Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk

This chicken curry with coconut milk recipe is easy, healthy, and simple. It's a creamy and mild yellow curry with fresh spinach and red peppers that my family just adores. Top with roasted cashews and serve with rice for a delicious, quick dinner! 

Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk

I've always loved bright and boldly flavored curries. One of my favorites is a Thai Eggplant curry that involves more ingredients and steps than I'd like to admit, but the end-result is worth it. But, here's the kicker-- I'm a mom.

My kids are not always keen on my psychedelic tastebuds and as much as I try to convert them, I don't succeed. So, this mild and creamy coconut chicken curry is our compromise. It has the bright curry flavor I like without overpowering their un-adventurous palates.

I have high hopes that they'll learn to love the beauty and complexities of curries at some point, but in the meantime, I'll stick with this recipe.

How to Make Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk

This creamy coconut chicken curry is pretty easy and straight-forward, but there are a few tricks that will make this as absolutely flavorful as it can be.

1. "Bloom" Your Spices: The flavor compounds in many spices and a handful of herbs are fat-soluble. By heating spices in fat before adding the remainder of the recipe, you can extract a substantial amount of flavor that wouldn't be present by just simmering those spices in the coconut milk.
2.  Add Baking Soda to your Onions: Adding a pinch of baking soda to your onions raises their PH level and allows them to caramelize much faster which develops that deep, rich flavor.

Can you Freeze Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk?

When frozen, coconut milk separates and loses its creamy consistency. Once defrosted it can be re-emulsified with an immersion blender, but that's not something you'd want to do when you have chicken and veggies in it as well.

So my answer is that yes, it can be frozen, but the consistency will not be the same once defrosted.

How to Make Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk in the Slow Cooker

If you'd like to make this easy chicken with coconut milk recipe in the slow cooker, you certainly can.

I recommend following the written recipe through caramelizing the onion and then adding all ingredients except the spinach and cilantro to the slow cooker. Cook until the chicken is tender and then stir the spinach and cilantro in just before serving.

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Tools Used in Making Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk:

• Lodge Cast Iron Skillet: Cast Iron Skillets are your BEST friend and are totally underrated. Cast iron retains heat really well and allows you to get that irresistible sear on steaks and other meats you can usually only get at a restaurant. Pair this with the fact that they are CHEAP it's a no-brainer.
• OXO Handheld Vegetable Slicer: I love this little tool when making soup or other skillet meals because it slices small amounts of veggies quickly and easily and I don’t have to dirty a cutting board– I just slice right over the pot! I especially love it for carrots and celery.
  
  

  Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk

  This chicken curry with coconut milk recipe is easy, healthy, and simple. It's a creamy and mild yellow curry with fresh spinach and red peppers that my family just adores. Top with roasted cashews and serve with rice for a delicious, quick dinner! 

  By Heather Cheney

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  Prep Time: 10 minutes

  Cook Time: 30 minutes

  Total Time: 40 minutes

  Servings: 4 servings

  Ingredients

  • ▢ 1 tablespoon coconut oil or olive oil
  • ▢ 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • ▢ ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ▢ ½ medium onion finely diced
  • ▢ 1 pinch baking soda
  • ▢ 2 ½ " piece of ginger peeled and finely minced
  • ▢ 4 cloves garlic minced
  • ▢ 1, 15 ounce can coconut milk
  • ▢ 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast thinly sliced
  • ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • ▢ 1 red bell pepper sliced
  • ▢ 6 ounces baby spinach
  • ▢ ½ cup fresh cilantro chopped

  Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir curry powder and black pepper into oil and cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly until fragrant. 
  • Stir onion and baking soda into spices and cook, stirring until onions are tender-- about 3-4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic to the pan and cook for 30 seconds followed by the coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
  • Season chicken with the salt and add to the simmering coconut milk with the red pepper. Bring to a boil,reduce heat to low and cover. Cook at a low simmer for about 5-6 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and peppers are tender. 
  • Stir spinach and cilantro into the finished curry and season with soy sauce or fish sauce to taste. Serve with rice. 

  Nutrition Facts

  Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 547 kcal | Carbohydrates: 9 g | Protein: 52 g | Fat: 34 g | Saturated Fat: 25 g | Cholesterol: 145 mg | Sodium: 1256 mg | Potassium: 1454 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 2 g | Vitamin A: 5135 IU | Vitamin C: 56.3 mg | Calcium: 90 mg | Iron: 6.4 mg

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