Creamy Coconut Shrimp

If you have a can of coconut milk in your pantry, this creamy coconut shrimp is a quick and easy dinner full of Thai flavors.

With the addition of a few simple and healthy ingredients like red curry paste and some lime juice you can have this meal ready in 20 minutes.

You can serve the creamy coconut shrimp over cauliflower rice to make it low carb/ whole30 or over any kind of rice.
 

Over the Spoon for:

• One pan creamy coconut shrimp
• Ready in 30 minutes
• Low carb and high protein

What do you need:

• 1 lb. uncooked shrimp:  peeled, deveined, and tail off.  If you purchase frozen- be sure to thaw!
• ¼ cup diced white onion : I always buy frozen diced onion, it makes like so much easier.
• 1 T minced garlic
• 1 can full fat coconut milk: You can use reduced fat milk it just wont be as creamy
• 1 can diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 lime
• 1 T red curry paste
• Optional: shredded coconut

Substitutions: You could also make this with scallops or precooked shredded chicken instead of shrimp.

Dominant flavors: If you don’t like as much lime flavor, I recommend to leave out the lime zest.

How to make:

1. In a greased pan over medium heat, cook onion and garlic for about 4 minutes or until onion is translucent.
2. Stir in curry paste, drained diced tomatoes, lime juice plus zest, and coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
3. Add thawed shrimp and cook for 5 minutes.

4. Serve over cauliflower rice or rice, option to top with cilantro or shredded coconut flakes.

Tips:

• You don’t want to overcook your shrimp, I highly recommend using raw shrimp instead of cooked shrimp because it can easily overcook and not absorb the creamy coconut flavors.
• All you need is 5 minutes in the simmering sauce for creamy coconut shrimp!
• If you want to make this easy dinner after work, place frozen shrimp in the fridge in the morning to allow them to thaw. Then rinse in a colander before adding to the creamy coconut sauce.

 Storing:

Store the coconut shrimp in the refrigerator in a sealed Tupperware container.
Reheat in the microwave for about 1 minute.  

If you like this recipe you should try some of my other favorite shrimp recipes like Easy Shrimp Spaghetti Squash Recipe or Healthy Shrimp Rice Bowl.

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