yardlong beans in pieces of about 3 cm and blanche in boiling water for 1 min, then cool them down in icewater. Cut the pork belly in stripes of 3 cm and fry in hot oil, together with the kaffir leaves until done. Add the red currypaste and stir well, deglaze with hot water. Season with palmsugar, salt and MSG Umami, add the blanched yardlong beans and fry for another minute. Mix well. Garnish with stripes of a red chili pepper and serve with steamed Thai jasmine rice.