Easy Thai Red Curry Shrimp
Creamy, silky and incredibly tasty Thai Red Curry Shrimp will be your new go-to dish. It takes just 15 minutes to put together and tastes even better than takeout!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 small onion (cut into rings)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 10 large shrimp (peeled, deveined, tail-on)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 - 3 kaffir lime leaves (cut into thin strips)
- 1 fresh red chili (cut into thin strips)
Instructions
- 1
Heat up cooking oil in a wok or large pan.
- 2
Saute onion and garlic over medium heat.
- 3
As soon as the onion starts to turn translucent, add red curry paste. Saute the paste for a few seconds.
- 4
Add coconut milk and stir well. Allow the curry to simmer but stir occasionally to keep it from burning. It will start to thicken up quickly.
- 5
As soon as the ingredients are well combined, add the shrimp.
- 6
Keep stirring and allow the shrimp to cook in the curry sauce. Allow it to boil gently. The shrimp will start to curl up as they cook.
- 7
When all of the shrimp are cooked, add sugar, fish sauce and half of the kaffir lime leaves.
- 8
Give it a good stir, then transfer to a serving bowl.
- 9
Garnish with the rest of the lime leaf strips and red chili strips.
- 10
Serve with steamed rice or with your favorite pasta.
- 11
Enjoy!