How to Cook Thai Green Curry with Shrimps

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Ingredients


  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped green onion
  • 1 garlic clove (minced)
  • 1 shallot (finely sliced)
  • 1 fresh hot red chilli, finely sliced
  • 1/4 cup minced lemongrass / fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon green curry paste
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves (torn into half)
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • 10oz medium shrimps (peeled and deveined)
  • parsley leaves (for garnish)
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add green onion, garlic, shallot, chilli, lemongrass and saute them untill fragrant for about 1 minute. 

  3. Reduce heat to medium. Add the green curry paste and stir-fry and stirring to break it up for about a minute. 

  4. Add coconut milk, chicken stock, fish sauce, lime leaves, black pepper and brown sugar. Bring it to a gentle boil. 

  5. Reduce heat to medium-low and bring it to a simmer. Add shrimps and simmer untill cooked through, about 3 minutes. 


  6. Dish out and serve with jasmine rice. Garnish it with parsley leaves on the side. 




 

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