Grilled Coconut Shrimp

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 13 ounces coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons green curry paste
• 1 tablespoon chopped gingerroot
• 1 tablespoon grated lime rind
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 lb large shrimp
• salt
• 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut

Recipe

• 1 place coconut milk in a skillet and bring to boil. reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes until reduced by a quarter - it should be the consistency of heavy cream. stir in the green curry paste, ginger, lime leaves, fish sauce and sugar. cook another 5 to 6 minutes or until sauce is thickened and fragrant.
• 2 stir in 1 tbsp each of mint and coriander and all of lime juice. cool.
• 3 divide sauce in half in 2 bowls. season shrimp with salt and stir into half of sauce.
• 4 marinate shrimp in sauce for 30 minutes. reserve other half of sauce for dipping sauce.
• 5 remove shrimps from marinade and discard marinade.
• 6 preheat grill on high and grill shrimps about 1½ minutes per side or until pink and slightly curled. cool. stir in coconut and remaining mint and coriander to dipping sauce. serve with shrimps.
• 7 place shrimps on bamboo skewers, if desired.