Best The Greenest Coconut Curry With Clams And Rice Noodles Recipes

Coconut Curry with Mussels and Clams image

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 tablespoon oil canola
1 stalk lemongrass, outer layer removed, tender inner core finely chopped, optional
1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons green curry paste
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 teaspoons coconut sugar or brown sugar
One 14-ounce can coconut milk
1 pound fresh clams, scrubbed
1 pound fresh mussels, scrubbed
1/2 cup Thai basil leaves or sweet basil leaves
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Crusty bread, for serving

Steps:

Heat the oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the lemongrass if using, ginger and garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the curry paste, fish sauce and sugar and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes.
Add the coconut milk and bring to simmer. Add the clams and mussels and reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the shells open, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard any unopened shells.
Stir in the basil, cilantro and lime juice. Divide the mussels and clams between two bowls, spoon the broth over them and serve with crusty bread.

Fragrant Thai-Style Clams in Coconut Broth image

Provided by David Tanis

Time 30m

Yield 2 main course or 4 appetizer servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 red onion, peeled, halved and sliced into 1/4-inch half-moons
2 cups chicken broth
1 stalk lemongrass, pale bottom part only, smashed and cut in thick diagonal slices
3 slices galangal, 1/4 inch thick (see note)
3 slices ginger, 1/4 inch thick
3 or 4 small hot Thai chiles, thinly sliced
4 makrut lime leaves, torn
1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 cup coconut milk
Salt, to taste
2 pounds small clams
1 cup roughly chopped cilantro, leaves and tender stems
1/2 cup thinly sliced scallions, white and tender green parts
Lime wedges, for serving

Steps:

Heat coconut oil in a heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and bring to a simmer.
Add lemongrass, galangal, ginger, chiles, lime leaves, sugar and fish sauce. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add coconut milk, then taste broth for salt and adjust. (You may prepare up to this point 1 to 2 hours in advance and leave at room temperature.)
Bring mixture to a boil over high heat and add clams. Cover and cook for 5 to 8 minutes, stirring once or twice, until all clams have opened.
Transfer clams to soup bowls. Strain broth if desired and ladle over clams. Sprinkle with cilantro and scallions. Squeeze lime over each bowl and serve with lime wedges.

Thai Green Curry with Shrimp image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 1h20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 16

12 kaffir lime leaves, roughly torn
1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup packed chopped cilantro stems and leaves, plus whole leaves, for serving
4 serrano chiles, seeded and roughly chopped
4 cloves garlic
2 shallots, quartered
One 1-inch-piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
1 stalk lemongrass (tender inner core from the bottom third only), roughly chopped
Kosher salt
2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce, plus more, optional
2 teaspoons light brown sugar
One 13 1/2-ounce can coconut milk
1 pound large head-on shrimp (about 12), peeled and deveined with heads and tails left on
Juice of 1 lime
12 small cherry tomatoes, halved
4 ounces snow peas, trimmed

Steps:

Put the kaffir lime leaves and 1/3 cup of the oil in a blender. Set at the blender's lowest speed, start the blender and slowly increase the speed to high. Blend for 25 seconds. Transfer to a small bowl and let sit for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean small bowl and reserve. Clean the blender carafe.
Put the cilantro, chiles, garlic, shallots, ginger, lemongrass, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/3 cup water in the blender. Set at the blender's lowest speed, start the blender and slowly increase the speed to medium-high. Blend for 40 seconds to make a fine puree, stopping once to scrape down the sides of the carafe.
Heat the remaining 1/4 cup oil in a large high-sided skillet over medium heat. Carefully add the cilantro puree. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick and olive green, 10 to 12 minutes. Add the fish sauce and brown sugar. Cook 1 minute more, then add the coconut milk and 1 1/4 cups water. Add more salt and fish sauce if desired. Bring to a simmer and cook gently for 5 minutes.
Turn the heat to medium-low and add the shrimp and lime juice. Cover and cook until the undersides of the shrimp are beginning to turn pink, about 3 minutes. Flip the shrimp, cover and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the tomatoes and snow peas, cover and cook until the shrimp are pink on both sides and cooked through, about 1 minute more.
Ladle the curry into 4 soup bowls. Sprinkle with cilantro leaves and drizzle with some of the kaffir lime oil.