Thai Coconut Shrimp Curry

Thai Coconut Shrimp Curry

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp. coconut oil
  • 1 large shallot or small onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
  • 1 tbsp. fresh ginger, grated
  • 3 – 4 tbsp. red curry paste, to taste
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 15-ounce can coconut milk
  • 1 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp. coconut sugar
  • ½ tsp. dried basil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1-pound jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 8 ounces mushrooms, very thinly sliced
  • 4 cups baby spinach, roughly chopped
  • 1 lime, cut in half, one half sliced into wedges
  • Cooked rice, for serving
  • Cilantro, chopped, for serving

Instructions
 

  • In a large soup pot, over medium heat, melt the oil.
  • Add shallot or onion; saute until softened; 3 – 4 minutes.
  • Add garlic and ginger; sauté until extremely fragrant; 1 – 2 minutes.
  • Add red curry paste; be careful, as it may spit a bit; sauté for 1 more minute.
  • Slowly pour in chicken broth while scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pot; add coconut milk, soy sauce, fish sauce, coconut sugar, dried basil and salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Turn heat up to high and bring the soup to a bubble; turn heat down to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes; stirring occasionally.
  • Turn heat back up to high and bring soup to a rolling boil; add shrimp, mushrooms and spinach.
  • Turn heat to medium low and simmer until shrimp are fully cooked through; 4 – 5 minutes; then squeeze in the juice of 1/2 lime; stir.
  • Serve soup with cooked rice, lime wedges and chopped fresh cilantro.
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