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Skillet Coconut-Lime Shrimp with Baby Spinach
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Skillet Coconut-Lime Shrimp with Baby Spinach

A fast, one-pan shrimp dish bathed in a creamy coconut-lime sauce, brightened with garlic, ginger, and a hint of heat, then tossed with spinach and finished with fresh cilantro.

25 mins 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds Shrimp
  • 10 ounces Baby Spinach
  • ¼ cup Cilantro (Fresh)
  • 6 cloves of Garlic
  • 2 tablespoons Ginger
  • 2 Limes
  • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
  • 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
  • ¼ cup Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 cups Coconut Milk (Full-Fat)
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Directions

  1. Mise en place: Pat the shrimp dry. Mince the garlic. Finely grate the ginger. Zest the lime, then juice 1 tablespoon and cut the rest into wedges. Chop the cilantro.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, season with a quarter teaspoon of the salt and the black pepper, and sear about 2 minutes per side until pink. Transfer to a plate.
  3. Reduce heat to medium. Add the garlic and ginger; stir about 30 seconds until fragrant.
  4. Pour in the coconut milk, lime juice, lime zest, red pepper flakes, and the remaining quarter teaspoon salt. Simmer gently 2 to 3 minutes until slightly thickened.
  5. Return the shrimp to the skillet. Add the spinach and toss until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes.
  6. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.