5 from 33 votes
Easy Thai Green Curry Recipe
This Easy Thai Green Curry Recipe features thinly sliced chicken breast cooked with vegetables like carrots, snow peas, and bell peppers in a fragrant green curry sauce made from green curry paste and coconut milk. Fresh ingredients including lime juice, zest, and avocado chunks add brightness and creaminess. The dish delivers a balance of spicy, sweet, and tangy flavors with tender chicken and crisp vegetables.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
4
Servings
Calories:
630 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Thai
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast boneless skinless, sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/4 cup canola oil divided
- 1 carrot peeled and thinly sliced into coins
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 green bell pepper thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons green curry paste
- 2 green onions minced, with tops
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons ginger minced, fresh
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 lime juiced and zested
- 1 avocado cut into 1" chunks
Instructions
- Toss the chicken with the flour and add to a large skillet on medium heat with half the canola oil, cooking for 3-4 minutes until cooked through then remove the chicken from the pan and add in the remaining canola oil.
- Add the carrots, snow peas and green bell peppers and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the vegetables to the plate with the chicken.
- Add the curry paste, cooking and stirring for 30-45 seconds.
- Add in the green onions, garlic and ginger and keep stirring for another minute.
- Add the coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice and lime zest then whisk to combine.
- Cook for an additional 5-7 minutes over medium heat.
- Turn off the heat, add the chicken back into the pan with the avocado chunks and stir together gently before serving.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
630kcal
(32%)
Carbohydrates
24g
(8%)
Protein
29g
(58%)
Fat
49g
(75%)
Saturated Fat
24g
(120%)
Cholesterol
73mg
(24%)
Sodium
517mg
(22%)
Potassium
1117mg
(24%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
4275IU
(86%)
Vitamin C
54.4mg
(60%)
Calcium
75mg
(8%)
Iron
5.5mg
(31%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 630
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 630kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 29g | 58% |
| Fat | 49g | 75% |
| Saturated Fat | 24g | 120% |
| Cholesterol | 73mg | 24% |
| Sodium | 517mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 1117mg | 24% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 4275IU | 86% |
| Vitamin C | 54.4mg | 60% |
| Calcium | 75mg | 8% |
| Iron | 5.5mg | 31% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.