Thai Shrimp Curry
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 lb shrimp, medium-sized, peeled, deveined, tails removed
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons prepared Thai red curry paste
- 1 stalk lemongrass, only the white part, sliced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 ears baby corn, about 1/2 a can
- 4 scallions, white and green parts, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup canned water chestnut, sliced, drained
- 1⁄2 cup canned straw mushroom, drained
- 1⁄4 cup fresh basil leaf, torn
- 2 tablespoons mint leaves, torn
- 1 lime, juice of
directions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and stir fry just until pink and curled but not cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer the shrimp to a plate and set aside.
- Skim the thick cream from the surface of the coconut milk and add it to the skillet along with the curry paste. Cook, stirring until smooth and fragrant and a bit shiny, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the remaining coconut milk, lemongrass, fish sauce, brown sugar, and salt and simmer for 3 minutes, uncovered.
- Return the shrimp to the pan along with the baby corn, scallions, water chestnuts, and straw mushrooms.
- Simmer until the shrimp finish cooking, about 3 minutes more. Pull the pan off the heat and stir in the basil, mint and the lime juice.
- Serve with Jasmine rice sprinkled with some scallion, if desired.
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