Curried Shrimp

Original Blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2022/07/curried-shrimp.html

Ingredients

To season the shrimp

2 lb raw shrimp

¼ teaspoon black pepper

1 tablespoon onion powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon Badia complete seasoning (or your favorite all-purpose)

Curry paste

1 teaspoon sugar

½ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon ginger

1 teaspoon fresh turmeric (optional)

3 garlic cloves

5-6 sprigs of thyme

½ small onion

½ cup scallion

2 tablespoon curry powder

½ cup oil

To saute

1-2 tablespoons of oil

1 cup shallots or onions

6 garlic cloves sliced

1 cup sliced sweet peppers

1 cup water or

¼- ½ teaspoon all-purpose seasoning (to taste)

3-5 sprigs of fresh thyme

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

¼ cup scallion greens to garnish


Greedy Tips:

  • I don’t wash my shrimp with acids like lemon and vinegar because they “cook” the shrimp especially if you allow it to soak on the raw meat. I recommend a rinse with plain water.

  • I leave the tails on my shrimp because once cooked they don’t curl up too much and retain a bigger shape. Once the tail is off shrimp tend to curl right up into a ball when cooked.

  • You can turn this into a coconut curry shrimp by using 1 ½ cup coconut milk instead of water for the curry sauce.

Directions

  1. Make sure the shrimp are peeled and deveined tail on, rinse with water and pat dry

  2. Season with salt, onion powder, black pepper, and Badia complete seasoning, and set aside

  3. In a blender combine all the ingredients for the curry paste, blend and set aside

  4. Slice the onions, garlic, and sweet peppers and set aside

  5. In a wide saucepan, add 1-2 tablespoons of oil get it hot and sear the shrimp on both sides, about 1-2 minutes per side until it's golden. Remove from the heat

  6. After you have seared all the shrimp add the curry paste to the hot pan along with the sliced peppers onions and garlic

  7. Sauté until the veggies begin to soften, add water, and season to taste (it may or may not need added salt, make sure to taste along the way and add accordingly)

  8. Once the sauce looks like it is beginning to get rich add the shrimp and stir a few times

  9. Add thyme, and red pepper flakes, and garnish with scallions

  10. Cover and simmer for 2- minutes

  11. Serve over a bed of fluffy white rice.