Name: Shrimp with Coconut Milk | Low-Carb Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 pound Shrimp (shelled, deveined (about 26-30 count to the pound)); 1 tablespoon Minced Ginger (minced); 1 tablespoon Garlic (minced); 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper; 1 teaspoon Garam Masala; 1/2 can Full-Fat Coconut Milk

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Shrimp with Coconut Milk is the easiest and most delicious meal you are going to make in your pressure cooker or Instant Pot. This shrimp recipe is slightly sweet from the coconut milk with an Indian spice profile of garam masala, turmeric, and cayenne. Serve with cauliflower rice to make a perfect low-carb or keto dinner.

Shrimp with Coconut Milk

What's more, it's a healthy shrimp recipe with no packages or mixes.

I've been struggling to get shrimp done just right in an Instant Pot. Okay, I'm not sure why I'm even trying. Shrimp cooks so quickly it should be a non-issue to cook it stove top. But this recipe actually turned out so good that the recipe has even become a favorite of my readers.

Some of it is just that I don't like failing and I failed with shrimp in a Instant Pot two or three times and it irritated me.

Shrimp is too expensive to waste like that anyway. So I was determined to try it. With thawed shrimp, not even frozen, which would have been easier.

So I decided the only way this would work in an Instant Pot is Pot-in-Pot.

By the way, before you decide you don't have an Instant Pot and couldn't be bothered with reading this, I'm also going to show you how to do this stovetop.

How To Cook Shrimp With Coconut Milk

Toss Shrimp with spices and full fat coconut milk
Cook in Instant Pot using PIP (pot in pot) for 3 mins Low pressure, QPR or
Cook in a pan until shrimp are done
Serve with a side of your choice

To cook this easy keto dinner on the stovetop, the directions couldn't get simpler. Toss the shrimp with the spices and full fat coconut milk. Add everything to a pot, and turn the heat to medium. Cook until the shrimp are cooked through, no longer than 10 minutes. Serve with your side.

Coconut Shrimp Sauce

This shrimp recipe is quick cooking and delicious. You toss all the spices together with the coconut milk and cook it all together. Serve it with noodles, vegetables, or rice. When you cook the shrimp in the Instant Pot, the pressure not only cooks it quickly, making this a perfect easy weeknight meal, but it also melds the flavors of the sweet and nutty coconut milk with the shrimp.

The Coconut shrimp sauce is perfect to serve over rice or pasta. You can use cauliflower rice to keep this a low carb recipe. Just spoon some extra coconut sauce on top of your rice....delicious! My Green Beans

would be delicious with this shrimp dinner recipe, and you can get dual use out of the Instant Pot since both recipes cook so quickly!

shrimp with coconut milk served in a white bowl

Spices Needed For Shrimp With Coconut Milk

Most of these spices you probably have in your spice cabinet, and if you have been following along with me, you are familiar with my go-to ingredients. This coconut shrimp recipe has a classic Indian spice profile with Garam Masala, Minced Garlic, Minced Ginger, Turmeric, Cayenne Pepper, and Coconut Milk.

I have more of my best shrimp recipes to add to your easy weeknight dinner menu as well! Shrimp is perfect for a keto or low carb diet, so try my Keto Shrimp Scampi or my Shrimp Risotto (not low-carb).

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Shrimp with Coconut Milk | Low-Carb Recipe

Instant Pot Keto shrimp with coconut milk curry is easy, fast, authentic, and keto and low carb. Cooks perfectly in the pressure cooker.

Print Recipe Rate Recipe

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Course: Main Courses

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: shrimp with coconut milk

Servings:

Calories: 192kcal

Author: Urvashi

Click on highlighted ingredients or Equipment to see exactly what I use to make this recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 1 pound (453.59 g) Shrimp, shelled, deveined (about 26-30 count to the pound)
▢ 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Minced Ginger, minced
▢ 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) Garlic, minced
▢ ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Turmeric
▢ 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Kosher Salt
▢ ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Cayenne Pepper
▢ 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Garam Masala
▢ ½ can (0.5 can) Full-Fat Coconut Milk

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together.

For Stovetop

Put into a pan and cook over gentle heat until the shrimp are no longer pink, it should take about 6 to 8 minutes. Add a little extra coconut milk if you need it.
Eat with riced cauliflower, cucumber "noodles", or shirataki noodles for low carb options, or over rice if carbs are not an issue.

For Instant Pot

In the inner liner of your Instant Pot, place 2 cups of water, and place a trivet on top.
Place the shrimp & coconut mixture in a pot that fits inside your Instant Pot, and cover with foil.
Set your Instant Pot at 4 minutes for low pressure, release pressure quickly and mix well. Add a little extra coconut milk if you need.

Please note: To get the shrimp to cook in the time specified, ensure that:

Your shrimp are between 21-25 per pound
They are fully submerged in the coconut milk before you cook
You use a stainless steel bowl to best conduct heat
You use a low trivet.

Otherwise just add 1-2 minutes to the cook time, or open, stir, and close the pot back up and let the shrimp cook in the residual heat of the coconut milk.