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Thai Chicken Coconut Curry
This Healthy Thai Chicken Coconut Curry is made with tender chicken and vegetables in an easy coconut curry sauce made with red Thai curry paste. It's fantastically flavorful and better than takeout! Keep it keto and low carb by serving with cauliflower rice.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 499 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast chopped into 1-inch pieces
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 2 zucchini sliced
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 1 yellow onion sliced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
- 4 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
- 1 (13.5-ounce) can full fat coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice or more to taste
Instructions
- Pat the chicken pieces until dry, then season with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, then add the chicken and cook without stirring for 3-4 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring until browned a bit and the chicken pieces are mostly cooked through. Transfer to a plate.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan, then saute the zucchini, red bell pepper, and onions for 3-4 minutes just to soften a bit but not so long that they go mushy. Add the garlic and ginger. Cook another 1 minute.
- Add the coconut milk, red curry paste, and fish sauce, and whisk together. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce heat, and return the chicken to the pan. Simmer for a few minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- Stir in lime juice, then taste and adjust the seasoning with more lime juice, fish sauce, or salt as desired. Serve over cauliflower rice.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
499kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
40g
(80%)
Fat
33g
(51%)
Saturated Fat
20g
(100%)
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
574mg
(24%)
Potassium
1216mg
(35%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
3541IU
(71%)
Vitamin C
64mg
(71%)
Calcium
74mg
(7%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 499
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 499kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 40g | 80% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 20g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 574mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 1216mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 3541IU | 71% |
| Vitamin C | 64mg | 71% |
| Calcium | 74mg | 7% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.