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Coconut Curry Chicken

Coconut curry chicken is not only a super flavorful dish, but it’s also easy to make and healthy for you!  I have my mom to thank for this one!  I learned this delicious recipe from her :)  Warning though, you are going to get SO hungry cooking this because the coconut milk smells amazing!

Coconut Milk Curry Chicken

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless chicken thighs
• 1 cup of sliced onions
• 1 potato
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 1 can of coconut milk (13.5 oz)
• 2 tbsp of curry powder
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• Olive oil
• Salt, as desired

Curry Powder and Coconut Milk

Instructions

1.  Cut your potatoes up in to cubes,  slice up your onions, chop up your garlic, and cut your chicken in to cubes.

Cubed potatoes

Garlic and onions

Chicken cut in to cubes

Curry Powder and Butter

3.   Add in the can of coconut milk.  (The one I used is a Thai coconut milk, but if you can’t find that any where there’s Thai Kitchen’s available here.)  Swirl it around.

Chef’s Choice Coconut Milk

Coconut milk mixed with buttery curry powder

4.  Keep the coconut milk blend heated up and in a separate skillet, sauté the garlic and the onions with the olive oil.

Sautéing garlic and onions

Added the chicken

6.  Once the meat is cooked very lightly, throw the cubed potatoes and the sauté chicken/onion/garlic mix in to the coconut milk/curry powder mix.  Mix it all together well, and turn the heat to high.  Once it starts simmering, lower the heat to medium low, and cover.

All the ingredients mixed together

7.  Let it cook for about 30 minutes or when your chicken is cooked thoroughly (and try not to die of hunger with all that delicious coconut milk aroma in the air!).

Mmm… Coconut Milk Curry Chicken

And that’s it!  Dinner is served, and it is GOOOOOOD.

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All right, I’ve gotten requests for this one!  So, here it is.  The most delicious Mexican Chicken Soup!  I originally stumbled upon a recipe for this from Paleo Diet Lifestyle.  However, I’ve since made it many many times (cause it’s so good!) and tweaked it here and there.  Instead of making store bought broth and roasted chicken laying around – I make this by purchasing a rotisserie chicken!

Mexican Chicken Soup

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 rotisserie chicken
• 4 cups of chicken broth (if not making it with soup)
• 1/2 onion
• 1 cup of cherry tomatoes
• 1 avocado
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 sweet potato
• 4 tbsp butter
• Fresh cilantro
• Lime juice (half a lime)
• Salt and pepper, as desired

Mexican Chicken Soup Ingredients

Instructions

1.  Remove the meat from your rotisserie chicken.  You can keep some meat on the bones if you are planning to make the chicken broth from the carcass.

2.  (If you aren’t making the broth from this rotisserie chicken, skip to the next step!)  To make the chicken broth, place the carcass in whatever pot fits it and cover with water.  You can add some onions, celery, and carrots in here if you would like.  Cover with water and bring to a boil.  Once it boils, let it simmer for about 90 minutes.


3.  After you have your broth ready, cut your sweet potatoes in to cubes.

Cubed Sweet Potatoes

4.  Throw the sweet potatoes in to a pot of boiling water for 15-20 minutes.  Do step number 5 while you wait.  Once it is done, drain the water and place it to the side until you add it in the soup later.

5.  While that is heating up, cut your cherry tomatoes in half, slice your onions, mince your garlic, and chop your cilantro.  Place them aside.

Chicken and Halved Cherry Tomatoes

6.  Use a large saucepan (this is the pan you will use to cook your soup!), and heat up your butter in medium heat.
7.  Add your sliced onions and minced garlic and sauté.

Sautéing Onion Slices

8.  Now, add 4 cups of the chicken broth you made (or didn’t make)!  Wait for it to simmer, and do the next step while waiting!


9.  While we wait, slice your avocado in to 4 pieces.  If you’ve never done this before, here’s a good way to cut it in half and also to remove the pit. Follow steps 1-5.  It’ll be easier if you use a sharp and heavier knife to remove the pit.)  To keep the avocados from browning (it naturally does this if you keep it out too long), soak it in some ice water.

Keeping avocados from browning!

10.  Once it starts simmering, add the chicken you removed from the rotisserie chicken.
11.  Add tomatoes, lime juice, and the sweet potatoes you cooked.
12.  Right before serving, add cilantro and avocado!

Added Cilantro

Mexican Chicken Soup

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