1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons jarred Thai green curry
1 teaspoon anchovy paste
One 13.5-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
1 pound large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 pound green beans, cut on the diagonal into bite-size pieces
2 scallions, sliced on the diagonal
Fresh lime juice, to taste
Steamed rice, for serving
Sriracha or hot sauce of your choice, for serving (optional)
Handful of cilantro, roughly chopped, for serving (optional)
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In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the curry paste and anchovy paste and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the coconut milk and brown sugar and stir to combine. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes.
Add the shrimp and green beans and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are almost cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. (Shrimp get rubbery when overcooked, so it�s better to remove them from the heat a little early and let the residual heat finish cooking them. You can always return them to the heat for another minute or 2 if you find them too rare.)
Stir in the scallions and a generous squeeze of lime juice, then check the seasonings. (If the curry and anchovy pastes didn�t provide enough salt, add some.) Serve the curry with steamed rice, Sriracha, and/or cilantro, if you like.
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