A stunning Thai red curry made in just a few minutes for a light easy meal. Gluten-free and paleo, this tuna Thai red curry is lightened up and served over simple coconut cauliflower rice to bring it all together!
*I received free samples from Bumble Bee Seafoods that are mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by Bumble Bee Seafoods and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time.*
Over the last few weeks, I have had this crazy obsession with Asian food. One Asian cuisine I hadn’t really delved into much was Thai. Which is sad since Thai = coconut. It also means red and green curries. I always lusted over beautiful red curry dishes I would see and always wanted to make my own. Stunning, spicy, creamy delight. I also think my dire want/need to make a Thai red curry was because I wanted to add red curry paste to my spice arsenal (since then I have also now added green curry paste!) Of course I could have gone my typical DIY route and made my own, but finding all the right chilis and flavors in a typical grocery was just a little too above and beyond (at least for right now). Instead, I just went with already jarred curry paste and it was fantastic nonetheless!
I also wanted to make my first Thai red curry, easy, simple, and full of fresh veggies and packed with protein. I like to think of this as a “fancy” light meal you can share with a friend, and they don’t even have to know how easy it was to whip up. All you have to do is chop up some veggies, heat in a pan with the curry paste, spices, and a splash of coconut milk, crack open a can of tuna, and assemble it all around some cauliflower rice which was heated in some coconut milk. It comes together in a flash!
This meal is super healthy with the great benefits of tuna. Packed with protein, high in Selenium, Niacin, and vitamins B6 and B10, also free from saturated fat! Seafood is a wonderful healthy addition to any diet and always lends itself to a lighter dish compared to other animal proteins. To amp this healthy meal up further you have all the nutrients of the veggies, the wonderful healthy fats from the coconut milk, and it’s super low-carb with the addition of cauliflower rice instead of the typical white rice used in a curry dish.
Thai is a cuisine known for beautiful and exotic seafood dishes. With tons of color spicy and aromatic spices, there’s no other word to use than beautiful! I have an entire cookbook with every little detail about Thai cuisine. Very fascinating and one I do adore! Seafood of all kinds has always been a huge and important part of the Thai diet. With the simplicity they employ on their food, fresh and natural, colorful, and nutrient dense, no wonder Thai cuisine is so healthy.
I wish here in America, we had a more beautiful traditional cuisine. Sadly it’s either heavy and nutrient poor, or something that has 100 different “ingredients” in it. If Americans would realize how easy it can be to eat a beautiful healthy dish made with simple foods like fish, vegetables, and glorious spices, I really think more people would find the joy in cooking and eating healthy. Bumble Bee® is trying to make that happen by offering easy healthy seafood options so we all can add this wonderful healthy addition to our diets.
A lot of people seem to be scared of seafood, but with easy steps, like adding fresh and even canned varieties like Bumble Bee® to your diet at least 8-12 ounces (2-3 servings) a week can give you all the health benefits you need.* Plus, it’s super convenient and affordable for any family! Bumble Bee’s Prime Fillet® is also gluten and soy-free! No allergens but…well tuna 😉 (Canned fish: tuna, salmon, sardines, were a lifesaver while I was away at college this year!) Take a look for yourself! You can’t get much easier and healthier than this tuna Thai red curry I put together!
Tuna Thai Red Curry
Tuna Thai Red Curry
A stunning Thai red curry made in just a few minutes for a light easy meal. Gluten-free and paleo, this tuna Thai red curry is lightened up and served over simple coconut cauliflower rice to bring it all together!
- Yield: 2 or 1 very hungry beaver! 1x
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients
- Curry:
- 1 Cup Snow Peas
- 8 Baby Corn Cobs
- 3 TB Chopped Scallions (plus more for topping)
- 1 Cup Sliced Bell Peppers (I used a mix of colors)
- 1 Cup Chopped Broccoli
- 1/4 Cup Chopped Cilantro
- 1 TB Chopped Thai Basil
- 1 Tsp Minced Garlic
- 1/2 Tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 TB Authentic Red Curry Paste
- 1/4 Cup Lite Culinary Coconut Milk
- Zest of 1 Lime
- 1 TB Lime Juice
- 1 Can Bumble Bee® Prime Fillet® Solid White Albacore in Water
- Cauliflower Rice:
- 2 Cups of Riced Cauliflower
- 1/4 Cup Lite Culinary Coconut Milk
Instructions
- In a large saute pan, combine all the chopped and prepped veggies with the spices, curry paste, and 1/4 cup of coconut milk. Stir over medium heat for about 10 minutes until the veggies begin to soften.
