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Coconut Shrimp Curry




Source of Recipe


The South Beach Diet™ Newsletter


List of Ingredients




1 cup unsweetened light coconut milk, divided
1 teaspoon red Thai curry paste
1/2 large red pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons Splenda or sugar substitute
1 teaspoon fish sauce
10 - 12 oz extra-large shrimp
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Sliced fresh basil leaves and fresh lime wedges for garnish

Recipe



In medium saucepan over medium heat, bring 1/4 cup of the coconut milk and the curry paste to simmer. Add peppers and onions; cook 4 minutes, stirring often. Stir in remaining 3/4 cup coconut milk, Splenda, and fish sauce. Bring to a simmer; let cook 1 minute.

Add shrimp; cook 3 minutes, until shrimp is cooked through, stirring once to flip shrimp. Remove from heat; stir in limejuice. Serve over rice, garnished with basil and additional lime.

When making a curry, toast or warm the curry paste in liquid first, before adding other ingredients, to bring out the fragrant, complicated flavors. Opt for red curry paste as opposed to green, which is much spicier, and make sure you use unsweetened coconut milk, not the thick sweetened kind. We like to serve this over brown rice — the curry cooks so quickly, it will be done before the rice is finished cooking.

Tip: Since there's no oil in the pot, you must keep stirring the peppers and onions as they cook.