Coconut Curry Salmon
Dinner · Seafood Mains
Coconut Curry Salmon
Salmon fillets meet a coconut milk sauce with red curry paste, shallot, garlic, and ginger. Serve with cooked rice, lime wedges, and cilantro to catch the sauce.
- Prep
- 10 minutes
- Cook
- 20 minutes
- Total
- 30 minutes
- Serves
- 4 servings
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About this recipe.
Salmon fillets with a coconut milk sauce flavored with red curry paste, shallot, garlic, ginger, and lime.
Before you start
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- 16 oz Salmon filets (raw; four 4-ounce portions, thawed if frozen and pin bones removed)
- Kosher Salt (to taste)
- Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 Shallot (thinly sliced)
- 1 Tbsp Red curry paste
- 2 Cloves Garlic (minced)
- 1 tsp Ginger, Fresh (minced)
- 14 oz Coconut milk (canned, unsweetened; full-fat preferred)
- 1 Tbsp Sriracha
- 1 Tbsp Fish sauce
- Rice (cooked, for serving; as needed)
- 1 Lime (Cut into wedges)
- Fresh Cilantro (chopped, for serving; to taste)
Warm the cooked fish gently
Cook the salmon to its thermometer endpoint, then set it aside while the sauce simmers. Return it briefly to warm through so it stays in intact portions.
Adapted from Makinze Gore at Delish.
The cooking plan
How to make Coconut Curry Salmon.
Pat the salmon dry and season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook skin-side down if skin-on, about 4–5 minutes, then turn carefully and cook until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C). Timing depends on thickness; check early. Transfer to a clean plate.
In the same skillet over medium heat, cook the sliced shallot for about 3 minutes, stirring, until softened. Add red curry paste, garlic, and fresh ginger. Stir for about 1 minute, reducing the heat if they begin to brown too quickly.
Whisk in the coconut milk, Sriracha, and fish sauce. Bring to a gentle simmer and stir for 3–5 minutes until slightly reduced. Return the already-cooked salmon and warm gently for about 1 minute, spooning sauce over it. Serve as soon as the fish is warm.
Divide cooked rice among plates as desired. Add the salmon and coconut curry sauce, then finish with lime wedges and chopped cilantro.
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Coconut Curry Salmon
Salmon fillets with a coconut milk sauce flavored with red curry paste, shallot, garlic, ginger, and lime.
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Ingredients
- 16 oz Salmon filets raw; four 4-ounce portions, thawed if frozen and pin bones removed
Kosher Salt to taste- Ground Black Pepper to taste
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 Shallot thinly sliced
- 1 Tbsp Red curry paste
- 2 Cloves Garlic minced
- 1 tsp Ginger, Fresh minced
- 14 oz Coconut milk canned, unsweetened; full-fat preferred
- 1 Tbsp Sriracha
- 1 Tbsp Fish sauce
- Rice cooked, for serving; as needed
- 1 Lime Cut into wedges
- Fresh Cilantro chopped, for serving; to taste
Equipment
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Instructions
- Pat the salmon dry and season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook skin-side down if skin-on, about 4–5 minutes, then turn carefully and cook until the thickest part reaches 145°F (63°C). Timing depends on thickness; check early. Transfer to a clean plate.
- In the same skillet over medium heat, cook the sliced shallot for about 3 minutes, stirring, until softened. Add red curry paste, garlic, and fresh ginger. Stir for about 1 minute, reducing the heat if they begin to brown too quickly.
- Whisk in the coconut milk, Sriracha, and fish sauce. Bring to a gentle simmer and stir for 3–5 minutes until slightly reduced. Return the already-cooked salmon and warm gently for about 1 minute, spooning sauce over it. Serve as soon as the fish is warm.
- Divide cooked rice among plates as desired. Add the salmon and coconut curry sauce, then finish with lime wedges and chopped cilantro.
Notes
The original 16 ounces of salmon and sauce ingredient amounts are retained. Yield is an estimate of four modest servings with rice. Rice cooking time is not included. Curry paste and fish sauce vary in salt and heat, so season the fish lightly. Times are estimates; use the thermometer endpoint for the fish. No nutrition calculation is supplied.
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