# What to do with a gallon of coconut milk **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100 "2013-07-10T02:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/1 "2013-07-10T02:17:59Z")
So will shopping at ALIDI on Sunday I saw gallon cartons of vanilla unsweetened coconut milk for cheap; so I bought one. Then after it got home and I opened I realized that while it’s good there’s no way I’ll finish off the entire gallon by myself before it spoils. So what can I make with a gallon of coconut milk? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/2 "2013-07-10T02:37:27Z")
What would you do with a gallon of cow’s milk, and can coconut milk be used the same way? (Need answer fast; I’m going to Aldi’s tomorrow.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/3 "2013-07-10T02:58:02Z")
Hmmm…I’ve never used that stuff (just coconut cream and coconut milk that comes in cans which I believe is much, much heavier and caloric than what you got), but I would probably experiment with poaching shrimp in it for one use. I know you say it’s vanilla flavored, but unsweetened, right (so I assume no sugar substitute or anything)? Vanilla and shrimp pair together pretty well, so I’d give that a try, probably with a bit of onions/shallots/garlic, maybe some chiles, salt, pepper, etc., that sort of thing. Out of curiosity, I just googled the terms and [found this recipe](http://www.food.com/recipe/tahitian-shrimp-in-coconut-vanilla-sauce-456175). It’s a little different than what I had in mind, but at least shows I’m not completely crazy for thinking it would work. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/4 "2013-07-10T02:59:23Z")
Can’t you freeze it? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/5 "2013-07-10T03:14:39Z")
You could make a buttload of coconut sorbet. Or curry and then freeze it. Or both. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/6 "2013-07-10T03:15:00Z")
I make a curry flavored chicken and ginger dish with coconut milk. You could make a few things like that, and freeze them. _shakes ninja’d fist at Eva Luna_ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/7 "2013-07-10T03:27:49Z")
Put it in iced tea or coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/8 "2013-07-10T03:55:08Z")
[Tom kha gai](http://rasamalaysia.com/tom-kha-gai-recipe-thai-coconut-chicken-soup/) Thai chicken and coconut soup. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/9 "2013-07-10T04:00:17Z")
Wash your hair! ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/10 "2013-07-10T04:07:24Z")
see if you can drink it in under an hour, and keep it down? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/11 "2013-07-10T04:12:00Z")
[Sweet Rice Cake (Bibingkang Malagkit)](http://www.food.com/recipe/sweet-rice-cake-bibingkang-malagkit-398968) ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/12 "2013-07-10T04:37:03Z")
1. Buy some limes. 2. Put the lime in the cocoanut. 3. Drink it all up. Or… get some pineapple juice and make Piña Coladas! (You can make them non-alcoholic, too.) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/13 "2013-07-10T11:50:36Z")
Enough beef **rendang** to feed a Malaysian army! (Look it up. Slow simmered in coconut milk with a tasty brown mix of spices – not very spicy, but flavorful, and some of the spices are those found in a typical curry, while others are not. If done right, the beef will melt in your mouth, and you won’t really notice much coconut flavor per se.) ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/14 "2013-07-10T16:04:44Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > 1. Buy some limes. > 2. Put the lime in the cocoanut. > 3. Drink it all up. 1. Call the doctor, wake him up… Anybody ever really tried that recipe to see if it will give you a bellyache, or was it just more of Harry Nilsson’s musical ingenious? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/15 "2013-07-10T16:17:06Z")
> [@ruh-roh](#): > > Anybody ever really tried that recipe to see if it will give you a bellyache, or was it just more of Harry Nilsson’s musical ingenious? I always heard it was just a euphemism for a drink, lime + coconut milk/juice + rum. He didn’t say rum, but by the other ingredients it was obvious to listeners what he was referring to. He’s calling the dr cuz he has a hangover, etc. I had a friend go to Hawaii (not sure, might have been somewhere else), and he went to a stand where they would crack open a fresh coconut, cut the top off, pour cold rum into it and hand it to you. Made me think of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/16 "2013-07-10T16:27:00Z")
I’m thinking mixed drinks. Throw a party. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/17 "2013-07-10T16:43:02Z")
Bathe in it. (You’ll have to buy a few more gallons.) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/18 "2013-07-10T17:11:08Z")
Make pudding: rice, tapioca, chocolate, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/19 "2013-07-10T17:22:28Z")
It makes a GREAT (if somewhat fattening) sauce with meat, especially with nuts (you can just mix in some peanut butter) or curry. Use it as the liquid instead of wine or broth in a slow-cooked braise, or just cook up some chicken and make a quick sauce. Serve over rice. Or put it in a blender with some sweetened condensed milk and a few ice cubes for a refreshing and tasty (and not all that healthy) drink. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100/20 "2013-07-10T17:46:18Z")
A lot of people swear by anything coconut for their beauty regimen. It’s apparently a very effective natural moisturizer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-gallon-of-coconut-milk/663100.md?page=2)