This slow cooker coconut curry shrimp only has a few ingredients but it’s packed with flavor. You can also make this low-carb, paleo, and Whole30 compatible recipe in the Instant Pot.
Updated 2019 with Instant Pot instructions
This is one of my favorite shrimp recipes on this blog. Mainly because I love shrimp and coconut milk/cilantro happens to be one of my favorite combos.
What Type Of Coconut Milk To Use
This is meant to be made with full-fat, canned coconut milk. That’s what I use when I make this recipe. If you can’t find full-fat, you can substitute coconut cream, light coconut milk, or a combination. Add water if you think the sauce is too thick but wait until after it’s done cooking to do so. The sauce will look different (thinner) at the end of cook time than it will when it began.
Adding The Shrimp
You can use fresh or frozen, shell-on or shell-off, tail-on or tail-off – use your preferred shrimp in this recipe it doesn’t matter what kind. With the recipe, the majority of the time the sauce is cooking by itself with the shrimp added later. I don’t know about you guys but for me, shrimp always cooks very quickly when added to the slow cooker or electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot). Since every appliance heats a little different, I suggest you watch your shrimp the first time you make this. Make this more keto-friendly by adding ghee to the slow cooker at the beginning of cook time.
How To Serve This
There are so many different ways to serve this. Over riced cauliflower, mashed cauliflower, in lettuce wraps, etc. Depending on your dietary restrictions other suggestions include white or brown rice, quinoa, couscous, etc. To me, this recipe is all about the coconut-curry broth so be sure utilize it. Pour the broth over the shrimp before serving.
Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Shrimp
This slow cooker coconut curry shrimp only has a few ingredients but it’s packed with flavor. You can also make this low-carb, paleo, and Whole30 compatible recipe in the Instant Pot.
- Total Time: 2 hours 5 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp
- 30 ounces coconut milk
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon yellow curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt (or more)
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional for garnish)
Instructions
Slow Cooker
- Add coconut milk, curry powder, salt, garlic, and lime juice to the slow cooker. Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 1-2 hours or LOW 3-4.
- Add shrimp and cook an additional 15-30 minutes or until shrimp are done. Garnish with cilantro.
Instant Pot
- Add coconut milk, curry powder, salt, garlic, and lime juice to the pressure cooker. Stir to mix well.
- Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure and cook for 10 minutes. Quick release the pressure.
- Add the shrimp. Close lid & turn off the pressure cooker. Let shrimp cook in the pressure cooker 5-10 minutes or until pink. Garnish with remaining cilantro before serving.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 204
- Sugar: 1.4 g
- Sodium: 319.2 mg
- Fat: 10.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 8.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 3.3 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 24.2 g
- Cholesterol: 182.5 mg
I used a 3.5-quart slow cooker.
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ksiem
Sunday 22nd of January 2023
I followed the recipe exactly, but this had no flavor.
Nerica
Friday 16th of September 2022
Questions, Questions
-Coconut Milk what kind unsweetened ???? Which brand do you use?
-Yellow Curry Powder which brand do you use ????
Annie
Monday 14th of September 2020
Hello- in the recipe it is listed to use yellow curry powder... then in the comments there are mentions of red curry paste. Can you comment on the curry type to be used? Thanks!
Fit SlowCooker Queen
Tuesday 15th of September 2020
Yellow curry powder. The old version of this recipe used red curry paste. I'm in the middle of updating the recipe with new pics (content already updated). The only thing changed was the curry powder. You CAN use red curry paste if you want, it's still good though.
Xena
Friday 24th of January 2020
I'm new to cooking and just wanted to seek some clarification. So do you put the shrimp after the sauce is done cooking for 2 hours, or do you put it within that time? :)
jenny
Wednesday 8th of January 2020
can you use yellow curry?
Fit SlowCooker Queen
Friday 10th of January 2020
Yellow curry paste? Yes, absolutely. Slightly different taste but still good. Yellow curry powder, I imagine the taste would be okay but the consistency would be different.