Coconut milk curdling?

[Hassouni]

I bought some frozen coconut milk, the very minimally processed stuff made in Thailand sold at many East Asian supermarkets. It's 100% coconut milk, and the idea was to avoid the stabilizers etc added to pretty much all the canned brands. I tried cooking with it and it curdled. Is that normal?  Any tricks I should know of?

[heidih]

All I can add is that I had some canned that I only used a bit of - then froze, then thawed, then re-froze. Curdled in container Smells good. I've some in a stew on stove now and all good. Did yours remain curdled and was it inedible, or just unattractive?

Edited August 13, 2021 by heidih (log)

[cdh]

Curdled in the can, or curdled in the pan? 

[Bernie]

Curdled or split?

[Hassouni]

It didn't come in a can, it came in vacuum sealed bag - and I would describe it as curdled rather than split, once heated

[KennethT]

I didn't know coconut milk was able to curdle.  I've had some frozen coconut milk separate, but if you stir it pretty hard it comes back together.

[Anna N]

19 hours ago, Hassouni said:

I bought some frozen coconut milk, the very minimally processed stuff made in Thailand sold at many East Asian supermarkets. It's 100% coconut milk, and the idea was to avoid the stabilizers etc added to pretty much all the canned brands. I tried cooking with it and it curdled. Is that normal?  Any tricks I should know of?

Does this help? I am no food scientist but it sounds quite reasonable. 

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