- In another pan, simple heat the riced cauliflower and 1/4 cup of coconut milk for 5 minutes, just until warm and the milk is absorbed.
- Next, you can add your can of tuna (mashed) to the vegetables still in the pan directly, or just add it, (room temperature) when you plate.
- To plate, first add the cauliflower rice, then tuna and curried veggies. Top with additional chopped scallion and you’re ready to dig in!
There you have it! A perfect lunch for two or a light dinner full of easy nutrition, yet not skimping on flavor what-so-ever! No one can dispute that adding healthy meals using seafood is a difficult task now nor does it have to be boring and flavorless! This curry is slightly spicy with so much flavor from the fresh cilantro and basil (fresh herbs are a must!). If you thought canned fish was boring…I challenge you to make this and think again!
So tell me:
+ Do you like Thai Cuisine?
+ What’s your favorite seafood or fish?
*Recipe linking up for the week! Allergy Free Wednesdays, #RecipeOfTheWeek,#StrangeButGood, Gluten-Free Wednesdays, Real Food Friday, Gluten-Free Fridays, Tasty Tuesdays, Savoring Saturdays, Tasty Tuesdays, Lena’s Tasty Tuesdays!*
Source: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm393070.htm
———————————————-
Leyla Preston
A great dinner idea for tonight, alongside your spicy spiralised sweet potato fries. Dinner sorted! Thanks 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, awesome! Enjoy!
Becky | GlutenFreeCuppaTea
Never would have thought to add tuna to my thai curries! Thanks for blowing my mind 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahaha, glad I could 😛
Allison
This looks SO fantatsic! I think I’ll need to make this for myself, soon. 😉 Thanks for the inspiration!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! It’s one of my favorites!
Ashley
This looks amazing and your photos are beautiful!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so much Ashley!
Raia
Sounds delicious, Rebecca! I love good Thai food. 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you! Always delish!
Stephanie
How delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Wheelie Good Meals
I love the idea of Cauliflowered Rice and Tuna is my one of my favourite fish, this is a cracking recipe #TastyTuesdays
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Hayley @ Snap Happy Bakes
Looks delicious, I don’t often eat thai food, so it would be a nice change to try your recipe #recipeoftheweek
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally! It’s a fun easy way to get in some new flavors!
Kathy
It looks like we both had red curry on our minds. Good thing is you can never get too much red curry. Thank you for sharing.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Never! So good, right?
Jennifer @ A Hungry Runner
YUM! I <3 Thai Red Curry! Don't think I've tried the green curry, though. Is one spicier than the other?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Red is spicier…at least it is to me! But both aren’t like crazy spicy either. It’s a nice spicy!
Heather@hungryforbalance
Yum! I love how bright and colorful this is!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, me too 😉 Thanks Heather!
Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog
I have not attempted cauliflower rice yet but this looks like the perfect healthy and delicious meal 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
O you must!!! It’s the easiest thing and you’ll be kicking yourself for not making it sooner!
Chantal
This looks sooo good, I love the idea of riced cauliflower!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Alison
This looks gorgeous, will have to give it a try, Cauliflower rice has been on my must try list for a while as well
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You will love cauli-rice! The perfect addition to lighten up any meal!
Ashley Tukiainen
Wow! This looks so healthy and delicious! Pinning for later 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Natalie @ Obsessive Cooking Disorder
I love thai cuisine, and red curry is def my favorite type of curry!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It sure is a winner 😉
HonestMum
Wow this looks delicious.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton
I am gluten free so this got my attention right away, I am pinning this to try. I love Ahi or Sashimi Tuna but never have tried to use canned for a recipe such as this, looking forward to trying it. Thanks.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Gotta fancy up the canned tuna 😉 Haha! Thanks dear!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits
Tuna, red curry and all those veggies, your dish is making my mouth water, looks so delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!!
