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Whole30 Chicken Curry

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Last updated on October 4th, 2018

A quick, healthy and easy way to prepare Whole30 chicken curry. This delicious curry recipe is a serious meal planning game changer. It tastes absolutely delicious reheated and is the perfect lunch or dinner meal!

Just letting you know this Whole30 chicken curry recipe is sponsored by the awesome folks over at Bonafide Provisions!

A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

A Whole30 curry that’s made for the masses

I made curry, everyone. Considering how often I go out for Thai and Indian food, I cannot believe it has taken me this long to bring curry and all of its glory to life in my kitchen.

Well, I shouldn’t say I have never made curry. It has however taken me this long to hold off from eating it at all, in order to take pictures of it. There we go. Now, I’ve got my facts straight.

It also took me a bit of time to figure out how to make a completely Whole3o compliant. It’s not that this recipe is difficult to make.

I just wasn’t well versed with Whole30 recipe creation until about a year ago.

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A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

This Whole30 chicken curry is loaded up with all of the veggies!

I’m a huge veggie advocate, especially in soups, stews and curries. They bring different flavors (obviously) and textures to the equation outside of your protein source.

This 10 minute Whole30 curry has all the nutrient dense ingredients in it… did you check out the list? I’ll give you a sneak preview, just keep scrollin’ along ????

I love green curry, red curry, panang curry, yellow curry, YOU NAME IT & I LOVE IT. Seriously. I love coconut milk. I love spices. Curry can do me no wrong. When I went to Sprouts to make my first curry recipe, they only had green curry paste available.

So I went with it, and that’s fine because green is my favorite color. Yeah, I’m such a kid.

A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

When you make this Whole30 curry, you’re going to want to make it again & again

I remember making curry for the first time with a curry paste instead of a bunch of powder. It was so exciting.

I felt like I had discovered something brand new (which I had… at least, for me personally.)

What’s so awesome about this recipe (well, one of the things), is that you can get as creative with your vegetables add-ins as you’d like.

I decided to add in some butternut squash, green beans, cauliflower florets, as well as some cauliflower rice to serve with the curry.

A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

Snuck some cauliflower rice into this paleo curry recipe…

This 10 minute Whole30 curry will keep in the refrigerator for up to one week. If you’re not in the business of Whole30’ing, can alternatively serve this on steamed brown or white rice, if that’s your style.

I am sure there is a reason they always serve it with curry at restaurants. So. dang. good. That’s why.

But eating this curry with cauliflower rice is just as delicious, in my opinion. Just wait and see…!

Oh- hey! Have you happened to see my brand, spanking new Whole30 Meal Plan? I’ve changed up the layout a bit and included 40+ recipes within the post.
A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

This Whole30 chicken curry is the bee’s knees. After you make it once, I know it will become a frequent go to in your home!

It’s seriously time to dig in.

Oh, your kitchen is going to smell like curry for a few days. Breathe in, breathe out and embrace it ????

A 10 minute Whole30 chicken curry that is healthy, delicious and so easy to prepare. Add it to your meal plan today! #whole30recipes #paleocurry #whole30 via @themovementmenu

This post is sponsored by the lovely folks at Bonafide Provisions. Thank you for allowing me to continue creating such incredible content by supporting relationships with incredible brands and companies that The Movement Menu enjoys working with! Opinions will always remain 100% my own!

 

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Whole30 Chicken Curry

Servings 8
Prep Time 20 minutes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Whole30 Chicken Curry. Quick, healthy and way too easy to prepare! This Whole30 curry is a serious meal planning game changer. It tastes absolutely delicious reheated and is the perfect lunch or dinner meal!
Ingredients
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Heat a high-rimmed sauté pan with 1 tablespoon of ghee. While it is heating up, season your chicken thigh cubes with salt and pepper.
  2. Pan fry the chicken until lightly brown on all sides. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chunks into a bowl and set aside. Discard the excess fat and juice from the pan.
  3. Add in bone broth and let onions cook until they look translucent (about 4-5 minutes).
  4. Throw the chicken back into the pan and add green curry paste. Stir until well combined, and pour in the canned coconut milk. Let it just come to a boil and turn it on medium-low heat.
  5. Add in all of the vegetables and other spices. Once the vegetables have cooked through (check if they are fork tender), lower the heat to a simmer and stir in turmeric.
  6. Add sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste.
  7. Let the curry simmer for 15-20 minutes, and mix in or top off with some fresh cilantro. Serve with cauliflower rice and top off with spiced cashews.
Recipe Notes

You can play around with the spice amounts once your curry begins to simmer. I prefer my curries with a kick, so I added a good amount more of red chili flakes and pepper, as well as turmeric.

