Secret Recipe Club: Thai Red Curry Shrimp with Vegetables

Are you ready for another round of the Secret Recipe Club? I hope so, because this month’s pick is a fun one.

My assignment for March is Ilona’s Kitchen, a blog written by Ilona, a stay-at-home mom whose daily schedule exhausts me just reading about it.

Ilona shares all sorts of fun recipes on her blog that she’s adapted from different sites, and there’s definitely no shortage of options to choose from. Anyone who knows me will tell you I just can’t say no to Thai food, though, so it shouldn’t be any surprise that I eventually settled on a recipe for Red Curry Shrimp she adapted from SkinnyTaste.

The original version looked pretty fantastic as it was, but I like my stir fries to have lots of veggies for colour and crunch, so I threw in some sugar snap peas, slivered red pepper, bamboo shoots and baby corn into the wok to help keep the shrimp from feeling too lonely in there.

And then, once everything was done simmering away, I added a squirt of lime juice to brighten up the flavour and a sprinkling of fresh basil to round things out.

This might just be my favourite SRC pick yet. It’s bright and full of flavour, and comes together in 20 minutes flat, which also happens to be the time it takes to cook up a big pot of fluffy jasmine rice to serve it with.

Seriously, why didn’t anyone tell me Thai curry is this ridiculously fast and easy? Even the takeout place down the street can’t deliver this quick!

Thai Red Curry Shrimp with Vegetables

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Thai

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 4

This quick Thai-style curry is loaded with plenty of bright vegetables and tender shrimp. Serve it on a pile of fluffy steamed rice for an easy alternative to takeout.

Ingredients

Instructions

In a large nonstick skillet set over medium-high heat, saute the green onions and red curry paste in canola oil for 1 minute.

Add the shrimp, red peppers, snap peas, bamboo shoots, and garlic. Stir fry for 3 minutes, then stir in coconut milk, fish sauce and lime juice. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink and cooked all the way through.

Remove from heat, and stir in the cilantro and basil. Serve immediately with steamed rice and a sprinkling of chopped green onion or fresh cilantro, if desired.

Notes

If you’re not a fan of seafood, substitute ½ lb thinly sliced chicken breast in bite-sized pieces, and follow the same recipe steps. (You may need to simmer the curry for a minute or two longer to make sure it cooks all the way through, depending on the thickness of your chicken pieces.)

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