Thai Lobster with Pineapple Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4

Ingredients:

• 4 lobster tails (6 ounces each)
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 stalk fresh lemongrass, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon Red Curry Paste (store bought or homemade, see the recipe below)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup pineapple chunks
• 2 to 4 tablespoons Thai fish sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
• 15 to 20 sweet basil leaves

How to cook Thai Lobster with Pineapple:

• Slit underside of lobster and press lightly to open. In a skillet heat oil on high heat; add garlic, lemongrass and red curry paste and cook until sauce bubbles.
• Stir in egg and cook for 1 minute.
• Add lobster and water and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium and add pineapple, fish sauce and brown sugar.
• Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, or until lobster is cooked, but not over-cooked.
• Stir in sweet basil and serve the Thai Lobster with Pineapple immediately.

Red Curry Paste Recipe

Red Curry Paste Ingredients:

• 15 to 20 red chile peppers, seeded
• 2 stalks fresh lemongrass, coarsely chopped
• 5 shallots, thinly sliced
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tablespoons coarsely chopped kha (galingal)
• 3 kaffir lime leaves, chopped
• 1/4 cup Chinese parsley roots
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground caraway seeds
• 1/2 to 1 tablespoons Thai fish sauce, or 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon shrimp paste (optional)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

How to cook Red Curry Paste:

• Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.
• If a mortar and pestle is used, then add oil after all other ingredients are ground.
• Refrigerate in a glass container.
• The Red Curry Paste keeps well for several months.

Note:
The Thai Lobster with Pineapple recipe very easy to prepare and so good!

Tip:
It is cheaper to buy lobster tails than whole lobsters, as there is not too much meat to eat in a whole lobster once everything else has been discarded.

This recipe for Thai Lobster with Pineapple serves/makes: 4

The Thai Lobster with Pineapple recipe is adopted from The Thai Cuisine By Keo Sananikone.

Main Ingredient: Lobster 
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew
Cuisine: Thai