Thai Green Curry with Seafood

A fragrant and rich Thai green curry featuring a medley of seafood including shrimp, scallops, and mussels, combined with fresh vegetables in a coconut milk base. This authentic curry is flavored with kaffir lime leaves, Thai chiles, and aromatic herbs.

4 servings
17 min

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons unrefined peanut oil
  • 5 whole green onions
  • 3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6 tablespoons Thai green curry paste
  • cups water
  • 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
  • 2 whole fresh red Thai chiles
  • 2 whole kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 large carrot
  • 4 cups thinly sliced bok choy
  • 8 ounces uncooked medium shrimp
  • 8 ounces bay scallops
  • 1 pound green or black mussels
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
  • 2 cups steamed rice

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add white and pale green parts of green onions, 1 tablespoon cilantro, and garlic; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Add curry paste; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add 1 1/4 cups water, coconut milk, chiles, lime leaves, and fish sauce. Bring to simmer. Add carrot; cover and cook until carrot is just tender, about 5 minutes. Layer bok choy, shrimp, scallops, and mussels in pan. Cover and simmer until mussels open and seafood and bok choy are cooked (discard mussels that do not open), about 5 minutes. Stir in dark green parts of green onions, 2 tablespoons cilantro, and basil.

    15 min

  2. 2.

    Divide rice among 4 shallow bowls. Ladle curry over rice and serve.

    2 min