Thai Shrimp

10 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 kaffir lime leaf, finely minced or ground (about 1/4 teaspoon), see headnote
  • 1/2 cup canned coconut cream or coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon Thai green curry paste
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 red Thai chile, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon nam pla (Thai fish sauce)
  • 3 large sprigs Thai basil (about 20 leaves), bruised with the back of a knife to release some of the oils
  • 4 ounces fresh or frozen and thawed Gulf shrimp (2630 count), peeled and deveined
  • 8 (5 1/2-inch) soft white corn tortillas (page 13), for serving
  • Garnish: Thai Slaw (page 144) and whole leaves of Thai basil

Directions

  1. 1
    In a bowl, combine the kaffir lime, coconut cream, curry paste, sugar, chile, nam pla, and basil.
  2. 2
    In a large, heavy skillet, add the sauce mixture and the shrimp and bring to a boil slowly over medium heat.
  3. 3
    Decrease the heat to low and simmer the shrimp until just pink, about 2 1/2 minutes per side.
  4. 4
    Transfer the sauce and shrimp to a container and let the shrimp cool in the sauce in the refrigeratorabout 1 hour.
  5. 5
    You can prepare the shrimp and sauce up to 1 day ahead, stored airtight in the refrigerator.
  6. 6
    To serve, lay the tortillas side by side, open face and overlapping on a platter.
  7. 7
    Spoon some Thai slaw on each tortilla and top each with 4 shrimp with some coconut sauce.
  8. 8
    Top with salsa and basil, grab, fold, and eat right away.
  9. 9
    Or build your own taco: lay a tortilla, open face, in one hand.
  10. 10
    Spoon on some slaw, then shrimp and sauce, salsa, and basil, and eat right away.

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