Marla
Hi Rebecca,
This sounds absolutely delicious, filled with so much nutrition, with all the healthy veggies in the ingredients. I love all the color which makes my mouth water!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! Thank you!
karen
this looks really good and would be perfect for a night out with my best friend. Thanks for sharing. Stopping by from #SaturdaySharefest #SITSBlogging
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally! A girls night!
cynthia
Oooo this looks so colourful and delicious! I can’t wait to try it out! I’ve always wanted to make curry but it looks so intimidating but you make it sound so easy! Happy FF and thanks for sharing 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is easy! At least this one is! You’ll love it dear!
Cassandra @ Powered By BLING
I love red curries. Thanks for a healthy lunch inspiration for next week.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you! I hope you can make it!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors
Yes just feed me all of this an I will be a happy camper. I love how easy this is (using jarred curry and prepackaged tuna) but the flavors make this anything but usual! What a fantastic dish!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is! Deceivingly “complicated”, but not! Wow your eyes and your taste buds at the same time 😉 Hahahahah!
Miz Helen
Your Tuna Thai Red Curry looks amazing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
The Vegan 8
I don’t eat tuna anymore, but I absolutely love every other ingredient. It looks incredible and so flavorful! I typically have only seen it with tofu, looks amazing and bright and colorful!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ah yes! You can make a thai curry with just about anything! Perfect without any fish too 😉
Christine
Tuna is one of my absolute favorites. It’s so versatile and packs a protein punch (which I often need.) Never thought to put it in a curry, tho. Can’t wait to try. Popped over from #FiestaFriday.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally! It’s such a light fish too! Goes well with any flavor!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table
What a cool idea for a curry! I love anything with coconut, basil, and cilantro too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
All good flavors!
Vicki Montague - The Free From Fairy
Wow that looks lovely! Great idea to cook the cauliflower in coconut milk…I never would have thought of that but I bet it makes it especially tasty. This is a perfect dish for me since I am on the GAPS diet…although I have so far been trying to avoid spices in case they irritate my tummy.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Cauliflower is a blank slat for so many flavors!
Natalie
I love thai curry, but would never have thought of using canned tuna in it. I love how simple and delicious this sounds 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Right!? Amp up the tuna, amp up the curry!
Amanda
This looks simple and delicious! My favorite recipe combination 😉
Pinning for later!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, thank you!
Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine
Love the idea of using tuna in a curry!
I am like you– always feel like I should make my own. I’ve made really amazing green curry paste in the past, but honestly, its too much work, and it really only tastes super amazing the first day– after it’s been frozen, it’s just not the same. So, after our last trip to Thailand, my husband asked me to make his favorite– yellow curry. I bought the most expensive (hoping for the best) yellow curry paste, and boom, Thai yellow curry on the table in 25 minutes. Much better than the hours I would have spend gathering the ingredients, which I CAN buy being only a few hundred miles from Thailand, but I always end up forgetting something important– so many ingredients!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yea, sometimes buying is just easier and better worth our time! Either way…as long as I can get my curry some way…. 😉
Thalia @ butter and brioche
Dishes like this are perfect for my weeknight meals! I have to try this recipe out.. sounds like an incredibly flavoursome red curry rendition.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you! I’m sure you will love this!!
Life Loving
This looks super yummy and nice and healthy too. Your photography is great. Makes me want to dive in to the dish.
Sally @ Life Loving
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so so so much 🙂
Life Loving
Can you tell I was waiting for my dinner to cook whilst I was reading your recipe? Ha ha!
Amy M
Yum! I love Thai curries, but I’ve not tried making one with tuna. I actually do have a recipe for red curry sauce from scratch in an old cookbook of mine(Terrific Pacific) and it is very tasty. However, using the jarred red curry sauce is also very good and it takes about half the time.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Just put a scoop in and the flavor explodes in the dish! So easy!
Ed
Looks nice man.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Healing Tomato
What a wonderful use of nutritious veggies. I like the broccoli especially. Must try this recipe.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Broccoli is always good 😉 Thanks dear!
annabelt
This looks nice! Good luck with the recipe competition 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks! (Not really a competition!)
