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Thai Green Curry with Seafood

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Thai Green Curry with SeafoodAntonis Achilleos

This Thai-style seafood curry gets its creaminess from coconut milk and warming, punchy notes from green curry paste.

Ingredient tips:

Unrefined peanut oil can be found at natural foods stores and Asian markets. Look for fresh or frozen makrut lime leaves at Asian markets as well. If unavailable, use 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon grated lime zest for each lime leaf.   

Editor’s note: This recipe has been updated to remove an offensive word for makrut lime as a part of our archive repair project.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unrefined peanut oil
5 green onions, finely chopped, dark green parts separated from white and pale green parts
3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro, divided
3 garlic cloves, minced
6 tablespoons Thai green curry paste
1 1/4 cups water
1 13-to 14-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
2 small fresh red Thai chiles or 1 red jalapeño chile
2 makrut lime leaves
1 tablespoon fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)
1 large carrot, peeled, thinly sliced on diagonal (about 1 cup)
4 cups thinly sliced bok choy
8 ounces uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, deveined
8 ounces bay scallops
1 pound green or black mussels, scrubbed, debearded
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
2 cups (about) steamed rice

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add the white and pale green parts of the green onions, 1 tablespoon cilantro, and garlic; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Add the curry paste; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add 1 1/4 cups water, coconut milk, chiles, lime leaves, and fish sauce. Bring to simmer. Add the carrot; cover and cook until carrot is just tender, about 5 minutes. 

    Step 2

    Layer bok choy, shrimp, scallops, and mussels in pan. Cover and simmer until mussels open and seafood and bok choy are cooked (discard mussels that do not open), about 5 minutes. Stir in the dark green parts of green onions, 2 tablespoons cilantro, and basil.

    Step 3

    Divide rice among four shallow bowls. Ladle curry over rice and serve.

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