Jamaican Curry Shrimp Recipe

Name: Jamaican Curry Shrimp Recipe
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 1 lb Jumbo Shrimp; 2.5 tbsp Jamaican Curry Powder; 1 tsp All-purpose Seasoning; 2 tablespoons Olive Oil; 1 sliced Onion; 1 sliced Red Pepper; 1 sliced Green Pepper; 1 sliced Scotch Bonnet; 3 cloves Chopped Garlic; 380g Unsweetened Coconut Milk; 1/2 tbs Tomato Ketchup; 4 sprigs Thyme; To taste Salt; To taste Pepper

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Seafood recipe with Jamaican flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 51 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 41 min total

1 lb Jumbo Shrimp
2.5 tbsp Jamaican Curry Powder
1 tsp All-purpose Seasoning
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 sliced Onion
1 sliced Red Pepper
1 sliced Green Pepper
1 sliced Scotch Bonnet
3 cloves Chopped Garlic
380g Unsweetened Coconut Milk
1/2 tbs Tomato Ketchup
4 sprigs Thyme
To taste Salt
To taste Pepper

Step-by-step instructions

Season shrimp with 1 Tablespoon of curry powder and all-purpose seasoning and set aside for about 10 minutes while you prepare the other ingredients like chopping your onions, peppers, and garlic.
Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sliced yellow onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, scotch bonnet pepper, if using, and chopped garlic and stir for 5 minutes, until peppers are slightly softened.
Add 1.5 Tablespoons of curry powder to the skillet and stir for an additional minute.
Then add coconut milk, seasoned shrimp, ketchup, and thyme, making sure the shrimp is covered in the sauce.
Allow the sauce to come to a simmer and continue to cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally and flipping the shrimp halfway, until the shrimp is fully cooked on both sides. This should take about 5-6 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Why this works on a weeknight

Jamaican Curry Shrimp Recipe lands at about 41 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Weeknight Curries collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Jamaican Curry Shrimp Recipe actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

Filed under 🌶️ Weeknight Curries Seafood Jamaican