Thai Shrimp Curry

I’m having a mild freak attack. I am. I’m not sure what’s actually happening. If it’s reality, a dream, if I’m looking at someone else’s life, or if this is really mine. I need someone to pinch me, slap me across the face, pour a bucket of ice cold water to snap me out of this.

…..It’s raining outside.

If you know me at all, you know that I’m utterly and completely obsessed with rain. I absolutely love it. It could rain for 2 weeks straight and the giddiness in my heart would hire a band, rent a strobe light and get in trouble for dirty dancing.

When it rains like this, things happen to me. My voice involuntarily jumps 2 octaves, I jump around like a 4-year old, and I crave the ultimate in comfort, rich, creamy, soul-innards-massaging food.

I crave curry, baby.

So that’s what I did. I skipped around in my kitchen. I drank red wine. I merrily listened to the thunder roll and watched the rain soak our city, and I let the curry do the rest.

 Thai Shrimp Curry:

What it took for 2:

* 2 cups cooked jasmine or basmati rice
* 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
* 1 (14.5 oz) can coconut milk
* 3 Tbs. red Thai curry paste
* 1 Tbs. brown sugar
* 1/2 red bell pepper, finely sliced
* 1/2 bunch asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
* 1 lime
* 1/4 cup fresh basil, torn

In a medium skillet, bring 1/4 cup coconut milk to a boil. Add the curry paste, whisk together and bloom for 30 seconds. Add the rest of the coconut milk and bring to a boil. Add the brown sugar and stir to combine.

Add the red bell pepper and asparagus to the skillet and cook until crisp tender, 6 minutes. Spritz in some lime juice, uh huh.

Add the shrimp and cook until opaque, 3 minutes.

Serve curry over rice and top with torn basil and more spritzed lime!

 

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15 Responses to Thai Shrimp Curry

  1. Tracey August 8, 2011 at 7:56 pm #
    Now I have a new idea for that pound of shrimp in my freezer! Yah!! Love your story above and I love it when it rains too! There is a song by Chris Young called "Rainy Night In Georgia" you might like. Check it out on itunes. :)
  2. carlyklock August 8, 2011 at 8:26 pm #
    yum yum! surprise - we actually wound up having a dinner party with our neighbors last night. you have got to try tomatoes in your thai curry - amazing. our recipes are very similar - you could just add chopped, seeded tomatoes to this version. promise you'll like it. :)
  3. carlyklock August 8, 2011 at 8:27 pm #
    yum yum! surprise – we actually wound up having a dinner party with our neighbors last night. you have got to try tomatoes in your thai curry – amazing. our recipes are very similar – you could just add chopped, seeded tomatoes to this version. promise you’ll like it. :)
    • Bev Weidner August 8, 2011 at 8:30 pm #
      Oh I usually do add tomatoes! I just forgot last night. The thunder sent my memory to another place. A beautiful, perfect place. Next time!
  4. Deliciously Organic August 8, 2011 at 10:18 pm #
    I'm totally with you. I love the rain! Unfortunately the Air Force has sent us to live in the desert for a while so I'm going through withdrawals. :) This curry looks fabulous and so easy!
    • Bev Weidner August 8, 2011 at 10:44 pm #
      Thank you Carrie! I can't imagine living so far away from rain. Do you cry often? :)
  5. Cassie (Bake Your Day) August 9, 2011 at 1:22 am #
    This looks amazing. I like to enjoy curry, just have never made it. The brown sugar addition sounds awesome!
  6. Aggie August 9, 2011 at 8:18 pm #
    I always have shrimp in the freezer. This looks so warm and just delicious. I don't make curry often enough.
  7. Wenderly August 10, 2011 at 2:09 pm #
    YUMMY does THAT look fantabulous!
  8. Jennifer @ Mother Thyme August 10, 2011 at 3:28 pm #
    Seriously my mouth is watering looking at this! DELISH! You have AMAZING recipes!!! Love it!
  9. Jenna August 10, 2011 at 3:52 pm #
    I love the rain, but I'm also soaking up this sunny day in the mid 70s (as my husband would say, 'perfect Cedar Point weather'--Cedar Point is an amusement park he's obsessed with). Whether rain or shine, that curry looks like the ticket to mealtime bliss. Mmmm!
  10. Bernadette August 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm #
    I tried this recipe, and I LOVED it! It's super easy, too! I think next time I make it I'll put a little bit more curry. I like things hot. :) Thanks, Beverly!
  11. Christina September 12, 2011 at 11:06 am #
    I LOVE this recipe SO much!! Amazing!! Isn't coconut milk and red curry paste a wonderful marriage?! I didn't have asparagus on hand so I used a red and green pepper and some cauliflower. Delish! Would be great with scallops too :D

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