If you’re looking for something new to make for dinner that isn’t your usual, ho-hum chicken dish, try this Coconut Curry Stir Fried Shrimp recipe. It’s easy to make, and it will not take you any longer than 30 minutes to prepare. Don’t be wary of the curry and the spice. Add as much red curry paste (that’s what gives it the spice) as you’d like. I only add 1 teaspoon since we tend to like eating things a little more mild in my house. There is no actual coconut in the recipe- only coconut milk. The flavor combo is so good!
How to make Coconut Curry Stir Fried Shrimp:
First you’ll mix together the sauce for the stir fry. The sauce is made of coconut milk, fish sauce, red curry paste, brown sugar and cornstarch. Then you can set the sauce aside while you begin to prepare the stir fry. Shrimp is tossed with a little bit of soy sauce and then fried in a skillet with some oil. The shrimp is removed from the pan, and then you’ll stir fry bell pepper, snow peas, bean sprouts, garlic and ginger. The shrimp is added back into the pan along with the sauce. Then you’ll give it a couple of minutes on heat to thicken the sauce and your Coconut Curry Stir Fried Shrimp will be ready to serve.
About the ingredients:
You’ll need to buy three things for this recipe that you likely don’t already have in your pantry. Look for coconut milk, fish sauce and red curry paste in your market’s Asian section. There are no substitutes for these ingredients since they are what make up the flavor of this stir fry. Then you can look for more recipes to make with the fish sauce. My Satay Chicken with Spicy Peanut Sauce is a great recipe to make using the red curry paste too.
How to serve Coconut Curry Stir Fried Shrimp:
You can certainly eat this on its own and not served “over” anything. I recommend steaming white rice, or if you want to get more fancy you can make my Coconut Ginger Rice (which I love!) If you’re trying to eat lighter or lower carb, try serving this stir fried shrimp over Cauliflower Rice instead.
If you are following the Weight Watchers program, points are included at the top of this post. This is a nice, light dinner with a ton of flavor. Enjoy!
Here are a few more recipes using shrimp that you might like to try:
Creamy Gruyere and Shrimp Pasta Pad Thai Shrimp Shrimp Po Boy Rotini with Shrimp Shrimp Alfredo Honey Walnut Shrimp Party Shrimp Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme
