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    Grilled Coconut Shrimp With Thai Chili

    March 7, 2020 By Adam Shed Leave a Comment

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    Grilled Coconut Shrimp With Thai Chili

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    Grilled Coconut Shrimp With Thai Chili is a recipe based on the typical Thai street food.  We live in Houston, Texas and the shrimp here from the Gulf of Mexico is legendary.  You can combine a few substitutions to make the Thai ingredients more healthy and gulf shrimp and have something that feels super luxurious in minutes.   So, last weekend we went surf fishing off the coast.  I bought gulf shrimp as bait and then got hungry for shrimp lol.  I can see why it's a good bait, friggin' delicious little buggers.

    Grilled Coconut Shrimp

    Grilled Coconut Shrimp

    Different Grilling Styles You Can Choose From

    To make this recipe I loosely followed a recipe from the food network for grilled Thai shrimp.  As usual, we substituted a few things adding some coconut and Thai spices we like.  I grilled my shrimp, first on a George Foreman grill with a banana leaf under the shrimp and then redid the whole recipe using a skillet instead.  If you use a flame grill, it will be a much faster process, 3 minutes grilling rather than 15-20 minutes depending.  Using a banana leaf to enhance the appearance and follow Thai tradition more closely slows the process down.  I think the look you achieve is pretty attractive though.

    Grilled Thai Coconut Shrimp on a Banana Leaf

    Grilled Thai Coconut Shrimp on a Banana Leaf

    The Marinade

    The marinade was good enough that when my wife, Mod, got home from work, she zoomed into the kitchen and put her finger in it to sample it and said, WoW!  I used some intuition on my substitutions so I wasn't so sure how it was going to play out.  It passed the Thai wife test though.  l was also able to have more leftover a the end than I thought and it left these succulent drippings on the banana leaf which were heavenly.

    Thai Style Grilled Coconut Shrimp Ingredients

    Thai Style Grilled Coconut Shrimp Ingredients

    Grilled Coconut Shrimp
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    Thai Style Grilled Spicy Coconut Shrimp

    Thai style grilled spicy coconut shrimp
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time15 minutes mins
    10 minutes mins
    Total Time35 minutes mins
    Course: Appetizer, Main Course
    Cuisine: Thai
    Keyword: Grilled, Shrimp
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 497kcal
    Cost: $12

    Equipment

    • Grill
    • Shrimp
    • 1 banana leaf to grill on

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb Shrimp Large, peeled and deveined

    Marinade

    • 2 tablespoon Chili paste Sambal sauce
    • 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
    • 1 cup coconut oil extra virgin
    • ¼ cup sesame oil
    • ¼ cup light soy sauce
    • 2 Thai peppers Finely chopped
    • 1 tbsp lime juice
    • 1 cup light coconut milk
    • 1 tablespoon Thai pepper dry powder
    • 1 cup Coconut flakes
    • 1 tablespoon ketchup

    Instructions

    • Heat a grill to medium or medium high heat.
    • Mix all the marinade ingredients.
    • Pour half of the marinade over over the shrimp.
    • Grill the shrimp, on a banana leaf if you like, until slightly blackened 3-20 minutes, depending on which type of grill. Brush more marinade as you cook, stirring or flipping to cook evenly.
    • Serve platted, or on a plate with toothpicks as an appetizer, on a salad or just as finger foods.
    • Garnish with Dried Thai Chili Powder and or Coconut Flakes as Needed

    Notes

    As always, nutrition is one of the most manipulated and bastardized sciences in existence for people out to make a quick buck. 
    Our mission at healthythairecipes.com was born from my trying to rehab my wife's native Thai recipes to be as healthy as possible for both of us.  We like the whole foods, avoid processed ingredients approach.  What is healthy for us may not be healthy for you though as your situation is fact dependent.  I like to say, when in doubt, check it out with a doctor or dietitian, if you have concerns.  When it comes to food safety when in doubt, throw it out, if you think an ingredient is questionable.  
    Let us know how we can make our healthy Thai recipes healthier in the comments section below. Nutrition calculations are an estimate.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Cholesterol: 286mg | Sodium: 892mg | Potassium: 291mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 96IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 4mg

    If you like Shrimp, here are a few of my favorite shrimp recipes

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    Starfruit Thai Salad with Shrimp

    Strawberry Peach Shrimp Thai Salad (ยำสตอเบอรรี่ลูกพีชสดใส่กุ้ง)

    East Meets Southwest Thai/Hatch Pepper Shrimp

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