Thai Tamarind Shrimp Mini Pizza. This easy and elegant, sweet and sour dish is going to be a crowd pleaser! Big juicy shrimp, crispy fried shallots, and luscious sauce, what's not to like! This Thai shrimp recipe is authentic Thai, yet remarkably simple to make.

Tamarind shrimp: shrimp with sweet and sour tamarind sauce topped with fried shallots. Recipe from Pailin Chongchitnant of Hot Thai Kitchen! Add the shrimp and toss to coat in the sauce; if shrimp are not fully cooked at this point, let them cook until done. You can cook Thai Tamarind Shrimp Mini Pizza using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Thai Tamarind Shrimp Mini Pizza

It's of Pita bread pockets.
You need of Whole Cooked Shrimp.
Prepare of Red Onion.
Prepare of ground ginger.
Prepare of extra virgin olive oil.
You need of tamarind chutney.
It's of carrot strips.
You need of fresh cilantro.
Prepare of bean sprouts.
It's of salt & pepper.
You need of kosher salt.
Prepare of asian spices.
You need of whole lime.

Tamarind Shrimp (or Assam Prawns) is a Malaysian Nyonya dish that is so easy to prepare and yet delivers huge flavor. Tamarind Shrimp, also known as Assam Prawns is a well-loved Malaysian Nyonya dish. It is one of my favorite ways to enjoy shrimp. Don't let the simplicity of this dish fool you. · Tamarind paste or tamarind sauce is used to add a unique and delicious sweet and tangy flavor to Thai and Indian dishes.

Thai Tamarind Shrimp Mini Pizza step by step

Take a cookie tray, and scatter kosher salt on the tray..
Take each pita bread, and with a brush, spread the olive oil on both sides of the bread, leaving a nice layer without any puddles. Do this for each pizza..
Take the cooked shrimp, and after they have thawed (if frozen), cut the tails off and cut them in half..
On a frying pan, take a little olive oil and spread it on the pan. Take the can of tamarind chutney, and place two large spoonfuls of the chutney on the pan along with the cut shrimp. Sauté the shrimp, mixing the sauce and shrimp around for 5-6 minutes on medium-high. Add a few shakes of ground ginger and asian spices, along with the squeezed lime, in the pan and mix..
Take a small spoonful of the chutney and make a layer of it on each of the 4 pitas. Then, take 1/4 of the contents of the pan and place them on each pita bread. There should be roughly 5-7 bits of shrimp on the bread..
Bake at 375°F for about 10 minutes..
While the pitas are baking, take the red onion and dice it. If the carrot strips are not already in strip for, do that as well. Also, take a handful of cilantro, remove the stems and chop them. Place the chopped onion, bean sprouts, and carrot strips in fridge to cool off while pita is baking, but not the cilantro..
After the pitas are done baking, remove them from the oven. Top each one of them with some freshly chopped onion, a handful of bean sprouts, 3-4 carrot strips, and garnish with the freshly chopped cilantro..
Serve hot & enjoy!.

Learn how to make easy homemade tamarind paste in the Instant Pot. The sauce is made from scratch using Thai favorites like fish sauce, tamarind paste, and shrimp paste. This Tamarind Shrimp and Pineapple Skewer was originally created for the Asian Street Food Festival in Denver. It has my favorite shrimp, lightly marinated with tamarind and cooked, and skewered with a piece of fresh and juicy pineapple. The dish was inspired by my trip to Vietnam a few months ago.