Author: Monica Stevens Le
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    • Hi Karen, thank you SO much… and yeah, it’s definitely one of my favorites 🙂 So easy! If you liked the recipe, can you do me a favor and rate it (using the 1-5 star rating system towards the bottom of the recipe post)? That helps me out a ton! ????

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  3. Made this last night and it was delicious! I pretty much followed to a T but added zucchini and didn’t use the bone broth. My only beef (And, I should have realized this would be the case!) is that it took pretty long to cook… about an hour and a half… a decent amount of which was hands on. This was after chopping chicken and veggies over the week end.
    The good news is that there are lots of leftovers so the work was worth it!

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    • Hi Emily, I’m so sorry to hear that it took so long to cook. I found that most of the time was just letting it simmer. May I ask what was taking you that long? I’m glad that you liked the taste at least 🙂

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      • I have to second Emily’s comment re: prep & cook time. There is no way one person can prep and make this dish as the recipe states in 40 min (10 min prep + 30 min cook). Took my boyfriend and I 1.5 hours as well. Peeling and dicing the butternut squash alone took close to 10 min! Additionally, the cook times just don’t add up – browned chicken (at least 4-5 min), translucent onions (~5 min), fork-tender butternut squash (at least 15 min) and then let all of it simmer for 20 min? You’re already at 45 min and that’s not listing every step in the recipe.

        Now, that being said – the flavor is freakin’ fantastic and the end result is absolutely delicious! I will definitely make this curry again – just will ensure I start cooking earlier and/or prep the veggies the day before. If you’re on the fence re: attempting this dish, do it…just be aware of the additional cook time required for any amateur chef.

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        • Hi Kara, thank you so much for providing me with this feedback. I have adjusted the prep/cook times accordingly. I apologize for being a little bit ambitious with the estimates. I’m really happy to hear you enjoyed the dish and so appreciative of your feedback! 🙂

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  5. This looks fantastic and I’m excited to try it. But doesn’t 40 oz of coconut milk give it a TON of sugar and calories?

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    • Hi there. An entire can of full-fat coconut milk only contains about 5 grams of sugar. There is absolutely a lot of fat in it, but it is coming from an extremely healthy source- the coconut. Healthy fats are incredible for your brain and your body. I wouldn’t ever discourage you from making this dish because of this. I hope you get to try it!

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  7. Made this a few days ago and have been eating it for every lunch since and it’s soooooooo good! I actually didn’t use the bone broth and did reduce the amount of coconut milk and it was still amazing. Can’t wait to make it again next week. Thank you!

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    • Hi there. I do not provide that information for my readers, as I do not believe in counting calories. I simply use whole, real food ingredients 🙂 You can absolutely plug in the recipe to My Fitness Pal though and get that info you are looking for!

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  9. Made this recipe last night, and it was the perfect meal to welcome in cooler weather! So warm and flavorful. I had a couple cans of light coconut milk on hand so I used a combo of light and regular. Bought pre-cut butternut squash cubes, which was a big time saver, and used broccoli. Thanks so much for recipe – will be making again!

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  10. Have you tried it with chicken breasts vs thighs? Just realized I thawed the wrong cut. Let me know any adjustments you might recommend.

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  11. I agree with some other reviewers- this took a lot longer to make than the recipe states. I think in my house it will be a better weekend dinner than a weeknight dinner. However, it was really, really good and it made a lot of food. I’m excited for the leftovers! Will definitely make again.

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  13. Made this recipe last night and it was incredible. Thank you for this!!!

    I swapped out the bone broth for chicken broth and used potatoes, red peppers, and snap peas as my veggies instead. Will definitely make again but this took about 1h30m and shouldn’t be called a 10 minute curry

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  14. Stop what you’re doing an make this curry!! Whether you’re doing Whole30 or not, it’s freaking delicious and filling with healthy fats and protein! I subbed snap peas for the green beans and added shredded carrots and bell peppers to mine. It tasted even better the next day when the flavors had time to meddle together. I prepped a large batch of this to eat for the week and I’m looking forward to dinner every night this week 🙂

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    • This makes me so happy to hear, wow what an awesome review!!!! Feel free to use the star rating system on the recipe card if you feel so inclined. It helps me and other readers out tremendously. I hope you get to try out more recipes soon– a personal favorite right now is the tikka masala and one pan shrimp fajitas! 🙂

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