Thai Shrimp Curry Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
25 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
450 kcal
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Course
Main Course
Thai Shrimp Curry Recipe
Description
Thai Shrimp Curry Recipe starts with shrimp seasoned with fish sauce, salt, and pepper to enhance their natural taste. The curry sauce is built by gently heating coconut milk until the coconut oil separates, allowing the yellow curry paste to cook and infuse the sauce. Diced tomatoes, additional fish sauce, and palm sugar add tangy, savory, and sweet elements, simmering to deepen the flavor.
The shrimp finish cooking in the curry just until opaque, maintaining tenderness. The resulting dish offers a rich and creamy texture with mild heat from the curry paste, balanced by the sweetness of palm sugar and the acidity of tomatoes.
Best served hot over steamed white rice, this curry is a complete meal that balances protein with a fragrant sauce. The recipe notes calories excluding serving rice or noodles. Adjust fish sauce and palm sugar to taste for preferred saltiness or sweetness.
Ingredients
FOR THE SHRIMP
- 1.5 pounds Shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
FOR THE CURRY
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 5 tablespoons yellow curry paste see my yellow curry paste recipe
- 2 cups diced tomatoes or use a 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce + more to finish
- 1 tablespoon palm sugar + more to taste
FOR SERVING: Fresh chopped cilantro or parsley, spicy chili flakes, cooked jasmine rice
Instructions
- Toss the shrimp with the fish sauce and a bit of salt and pepper. Set aside to marinate for 10 minutes, covered. Start the curry while the shrimp is marinating.
- For the curry, heat the coconut milk in a large pan over medium heat about 10 minutes. The coconut oil should start to separate from the white creamy portion. (If this does not occur, simply proceed with the recipe).
- Add the curry paste and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 3-4 minutes, stirring, to cook the paste and thicken up the sauce.
- Add the diced tomatoes, fish sauce and palm sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes to let the flavors develop.
- Add the shrimp and accumulated marinade and cook 2-3 minutes, or until the shrimp is cooked through.
- Taste and adjust with fish sauce and palm sugar to your tastes.
- Serve over white rice and garnish with chopped herbs and chili flakes, if desired.
Notes
- Calories are calculated without the serving rice or noodles; include those separately when planning meals.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 450 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 450kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 39g | 78% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 22g | 110% |
| Cholesterol | 429mg | 143% |
| Sodium | 2415mg | 101% |
| Potassium | 649mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 3094IU | 62% |
| Vitamin C | 21mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 334mg | 33% |
| Iron | 9mg | 50% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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