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Title: What can I do with a can of coconut milk?
Post by: moroccangirl on June 13, 2013, 03:33:57 PM
I don't even know what made me buy it.
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Post by: Run Amok on June 13, 2013, 03:43:39 PM
peanut sauce? whipped cream?
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Post by: Sir Real on June 13, 2013, 04:02:06 PM
Piña Colada
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Post by: witchypoo on June 13, 2013, 04:31:46 PM
cake
curry
callaloo
soup
rice pudding
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Post by: rocketgirl on June 13, 2013, 04:40:27 PM
curry! 

I tried to recreate something I'd had a restaurant.  Not bad.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoons green curry paste (could have used more or a hotter curry paste)
2 teaspoons curry powder (maybe using stuff that is 20 years old isn't the best choice)
2 1/2 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 can unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 sweet yellow onion cut small (Eric thought it could have used more)
1/2 green pepper cut small
a few carrot sticks cut small for color (because I had some)
about 2 tablespoons of sugar
pile of chicken breast cut approximately bite size (it was what I had in the fridge and I don't know how much it was)
somewhere between 3/4 and 1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 can pineapple chunks, drained (because I really really really like pineapple)

And separately, 2 cups instant rice per the instructions on the box

I put everything in the skillet and brought to a low boil and cooked at low boil around 15 minutes or so. Then added pineapple for another 5 - 10.  The fresh pineapple should have been put in sooner or cut smaller, as it was still awfully firm.  A little cornstarch might could have thickened the sauce a bit, but I didn't have any.

Serve over rice.
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Post by: onawhim on June 13, 2013, 04:44:58 PM
cake
curry
callaloo
soup
rice pudding

1.  Or that dessert RA posted in the main forum.  I love coconut milk and use it quite a bit. 
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Post by: mango on June 13, 2013, 05:31:20 PM
drink it?

or make bubble tea
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Post by: Ice Cream on June 13, 2013, 06:09:37 PM
mix it with mango pieces, blend, and drink.
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Post by: merigayle on June 13, 2013, 06:26:28 PM
curries! that is all i use it for. I have some great ones on pinterest, under main courses i have made.
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Post by: diablita on June 13, 2013, 08:09:02 PM
mix it with mango pieces, blend, and drink.

yum
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Post by: gebuh on June 14, 2013, 12:00:57 AM
I'll 3rd the curries suggestion.  Add it after it's stopped cooking tho to maintain the flavor.
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Post by: triciaflower on June 14, 2013, 12:45:23 AM
Curry curry curry!!!!!!!!
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Post by: moroccangirl on June 14, 2013, 02:22:13 AM
I don't think I love curry, but dh does. Maybe I'll try it for him to eat. I say I don't think because it's been a long time since I've had it, and I can't remember if I liked it or not.
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Post by: blue sleep on June 14, 2013, 06:08:46 AM
I'm thinking of making this next week:

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/02/jamaican-red-beans-and-rice.html (http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/02/jamaican-red-beans-and-rice.html)

Jamaican Red Beans and Rice

Servings: 10 • Serving Size: 3/4 cup • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts 
Calories: 192.4 • Fat: 3 g • Protein: 4.9 g • Carb: 35.4 g • Fiber: 2.6 g • Sugar: 0.7 g
Sodium: 133.4 mg (without salt)

Ingredients:

1 tsp coconut oil (or canola)
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 cup onion, minced
1 scallion, chopped
1 sprig fresh thyme
15.5 oz can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups uncooked long grain rice
salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
2 1/4 cups water
13.5 oz can (1 3/4 cups) light coconut milk
1 whole scotch bonnet hot pepper (not chopped)

Directions:

In a medium heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; add garlic, scallion, onion and thyme. Sauté a few minutes, then add rice, beans and stir.

Add the coconut milk, water, salt and fresh pepper and place the whole scotch bonnet pepper in the pot, stir to combine and bring to a boil.

Remove and discard the hot pepper and continue to cook the rice until almost all the liquid is absorbed and just skims the top.

Cover; reduce heat to low; simmer for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered for 10 additional minutes to allow the steam to finish cooking the rice (do not be tempted to lift the lid before that). Serve hot.

Makes 7 1/2 cups.
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Post by: merigayle on June 14, 2013, 09:52:42 AM
http://kathdedon.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/roasted-vegetable-curry/ (http://kathdedon.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/roasted-vegetable-curry/)

use coconut milk instead of cream http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/vegetarian-korma/detail.aspx (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/vegetarian-korma/detail.aspx)

this is one of my top 5 recipes of all times http://www.veggienumnum.com/2010/09/dal-kofta/ (http://www.veggienumnum.com/2010/09/dal-kofta/)

http://pinchofyum.com/creamy-thai-sweet-potatoes-and-lentil (http://pinchofyum.com/creamy-thai-sweet-potatoes-and-lentil)
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Post by: moroccangirl on June 14, 2013, 01:01:26 PM
Blue sleep that looks good!

Meri I'm going to check those links out in a bit. Thanks!
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Post by: Eco Ellen on June 14, 2013, 01:09:41 PM
I use it to make oatmeal in the crockpot.
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Post by: moroccangirl on June 14, 2013, 02:48:00 PM
I use it to make oatmeal in the crockpot.

Ooohhh.
Title: Re: What can I do with a can of coconut milk?
Post by: qarhon on June 15, 2013, 11:00:54 AM
I most recently used coconut milk in this recipe, it was delicious.

Moqueca – Brazilian Fish Stew (http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/moqueca_-_brazilian_fish_stew/)
(http://www.simplyrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/brazilian-moqueca-a.jpg?ea6e46)
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Post by: Magic Microbe on June 15, 2013, 11:46:20 AM
Smoothie
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Post by: merigayle on June 15, 2013, 02:02:11 PM
I have been making a thai ginger sweet potato soup, or something like it, lately--

1 onion diced and sauteed w some garlic and ginger, 3-4 sweet potatoes diced, cover with broth, cook until soft, add 1 can light coconut milk (cause i use the light kind, any kind will work) and blend, i use my immersion blender cause i am afraid to poor all that soup into the vitamix.
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Post by: gebuh on June 15, 2013, 07:09:04 PM
I most recently used coconut milk in this recipe, it was delicious.

Moqueca – Brazilian Fish Stew (http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/moqueca_-_brazilian_fish_stew/)
(http://www.simplyrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/brazilian-moqueca-a.jpg?ea6e46)
I am sooooo going to make this
Title: Re: What can I do with a can of coconut milk?
Post by: qarhon on June 16, 2013, 12:31:03 PM
I am sooooo going to make this

In that case, I highly recommend pairing with caipirinhas  :D
Title: Re: What can I do with a can of coconut milk?
Post by: gebuh on June 23, 2013, 10:49:31 PM
omg I made this for dinner tonight - I used 2 1/4 lbs of cod and 1/2 lb of cut up shrimp - it was off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used fresh parsley instead of cilantro, extra garlic - actually extra most of the spices and it was pure awesomeness.  The shrimp added a nice bit of texture to it.
My sister and her picky kids came by and gobbled it up (minus the fish, they don't like fish, np - more for us). 
I cannot rave about this dish enough and it will definitely be in my regular rotation.
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Post by: merigayle on June 24, 2013, 06:45:00 AM
1.  Or that dessert RA posted in the main forum.  I love coconut milk and use it quite a bit.
that recipe was in the current vegetarian times and they made it look very pretty.