Coconut Curry Chicken and Peanuts

11 Reviews

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 40 min
Ready In: 55 min

“Spice from the curry and slightly sweet coconut milk combine to make a wonderfully tasty and tender chicken dish. Serve with basmati rice and a cool cucumber and tomato salad. I created this recipe after a small ethnic restaurant in our neighborhood closed. Their curry chicken and peanuts was wonderful. I was unable to find a similar recipe so through trial and error, this version was born!” - by LisaMB

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 sweet onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons curry powder, or to taste, divided
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into cubes
1/4 cup coconut milk, or more if desired
1/4 cup chopped peanuts

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the butter is melted. Cook and stir the onions and 1 tablespoon of curry powder for about 5 minutes, to release the juice from the onions. Remove the onions with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the juice in the skillet.
Place the chicken breast cubes into the skillet with the remaining 1 tablespoon of curry powder, and cook and stir about 15 minutes, until the chicken is browned and no longer pink inside. Return the onions to the skillet, and pour in the coconut milk. Simmer for about 15 minutes, until the sauce is thickened. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
339 cal
17%

Fat
22.9 g
35%

Carbs
9.3 g
3%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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OneSmarmyMama

Apr. 6, 2009

"This recipe is wonderful! I'm not really a very good cook and even I couldn't screw this one up. :) I think the level of taste really depends on what kind of curry you use, and you could definitely sp..." See moreice it up with spicier curry. But, as is, it made for a great, light, tasty dinner. The sauce was delicious, I felt like I was in a restaurant. Put it over a bed of jasmine rice and you'd have a great dinner. "

peytonl

Apr. 2, 2009

"This dish was VERY bland and colorless. I believe it needs a lot of tweaking to be a keeper...." See more"

shannonsmith

May. 17, 2010

"The first time I made this recipe I found it to be bland. I added Cumin and cilantro to taste. I reserved some of the fresh cilantro to sprinkle when I plated the dish, Also gave a sprinkle of fresh..." See more coconut as well. Used Jasmatti rice and it was delicious. Went from 3 stars to 5 stars!"

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