August 2018- Cooking with Rum

August 2018- Cooking with Rum

This month the “Got Rum?” team is focused on Coconuts! So here is a delicious creamy coconut shrimp recipe paired up with coconut rice. Enjoy!

Spirited Creamy Coconut Shrimp on Coconut Rice 

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 C. Chopped Green Onions

1 tsp. Curry Powder

¼ tsp. Crushed Red Pepper

10 oz. Can Light Coconut Milk

¼ C. Dark Heavy Rum

1 ¼ Pound Medium Shrimp, peeled and deveined

½ tsp. Salt

1 Lime, quartered

¼ C. Chopped Fresh Cilantro

Directions:

Add olive oil to a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add green onions, curry powder and crushed red peppers. Sauté for about 2 minutes.

Add coconut milk, rum, shrimp and salt; cook over medium heat 7 to 8 minutes or until shrimp are done, stirring occasionally. For extra rum flavor, add an additional 1/4 cup of rum at the very end when shrimp are cooked and turn off the heat.

Place 3/4 cup of Coconut Rice (recipe below) on each of 4 serving plates; spoon shrimp mixture evenly over rice. Squeeze 1 lime quarter over each serving and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

Coconut Rice

Ingredients:

1 tsp. Coconut Oil

1 C. White Jasmine rice

1 13.5 Oz. Can of Light (or low fat) Coconut Milk

Zest of 1 Lime

Juice of half a Lime

Salt to taste

Directions:

In a small sauce pan over medium high heat, saute the rice in the coconut oil for just 1 minute. Pour in the can of coconut milk and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid, and reduce heat to low. Simmer the rice covered for 35 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to sit with the lid on for another 10 minutes.

Remove the lid, fluff the rice with a fork, then stir in the lime zest, lime juice, and salt to taste.

Source: www.tasteslovely.com

-Article written by Chef Susan Whitley- 

Hello, my name is Susan Whitley, I am passionate about great foods and beverages. I love finding recipes that incorporate my favorite ingredients and sharing the results with my friends and family.

Through this monthly column I will do my best to inspire you to incorporate the spirit of the tropics into your everyday cooking.

Sue@gotrum.com