Thai green curry with shrimp and veggies is incredibly easy to make at home. One skillet, 20 minutes, and you'll have amazing healthy comfort food to rival your favorite Thai takeout!
Ingredients
1tablespooncoconut or vegetable oil
1small yellow or white onionthinly sliced
3garlic clovesminced
2teaspoonsfresh grated gingersee note
1(4 ounce) jar Thai green curry pastesee note
1(14 ounce)can full-fat coconut milk
2tablespoonsfish sauce
1tablespoonbrown sugar
1poundlarge shrimppeeled and deveined
1bell pepperany color, thinly sliced
1/4cupshredded or thinly-sliced carrots
small handful Thai basil or cilantro
juice of 1 lime
rice and lime wedgesfor serving
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Instructions
Warm oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic, ginger, and curry paste. Cook another 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in coconut milk, fish sauce, and brown sugar, and bring the mixture to a gentle simmer.
If serving with rice or noodles, let the sauce continue to simmer at this stage until those are nearly finished.
When almost ready to serve, add shrimp, peppers, and carrots to the skillet. Cook 3-4 minutes, just until the shrimp are pink and opaque. Stir in Thai basil or cilantro and lime juice. Remove from the heat.
Serve heaping spoonfuls of the curry over rice, noodles, or other sides as desired, with extra lime wedges and basil or cilantro for garnish.
Notes
About the ginger. I usually use frozen cubes of crushed ginger. They are so darn convenient! I buy Dorot brand, and use 2 cubes for this recipe, which is equivalent to about 2 teaspoons of the fresh grated stuff. Look for the cubes in the freezer section near other frozen veggies.
About the curry paste. I primarily use Thai Kitchen brand, simply because it’s so widely available. Other brands are said to pack more of a punch, so if you’re using something else, you may want to use less than the whole jar until you try it and find the right heat level for you.
Start rice first. If serving the curry with rice, start it first so that everything will be done at about the same time—the curry comes together more quickly than you might expect.
Let it simmer. If you have extra time while waiting for the rice, use it to let the sauce simmer before adding the shrimp and vegetables. Letting the shrimp and vegetables cook too long will make them rubbery and mushy, respectively, but letting the sauce simmer before this stage will only deepen and intensify the flavors.