Sweet corn cutlets with peanut sauce
Crisp Thai-spiced corn cutlets with a creamy coconut and peanut dipping sauce
Coarsely ground sweetcorn is bound with rice flour, soy sauce and red curry paste, shaped into little oval cutlets and deep-fried until crisp outside and soft and sweet inside. They come with a rich, gently spicy peanut sauce made from coconut milk and curry paste. Serve hot as a starter or a snack.
- Total time
- 35 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
For the cutlets
- 8 ½ oz sweetcorn kernels1½ cups, coarsely ground
- 1 ½ tbsp Thai red curry paste1–2 tbsp; see the Thai red vegetable curry recipe for a home-made one; many shop-bought pastes contain shrimp paste, so check the label for a vegetarian one
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- ½ tsp saltto taste
- oilfor deep frying
For the peanut sauce
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 1 cup thick coconut milk1 cup
- 3 tbsp peanutsroasted and ground
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp sugarto taste
- 1 tsp lemon juiceto taste
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: For the sauce, heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste and fry, stirring, until it blends with the oil, about 1 minute.
1 minStep 2: Pour in 1 cup thick coconut milk, lower the heat and stir well until the sauce takes on a rich reddish colour.
3 minStep 3: Add 3 tbsp peanuts, 1 pinch salt, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice and keep stirring until a thick sauce forms. Keep warm.
4 minStep 4: Mix 8 ½ oz sweetcorn kernels, 1 ½ tbsp Thai red curry paste, 2 tsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp rice flour and ½ tsp salt to a soft dough.
Step 5: Heat oil in a deep pan to 350°F (a small piece of mixture should rise and sizzle at once). Lightly grease your palms and shape the mixture into 6 oval cutlets.
Step 6: Deep-fry the cutlets a few at a time for 3–4 minutes, turning, until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
8 minStep 7: Serve hot with the peanut sauce.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 36 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does sweet corn cutlets with peanut sauce take?
- About 35 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- What can I use instead of soy sauce?
- Tamari, same amount (gluten free).
- What can I use instead of thick coconut milk?
- Single cream, same amount (not dairy free).
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