Thai Curry Puff Recipe (2024)

🌟 Why this recipe works

Thai curry puff pastry is popular for so many delicious reasons.

• Easy: Thanks to store-bought puff pastry and frozen mixed veggies, these curry puffs are easy to make at home. I've included step-by-step photo instructions below.
• Simple ingredients: You can find all of the ingredients you need to make this recipe at your local grocery store.
• Delicious: I just love the smell of curry cooking in the kitchen! And the taste is even better. Curry powder and chili powder are two spices I highly recommend always keeping on hand to add delicious layers of flavor to your food!
• Reheats well: These curry puffs reheat beautifully in the air fryer or oven after being refrigerated.

🛒 Ingredient notes

These are the ingredients you need to make this easy curry puff recipe. Full measurements are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this post. Here are some quick notes about key ingredients.

Ground chicken - This light and quick-cooking protein is perfect for this popular snack. You can also use ground pork, ground beef, ground shrimp, or use tempeh or tofu for vegetarian curry puffs.

Puff pastry - This easy recipe calls for store-bought puff pastry. They usually come in a package of two puff pastry sheets and you will use both for this recipe.

Vegetables - Another shortcut is to use frozen mixed veggies, such as a package of diced carrots, green beans, and peas. Then I love adding the finely diced potatoes for additional texture and finely diced onion for flavor.

Spices and seasonings - Curry powder combined with a bit of chili powder, garlic, and fresh basil create a delicious curry filling.

✅ Step-by-step instructions

Start by preheating your oven to 400°F and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper.

1. In a large frying pan, saucepan or skillet, cook the ground chicken in olive oil (or vegetable oil) over medium heat to medium-high heat.
2. Add the veggies and spices.
3. Cook, continually stirring, to coat all of the meat and veggies in that delicious seasoning. Once the chicken is fully cooked, remove from the curry puff fillings from the heat and let it cool down a bit.

4. Meanwhile, prep the puff pastry sheet and use a rolling pin to flatten the sheet as needed. Use a bench scraper or knife to cut each puff pastry sheet into 9 equal squares. You will have 18 squares total.

5. Place a little water in a small bowl and with your fingers, add a bit of water around the edges of a pastry sheet square.

6. Spoon a tablespoon of filling into the center of the puff pastry sheet square.

7. Fold one bottom corner up diagonally to meet the opposite top corner to create a triangle.

8. Use the tines of a fork to seal the edges. At this point you can either leave the puffs as triangles or you can bring together both corners of the folded over edge to create a teardrop shaped puff (see the second #8 photo above).

9. Create a quick egg wash (1 egg + a teaspoon of water) in a small bowl and brush onto the outside of each uncooked curry puffs.

10. Place on the prepared baking sheet and bake at 400°F for 20-22 minutes.

👩🏻‍🍳 Recipe FAQs

🍷 🥂 Wine pairings

Pair these Thai appetizers with a white wine, such as a Gewurztraminer, Albariño, or a dry Riesling.

Ready to make this curry puff recipe? Here are the kitchen tools and equipment you'll need:

• Saucepan: you'll need a large saucepan or skillet to cook the curry puff filling.
• Wooden spoon: I use a wooden spoon to cook the filling, but you can also use a heatproof silicone spatula.
• Baking sheet: You'll need to line a baking sheet with parchment paper to bake these puffs in the oven.

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