Thai green curry spaghetti is a quick fusion dish that is delicious and easy to cook. If you’re looking for something to cook for a midweek dinner or a date night, give this recipe a try!
Why We Love This Thai Fusion Pasta Recipe
Love pasta and Thai green curry? Why choose when you can have both in one dish?! This Thai chicken green curry spaghetti is full of flavor and you can whip it up in less than 30 minutes (given you have all the ingredients :P).
The spices in the green curry paste is what makes the sauce special. After a long day at work or school, this is what's going to make your day. You can meal-prep the dish on the weekend and reheat during the week as well.
This Thai fusion spaghetti is not something you have to sit and eat by yourself only. If you're planning a date night or you have people coming over, you can cook a large batch to serve them. Just increase the quantities of the ingredients proportionately and you'll be the star of the evening.
Ingredients
Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.
Ingredient Notes
Thai Green Curry Paste: If you have a bit more time or are up for a good arm work out, you can make my green curry paste! You can make it ahead of time and store it for use later.
If you don't have the time, I recommend using this green curry paste which you should be able to find in any Asian grocery store or online.
Chicken: I use the breast in this recipe, but you can use any part you want or oven switch to another type of meat.
Spaghetti: You can use either freshly cooked or frozen cook spaghetti. The reason why I didn't add the spaghetti cooking time to this recipe is because I often use frozen cooked spaghetti to whip up a dish.
Learn how to cook spaghetti to al dente and how to freeze cooked spaghetti in portions.
Pasta Water: Again, if you use frozen cooked pasta, you may not have any paste water. In this case, you can use a simple vegetable or chicken stock.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1: Heat the oil in a pan over medium-low heat.
Step 2: Add the green curry paste to the pan and fry until frangrant.
Step 3: Add the chicken and stir to mix with the curry paste until cooked.
Step 4: Add the cooked spaghetti and stir to mix everything together.
Step 5: Add the pasta water.
Step 6: Add the coconut milk.
Step 7: Season with a pinch of salt and stir to mix everything well, making sure that all the noodles are coated with the green curry sauce.
Step 8: Add the basil leaves and stir until wilted.
Step 9: And the chilis and stir for another minute. Then remove from heat and serve immediately or store in glass food containers.
Tips
- It's a great idea to cook spaghetti and divide it into portions and freeze it. This makes it so much quicker to cook this dish.
- Make sure to mix all the ingredients well so that each noodle is coated with the green curry sauce.
What to Drink with This Dish
Oh, so many!
If you want to add more Thainess to your meal, you might one to try one of my drink recipes below.
If it's a date night, go for my butterfly pea lemonade or raspberry lime vodka cocktail. They are my readers' favorites!
Storing and Reheating
I've stored this curry pasta in a refrigerator before and I think it still tastes good once reheated, although a little dryer. For leftovers, store in glass food containers for up to 2 days and microwave for 1 minute to reheat.
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📖 Recipe
Thai Green Curry Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons green curry paste
- 6.5 ounces chicken cut into bite-sized pieces
- 7.1 ounces spaghetti cooked
- ¼ cup pasta water or vegetable or chicken stock
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 1 pinch salt or to taste
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 3 red chilis sliced
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium-low heat.
- Add the green curry paste to the pan and fry until frangrant.
- Add the chicken and stir to mix with the curry paste until cooked.
- Add the cooked spaghetti and stir to mix everything together.
- Add the pasta water
- Add the coconut milk.
- Season with a pinch of salt and stir to mix everything well, making sure that all the noodles are coated with the green curry sauce.
- Add the basil leaves and stir until wilted.
- And the chilis and stir for another minute. Then remove from heat and serve immediately or store in glass food containers.
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Notes
- It's a great idea to cook spaghetti and divide it into portions and freeze it. This makes it so much quicker to cook this dish.
- Make sure to mix all the ingredients well so that each noodle is coated with the green curry sauce.