Diatta @ Femme Fitale Fit Club
Red Thai Curry is one of my absolute favorites. This dish looks awesome.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think it’s one of my favorites now too! Thanks Diatta!
genevieve @ gratitude & greens
I LOVE Thai food! There’s nothing not to love about it. I love the heat and all the flavours. I don’t eat tuna, but Thai curries are definitely some of my favourite comfort foods.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I need more Thai food in my life now! I love the heat in this curry too, but it’s not too much, just right!
LizZ DH
SOLD!!
This sounds SOO delicious. I am currently going dairy free, so everything with coconut milk sounds phenomenal to me, and I have been obsessed with curries for forever! Thank you so much for this great recipe I will be sure to try very soon!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope you make it!!! You’ll totally love it and everything with coconut milk is a winner, right? 😉
Georgie
Yum. I love tuna but I’m always looking for new ways to use it. This looks excellent
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Me too! It really is versatile when you think about it! Thanks dear!
sue
All my favourite ingredients in one recipe and healthy too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Of course!
Paige @ Your Trainer Paige
Thai food is probably my absolute favorite take out, but I love making it at home, too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I’ve never had take-out, but making it myself is super fun!
Lauren @ Wicked Spatula
Love, love, love curry! This looks perfect!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! Thanks Lauren!
Gwen @simplyhealthyfamily
I adore all Asian cuisine. What a creative dish!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Same here! Thank you!
Linda @ Veganosity
Yes for anything curry, green or red, I don’t care, I love it all. Love all of the veggies in this recipe.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I can’t believe it took me so long to try out curry pastes! They’re amazing!
Celeste
Love the taste of Thai foods!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Beautiful flavors!
Felicia@Ingredient1
We couldn’t agree more — there are too many ingredients out there! We love finding new products with only a few of the best, natural, and organic ingredients and using them to make great recipes like this one.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yea! Thanks!
GiGi Eats
Can I just tell you that I have a serious OBSESSION with Bumble Bee Tuna… Specifically their Sun-Dried Tomato packed in Olive oil and their Jalapeño packed in Olive Oil! SO dang good, I MELT FOR IT!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
That’s awesome.
Harriet Emily
This looks amazing Rebecca, so refreshing and flavoursome – yay for both of us sharing thai red curries today!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thai Wednesday is going to be a thing now 😉
Farrah
I love and adore Thai food–especially curry! <3 This recipe looks amazing! :D!
Salmon is my favorite fish ever! *-*
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes!!! All the Thai curries! Thank you Farrah!
Salmon….oooo so perfect <3
Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets)
This looks delicious Rebecca. Any tips to get my kids to give this new food a try?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Which part is new? Haha! Just give it to them…with chop sticks!
Alisa @ Go Dairy Free
This looks like my kind of lunch! Love all of the veggies and tuna is such an easy go to.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I know!! Essential to have on hand!
jules
You had me at Thai! Anything Thai, I love it! Thanks for sharing an easy dinner idea … with curry! 🙂
~jules
gfJules.com
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thai rocks! I can’t wait to delve deeper into the cuisine!
Sheena @ Tea and Biscuits
I love Thai Curry! A perfect combination of flavors and coconut milk is good in just about everything!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Coconut milk is awesome! Haha! Thank you Sheena!
Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com
DANG I need this red curry – can I have some please Rebecca?
I will invent an Internet delivery system where you can transfer food molecules in digitized format.
THEN I WILL HAVE MY CURRY!
Just give me 10 years to figure it out. Make than a 100 years.
That is how hard I will work for to get to try this recipe.
Or… wait, I could just try making it at hope. 😀
Thanks for this amazing recipe! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahahaha 😉 You’re comment made my day! Thanks dear! CURRY ON!
Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com
CURRY ON! I like that! And why are there so many typos in my original comment?! Must be the over-excitement and shaking hands. That is how curry deficient I am. And in case you think I’m full of BS, I actually really do love curry. 😀 Grew up in Asia so there’s tons and tons of different kinds of curries around. I used to like green curry (also great) but red curry just kicks total a$$ because it’s far more intense. Having red curry is ALMOST as exciting as the impending zombie apocalypse.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahahahaha! I love curries! I am really digging the Thai red (and green) curries right now, but Indian curry will always have my heart too!
Kennedy Cole|KCole's Creative Corner
My favorite seafood is salmon, obviously. 😉 I make an effort to eat it weekly for its health benefits. This recipe certainly does look flavor packed! I really need to try curry sometime. Because, let’s face it, canned tuna is a gift! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think we should make this curry with canned salmon 😉
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen
I had actually thought about making a curry…you never see tuna in them, do you? But….why not? I’m glad to have this recipe. I may have to make this soon. 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I hope you do make it! I always see fish curries, but idk, I guess never with a can of tuna! So gotta be innovative and spice up that sad can!
Evolve with Mary
I’m a big fan of curry but I’ve never had or cooked tuna curry, I actually never though about combining canned tuna with anything. Great idea!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha! Canned tuna is perfect for anything! It’s all about what you flavor it with that makes canned tuna so good!
Angela
I’ve been on a Thai kick lately too! Totally agree though, making a curry paste/seasoning mix can be a hassle so I buy the premade versions as well! I toss it all in the slowcooker and let it go all day! I like mixing it with Tuna though!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I’ve been putting the paste in just about everything! Haha!
Tara | Treble in the Kitchen
Great minds think alike!!! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thai is just amazing 😉
Liz
This looks incredible! I love tuna and curry in my dishes but I haven’t paired them together yet.. I think this might be the recipe that I try to do it with!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think any fish would be a good curry protein addition! I hope you do give it a try! Thanks dear! XOXO
Julie
Aren’t you vegan? I must have missed something.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Nope I’m not! Never said I was vegan! I include chicken and fish in my diet! Happy and healthy!
Rachel @ Athletic Avocado
I have never tried curry ever! I really have to soon!!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
No curry!? Not even an Indian curry?! No way! You must make some! One of my favorite things!
Lauren
Loving Thai food recently! Love all the ingredients and flavors 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It’s such a lovely cuisine! I need to make more Thai dishes!
Michele @ paleorunningmomma
I’ve really enjoyed Thai food in the past but have always been intimidated to try to make it myself! I love tuna and I’m sure I would love this 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Girl, make this! So not intimidating! You WILL love this 😉 XOXO
Bri
LOVE red Thai curry! Really want to try making this 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I am a huge new fan now! So easy!!
Kacey @ The Cookie Writer
Since I went vegetarian many years ago, tuna is probably one of my most missed “meats.” This looks and sounds delicious! Thankfully I can still make it for my husband and daughter!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I just love always having that easy “canned” option in the pantry when I don’t feel like cooking! And you can totally leave it out too and just have an all veggie curry!
dixya | food, pleasure, and health
i have made red and green curry with tofu but never with tuna. great concept.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit
Take out the tuna and I’m there! Love curry, but never go through the trouble to make it at home…I’m lazy with savory foods 😀 haha
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally can take it out my vegan-fruity friend 😉
This is SOOOO easy! Make it!! I will make you a savory/spicy lover one day! I’m determined!
Hannah @CleanEatingVeggieGirl
Yum!! Curries are so good. I LOVE that you added tuna. That works perfectly!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! Curry is always good! I love how easy it was to add some tuna! Canned goodness 😉
Emily @ My Healthyish Life
Salmon is my favorite fish but I love tuna as well. My mom cooks with coconut milk a lot and I love the flavor it adds.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Salmon may always be the king of fish 😉 Nothing beats that buttery flavor!
I love using these coconut milks! The culinary types are so great for grains, curry, what ever!
Susie @ SuzLyfe
Gorgeous indeed, and I love tuna, and I love green curry with tuna, I need to try it with red curry! I’m like you, I would have to make my own, so thank you for this!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks dear! I’m obsessed with both curry pastes now!
Krysten
This is such a good idea. I don’t know why I never think to add canned tuna to stirfrys like this!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Canned fish is always such an awesome option to know I have on hand! So easy and quick!