Creamy Coconut Chicken
By Tiffy Cooks
Who doesn't love one-pot dinners? Easy and delicious CREAMY Coconut Chicken is one of my favorite lazy weeknight dinners from my student days! The chicken is tender and coated in a creamy mushroom coconut curry sauce and will have you eating bowls and bowls of rice. This Coconut Chicken also tastes fantastic the next day, perfect for meal prepping! Give this creamy coconut chicken a try, and I promise you will also be making it every week.
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thigh bone-in and skin-on
- Salt and Pepper
- 0.5 tbsp Tumeric
- 0.5 tbsp Paprika
- 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1 can Coconut Milk ~14 ounces
- 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
- 1.5 tbsp Garlic minced
- 1 onion large, sliced
- 10-15 Mushroom sliced
- 2 tbsp Curry Powder
- 0.5 tbsp Garam Masala
Instructions
- Season the chicken thigh with salt and pepper, turmeric, paprika, and garlic powder.
- Drizzle in around 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, and turn the heat up to medium-high. Once the pan is hot, add the chicken skin side facing down and pan-fry for 3 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan, saute sliced onion and mushroom in the chicken oil for 2-3 minutes.
- Next, add minced garlic, curry powder, tomato paste, and garam masala. Saute and mix.
- Add the chicken skin side facing up, and pour in coconut milk. Make sure the chicken is fully coated in the sauce.
- Put the lid on and let it cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Enjoy with hot rice!
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Notes
There are many curry powders; depending on your spice level, you can choose the curry powder suited to you.
Nutrition
Calories: 780kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 44gFat: 61gSaturated Fat: 29gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 236mgSodium: 281mgPotassium: 1109mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 771IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 72mgIron: 7mg
