Every coconut curry on this page was chosen by The Pioneer Woman team. The site may earn a commission on some products. One of my favorite curry dishes.
Takes almost no time to make! This ingredient shopping module is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content on their web site. Add the shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, turning them over halfway through, until fully cooked. Remove to a plate and set aside. Add the onion and garlic to the skillet and stir to cook for 2 minutes.
Sprinkle the curry powder over the onions and continue cooking the onions, stirring, for another couple of minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low and pour in the coconut milk, stirring to combine. Add honey, salt, and lime juice, and allow the sauce to heat up until bubbling gently. Add shrimp into the sauce, tossing to coat, and allow it to simmer for 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Serve shrimp and sauce over a bed of cooked basmati rice, garnishing with more basil. As I lamented on Saturday, I completely forgot to throw a bunch of shrimp on the grill during our party on the Fourth, so wound up stuck with approximately nine million tons of the stuff. I wound up using it to my advantage, though, and making a handful of really delicious shrimp dishes.
I think it’s perfect for curries. Just cook it according to package directions, fluff it with a fork, and it’ll be light and perfect and marvelous. And throw in a bunch of peeled, deveined shrimp! Now, this shrimp I had gotten for the party it is colossal and enormous and gigantic. But you can use any size of shrimp you want. So whether you go colossal or small, just use a pound and a half and you’ll be fine.
Cook them on the first side for a couple of minutes, then flip them over and cook them on the other side. Then put them on a plate and set them aside for a bit. And throw them into the same skillet. Stir the onions and garlic around for a couple of minutes to start them cooking, then sprinkle some curry powder right over the top.