Sunday, April 13, 2014

What's for Dinner?! Coconut Shrimp and Chicken

My friend gave me the most amazing recipe the other week. Oh man it's gooooooood!!! Of course I wanted to share it with all of you! So here it is!!



{Thai} Coconut Shrimp and Chicken

Ingredients:
Shrimp (raw or frozen. peeled and deveined)
2 large chicken breasts (thawed and cubed)
Ground ginger
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Sesame Oil
1/2 big sweet yellow onion, sliced
2 zucchinis, sliced in sticks
1 red bell pepper, sliced in sticks
10 shitake mushrooms, sliced
Reduced sodium soy sauce
Thai unsweetened coconut milk (1 can)
Fresh cilantro
Brown Rice

1. Add some sesame oil to a hot pan. Add ginger and garlic and let cook for 30 seconds.
2. Add chicken and cook until no longer pink, juices run clear.
3. Add shrimp and cook until pink. Remove all the shrimp, chicken and spices and set aside in a bowl.
(Meanwhile, cook some brown rice in another pot)
4. Add some neutral oil to the same pan, like coconut oil. Add the onion, saute it for 2 minutes. then add the red pepper and let it cook for a couple of minutes as well. Then add the zucchini and mushrooms. Add a 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro. Mix everything well.
5. Finally, add a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce and the entire can of coconut milk. Adjust seasoning if needed.

Serve over rice. Sprinkle some more fresh cilantro on top. Enjoy!!

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