A Souper Bowl of Shrimp in Coconut Milk with Rice for Souper (Soup, Salad & Sammie) Sundays

It doesn't get cold enough here to give me cabin fever, but we have had a very rainy and blustery week, that has me limiting my outside time. A sure cure for the inside blahs is a bowl of soup with a tropical vibe, like this recipe for Shrimp and Coconut Milk from The Gourmet Cookbook (checked out of the library to give me some more Ruth Reichl recipes). 

This is meant to be more of a soupy dish than an actual soup, but I added extra coconut milk and broth and left out the flour. It soups up quite nicely and since it's Super Bowl Sunday, I'd call it a Souper Bowl of tasty soup. My changes to the recipe are noted in red below.

Shrimp in Coconut Milk with Rice 
Slightly Adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook, Edited by Ruth Reichl 
(Serves 4 to 6)

1 1/2 lbs large shrimp in shells (21-25 per pound) (I used 16-20 per lb)
4 cups water
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (I added extra to soup)
3 Tbsp vegetable oil (I used 2 Tbsp olive oil)
2 garlic cloves
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, & thinly spiced
2 medium onions, thinly sliced (I used one large sweet onion)
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour (I omitted)
2 (14-16 oz) cans whole tomatoes in juice, drained, seeded & chopped
(I added 2 cups good light vegetable stock)
2 cups well-stirred unsweetened coconut milk (from two 14 oz cans) (I added both cans)
freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup sliced scallions greens (from 2 large scallions)
1/2 cups coarsely chopped fresh cilantro sprigs
Cooked rice to serve

Combine shrimp shells, water, and salt in a 3-quart saucepan, bring to a simmer, and simmer until reduced to about 2 cups, 15 to 20 minutes. Pour shrimp broth through a sieve into a large glass measuring cup; discard shells.

Meanwhile, combine shrimp, lime juice, and salt to taste in a bowl and refrigerate, covered.

Heat oil in a 4-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Add garlic, bell pepper, and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, coconut milk, and shrimp broth and simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, 15 to 20 minutes.

Drain shrimp, add to saucepan and simmer, stirring occasionally, until just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with scallions and cilantro. (I added extra lime juice to taste.) Serve with rice.

Notes/Results: Simple, rich and great flavor from the shrimp stock (although the non-chicken veggie stock and extra lime juice I added helped too). The rice is a must to soak up the creamy coconut milk broth and the the cilantro and green onion add color and flavor. The soup has a couple of extra steps--making the shrimp stock (keep this step for the flavor) and using whole tomatoes, but chopping, de-seeding and draining them (I think you could easily use good diced tomatoes and skip this step with no ill effects). It's cool but sunny today (finally) and this soup made a great Souper Bowl Sunday lunch. I would happily make it again.

Linking up to I Heart Cooking Clubs where this week's theme is Cabin Fever--Ruth Reichl recipes to soothe your spirit when you have been cooped up in the cold weather.  

 
Now let's look into the Souper Sundays kitchen and see who is here:

Debra of Eliot's Eats shared two recipes this week. First is her soupy Instant Pot Anasazi Beans. She says, "I had a surplus of Anasazi beans in the pantry and I used some of the roasted green chiles that I have in the freezer along with some long-ago-forgotten frozen ham. Everything else came from the pantry so this was an easy meal. ... These Anasazi beans came from the Taos farmer’s market. It’s a good thing that dried beans virtually last forever because it has been some time since we traveled to New Mexico. The provenance of the beans is what prompted me to throw in the Hatch green chiles."

  
Her next dish is this tasty looking Kula Pickled Beet Salad for our recent Cook the Books book club selection. She said, "I was lazy and shredded my daikon and carrots and just made “sticks” out of the cucumber. Because I had a surplus of jarred pickled beets (more about that later), I just used a premade pickled beet for this recipe. That being said, I do want to try the ginger and lemongrass recipe the next time I harvest beets. I was a little skeptical about the pureed kale. I have to say that the smear of kale made this salad!"

QuiltLady of Chasing My Life is here with a Deconstructed Pork Egg Roll Salad that takes a classic Asian-style appetizer and puts it into salad form. Ponzu sauce and crispy wontons top it off.

Tina of Squirrel Head Manor shared Grilled Potato Salad and said, "I try some copycat recipes sometimes and this one is inspired from Zoe's Kitchen. Potato salad can make a nice side dish but I don't like the ones that have too much mayonnaise. I saw this grilled version on the menu and thought I had to try it. Looking and tasting the version I was served at Zoe's resulted in a fairly good version, but not an identical knockoff."

Judee of Gluten Free A-Z Blog brought Moroccan Chickpea and Olive Salad and said, "Chickpea and olive salad is easy to make and absolutely delicious. Moroccan recipes often include a fair amount of olives, and this dish is no exception. This wonderful vegan salad can be made with green and or black olives, chickpeas, and cured lemon with lots of healthy herbs and spices."

Mahalo to everyone who joined in this week! 
 
About Souper Sundays:

Souper Sundays (going since 2008) now has a format of a picture link each week where anyone interested can post their soups, salads, or sandwiches at any time during the week and I post a recap of the entries the following week.

(If you aren't familiar with Souper Sundays, you can read about of the origins of it here. 
If you would like to join in Souper (Soup, Salad, and Sammie) Sundays, I would love to have you! Here's how...

To join in this week's Souper Sunday's linkup with your soup, salad or sandwich:

• Link up your soup (stew, chili, soupy curries, etc. are fine), salad, or sandwich dish, (preferably one from the current week or month--but we'll take older posts too) on the picture link below and leave a comment on this post so I am sure not to miss you. Also please see below for what to do on your blog post that you link up to Souper Sundays in order to be included in the weekly round-up.

and 

On your entry post (on your blog):

• Mention Souper (Soup, Salad & Sammies) Sundays at Kahakai Kitchen and link back to this post. (Not to be a pain but it's polite and only fair to link back to events you link up at--so if you link a post up here without linking back to it on your post, it will be removed.)
• You are welcome to add the Souper Sundays logo to your post and/or blog (completely optional).

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Have a happy, healthy week!