Thai Green Curry Shrimp
This easy delicious dish is loaded with flavour. Plump shrimp are simmered in a rich and fragrant coconut sauce infused with lemongrass, ginger, hot green chilies and fresh herbs.
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Ingredients
1lb
deveined, tail off Shrimp
1/4 cup
cilantro
2cups
thai basil
1
thai green chili
2
finely chopped shallots
2tbsp
finely chopped lemongrass
1 tbsp
finely chopped galangal
1tsp
finely chopped garlic
1 litre
coconut milk
1/2cup
kaffir lime leaves
1tbsp
fish sauce
1tbsp
grapeseed oil
pinch
salt
bean sprouts, garnish
Instructions
1)In a pot on low-medium heat add 1 tbsp grapeseed oil.
2)Add lemongrass, galangal, shallot and garlic.
3)Season with salt and pepper and sweat for 10 minutes, add kaffir lime leaves for a few minutes and stir.
4)Remove kaffir lime leaves and deglaze with 2 cups coconut milk, liquify with a hand blender or blender and return to a clean pot on medium heat, reduce for 5-7 minutes.
5)Next add the vegetables.
6)Add 1 cup coconut milk and all herbs to the blender and liquify, set aside.
7)Add shrimp to the pot and cook or 2-3 minutes before folding in the shrimp with the fish sauce and kaffir lime leaves.
8)Lastly fold in the green mixture and serve curry over rice.