Jamaican Curry Shrimp Recipe
A Jamaican dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 46 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 31 minCook (about)
- 46 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 lb jumbo shrimps
Fresh & other
- 1 onion
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 green bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 scotch bonnet Shopping tip: Very hot. Habanero is the same heat and easier to find.
- 3 cloves garlic
- 13 oz unsweetened coconut milk
- 4 sprigs thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 ½ tsp tomato ketchup
Spices & seasonings (4): jamaican curry powder, all-purpose seasoning, salt, pepper
- 2 ½ tbsp jamaican curry powder
- 1 tsp all-purpose seasoning
- To taste salt
- To taste pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Season shrimp using 1 Tablespoon of curry powder plus all-purpose seasoning.
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Put it to one side for around 10 min while you prepare the other ingredients garlic, peppers and like chopping your onions.
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Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in large pan over medium heat.
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Add sliced yellow onion, bell pepper, green bell, scotch bonnet pepper, if using, plus chopped garlic.
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Mix for 5 min, until peppers are slightly softened.
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Add 1.5 Tablespoons curry powder to the pan.
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Stir for an more minute.
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Add thyme, ketchup, seasoned shrimp and coconut milk, making sure your shrimp is covered in the sauce.
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Let your sauce to come to a simmer plus continue to cook over flipping the shrimp halfway, stirring every so often and medium heat, till your shrimp is fully cooked on both sides.
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This should take about 5-6 minutes.
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Salt and pepper to taste.
On the side: Naan
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (5 min)
- Warm the naan in a hot pan or the oven for 1 to 2 minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.