Spicy Curry Shrimp

Yesterday, Whole Foods posted a link on their Facebook page that they would have shrimp on sale this coming Friday for $5.99/pound.  What a great deal!  Problem with that was – I started craving shrimp LAST night.  I came up with this recipe – the only thing I did differently is added a little water, but honestly I think it would have been better if I hadn’t (the veggies and shrimp have enough moisture so it’s not too thick). 

(A side note – google pink slime.  And then research your local grocery stores to find out who DOESN’T use this crap in their ground beef.  In RVA, we’re safe with Kroger (and Whole Foods of course), but the parent company of Martin’s says they do use it.  Even sitting aside the gross factor (which, admittedly, I cannot), you’re paying for premium meat and it just isn’t.  Ugh!)

Spicy Curry Shrimp

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 1 clove of minced garlic*
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 cups snow peas, or other veggies to taste
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons red curry paste (more/less to taste)
• 1 can coconut milk (light)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and cleaned
• 2/3 cup fresh cilantro (or to taste)
• Sriracha to taste

Heat oil to medium-high – you just need enough oil for a little sautéing.  Add onion and stir cook for three minutes.  Add the garlic and fresh ginger; cook one minute.  Add the snow peas – stir cook for another three minutes (you want them to be crunchy, so be careful not to overcook them). 

Add the tomatoes, red curry paste, coconut milk, and salt.  Mix thoroughly.  When the mixture is heated through, add the shrimp and cook for about five minutes, or until the shrimp are cooked through.  Stir in the cilantro.  Add (or don’t add) Sriracha to taste.

Serve over steamed rice (I like to cook ½ cup jasmine rice and ½ cup brown rice together – makes 2 cups total of cooked rice)

*If you haven’t already done so, treat yourself to Trader Joe’s frozen garlic – it’s nothing but pure minced garlic that is frozen in individual serving sizes.  Best. Thing. Ever.

WW Points – 5 if making six servings; 7 for four servings.  Rice is extra …