Nyonya Grilled Shrimp with Coconut Sauce

Nyonya Grilled Shrimp with Coconut Sauce

This Food and Wine recipe uses a lot of spices I use very infrequently, such as turmeric, coriander, cloves and curry.  I wasn’t sure how it would come out and didn’t want any of those spices to overwhelm the flavor.

When it was ready, I was really happy with how the flavors came together.  Although the sauce is called coconut sauce, the garlic, jalapenos and lime came out the most noticeably with the coconut as a faint mellowing influence.  It tasted great, though.

The shrimp marinade left them with just a touch of curry flavor.  I would recommend this recipe and think it would be spectacular with some margaritas!

Reader's Comments

1. 

   [...] Heated up some peanut butter with light coconut milk and mixed it together, poured this on the nyonya shrimp and reheated it.  Squeezed a lime on top… would have also been good with some crushed [...]
2. Addendum: Peanut-Coconut Sauce for Nyonya Shrimp « Recipe Mashups on 15 Nov 2008 2:49 pm
3. 

   Ok I can honestly say I have never tried Shrimp w/coconut sauce or anything coconut with shrimp. This looks so delicious and light.

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4. thejoereview on 16 Nov 2008 2:45 am
5. 

   You make everything look so easy
6. thejoereview on 16 Nov 2008 2:47 am