Paleo Coconut Chicken Curry

October 3, 2013 By Leanne Vogel November 13, 2018

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I am vibrating with excitement.

But for now, I’ll vibrate with some coconut chicken curry. Sure, it’s not gluten-free, vegan, paleo tiramisu, but it’s the next best thing.

Who am I kidding? Nothing comes close to tiramisu. But really, this healthy curry recipe is pretty good. And easy, too!

Now that we know how to make coconut milk using shredded coconut, making curry with a coconut milk base like this one is an absolute breeze!

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Paleo Coconut Chicken Curry

Author: Leanne Vogel

Recipe type: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Yeast-free, Corn-free, Grain-free, Egg-free

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Serves: 4

A healthy, paleo curry made with fresh coconut milk, chicken and an easy Indian spice mix. Lightly spicy with a slight hint of coconut.

Ingredients

Cinnamon Masala Spice Blend

3 dried red chilis
4 whole cloves
5 cardamom pods
4 pieces of cinnamon bark or 4 small cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon poppyseeds

Curry

2 yellow onions, sliced thin
1 tablespoon coconut oil
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cubed
2 cups homemade coconut milk
¼ teaspoon sea salt
10 raw cashews, ground or 1½ tablespoons almond flour

Toppings

Chopped fresh mint, to taste
Chopped or whole, raw cashews

Instructions

Add masala ingredients to a cast iron pan. Toast on medium-high for 4-5 minutes, rotating frequently. When aroma begins to release, remove from the pan and allow to cool before grinding in your spice grinder or coffee grinder. Set aside.
In the same cast iron, add onions, oil, garlic and ginger. Saute on medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
Add chicken and cook 2-3 minutes per side.
Add coconut milk, salt and masala mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook for 10 minutes, rotating every couple of minutes.
When 1 minute is left on the timer, stir in the ground cashews to help thicken up the curry.
Serve immediately, on a bed of cauliflower rice and top with extra cashews and fresh mint. The fresh mint is SO nice in this. I highly recommend not skipping out on it.

Notes

Spice blend: if you do not have the spices listed, or a grinder, feel free to use 2 tablespoons of garam masala mixture in place of the cinnamon masala.

Vegan option: I bet that this curry would be phenomenal with chickpeas instead of chicken. Simply use 4 cups cooked chickpeas in place of chicken in this recipe.

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Making your own masala is so very, very easy. All you need are a couple of spices and a coffee grinder. As I mentioned in the recipe, if you don’t want to make your own masala for this recipe, you can switch it out for 2 tablespoons of store-bought garam masala. You don’t even have to make your own coconut milk for this curry… although I highly suggest it!

Also, if you don’t do chicken, no worries! You can replace the chicken in this recipe with 4 cups of cooked chickpeas. I bet lentils would be good, too. Updating the recipe to include beans wouldn’t make the recipe paleo anymore though.