🥥 🍛 Light Coconut Chicken Curry

⏱️ Prep: 5m  |  ⏲️ Cook: 35m

Serves ~6.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 tbsp grated ginger
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1½ tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp ground fennel
  • 1kg chicken breast, diced
  • 2½ cups light coconut milk (1½ tins)
  • 1 cup low-salt stock
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1 courgette, diced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 big handfuls baby spinach
  • 6 spring onions, tops sliced
  • A small handful of coriander, chopped
  • Rice, to serve

Instructions:

  1. Dice 1 onion. Warm 2 tbsp coconut oil in a large pan over medium-low heat and soften the diced onion for 6-8 minutes, until translucent. While it softens, grate 2 tbsp ginger, crush 3-4 cloves garlic and dice 1kg chicken breast.
  2. Add the grated ginger and crushed garlic, and cook for 1 minute.
  3. Stir in 2 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp ground coriander, 1½ tsp cumin and 1 tsp ground fennel, and cook for 1 minute.
  4. Add the diced chicken breast, stir to coat in the spices, and cook for 4-5 minutes until opaque. While it cooks, dice 2 carrots and 1 courgette.
  5. Pour in 2½ cups light coconut milk and 1 cup low-salt stock, add the diced carrots and courgette, and stir in 1 tsp salt.
  6. Simmer covered for 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked and the carrots are tender. While it simmers, slice the tops of 6 spring onions, chop a small handful of coriander and put the rice on.
  7. Stir through 2 big handfuls of baby spinach and the sliced spring onion tops, and cook for 2 minutes.
  8. Garnish with the chopped coriander and serve with rice.

Note: Don’t push the simmer much beyond 20 minutes, or the breast dries out.