This week’s French Fridays with Dorie challenge is for Curried Mussels. Â Well, as much as I am trying to expand my palate, I am just not too crazy about mussels. Â I do, however, love shrimp! Â So, my wonderful husband made this for me by substituting 1 pound of shrimp for the mussels, and it was absolutely delicious! Â To make it even better, he served it over Pineapple-Coconut Rice.
Pineapple-Coconut Rice
Serves: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 13.5 oz. can coconut milk + water to make 2 cups
- 1 cup long grain white rice
- 1 8 oz. can crushed pineapple
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, bring liquid to a boil.
- Stir in rice.
- Reduce hear to low and cover pan.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- While rice is resting, microwave pineapple for 30 seconds.
- Stir in pineapple.
John’s mom used to make an appetizer that was very similar to this, but of course, being from the South, she used a lot more butter. Â This flavor combination is just right with the pineapple adding a touch of sweetness to complement the savory curry spice. Â It’s destined to become one of our go-to weeknight meals.
Enjoy!
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Ooh, I love mussels but your version looks delicious as well. Well done, John!
Using prawns is a great idea – it looks as good as you say. The sauce is delicious!
Nice adaptation, Susan! I might have been able to get Bill to eat your yummy version, but I wasn’t so creative 🙂
Nicely done, Susan! It looks delicious!
What a great mod, Susan! I’ll definitely have to try this since we eat a lot more shrimp than we do mussels (I’m not the biggest fan).
Shrimp is always a good substitute, but wow, mussels are a lot cheaper right now! Shrimp prices are crazy. I love the rice you made. Sounds like a lovely meal.
Looks fantastic Susan, it seems we both had the same thoughts about shrimp over rice. Jim and
I both loved it, and since I don’t do much in the way of curry I really enjoyed the flavors. Your
rice recipe looks quite interesting.
I loved the sauce, so the idea of making this with shrimp is fantastic. We could collect all the variations and make a new book (Around Our French Tables).
I love the idea of using shrimp with this, and the rice looks fabulous! This could become a go-to meal!
Hope you and John are doing well!
He is, indeed, a wonderful husband and this creation just adds more proof to the pudding. I happen to have all these ingredients on hand right now so can make this variation whenever I please. Thanks for the idea. The fresh pineapples have been delicious so I have been eating pineapple every morning. Why not add it to my dinner menu also? Melissa is coming in two weeks and she has requested that with have the Lester Filet Mignon on her first night here. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
I like mussels, but I had a bad experience with it once, haven’t gone back. I didn’t even think to substitute shrimp. Thanks for the suggestion.
Like your shrimp substitute and that pineapple-coconut rice. This curry recipe is FaB, made it thrice already – mussels, beef and fish AND shrimp will be next!
I am very intrigued by that rice! The whole meal sounds delicious.
I should have thought of substituting with shrimp, great idea. Love the looks of your rice. Sounds like it was a great meal. I like the look of your updated website.
While I love mussels, I really love what you did here! I have been experimenting with making my own curry powders and would love to try your shrimp using one of my blends!