Chicken curry without coconut milk, an easy recipe that is ready in about 25 minutes. Boneless chicken breast simmered in a rich sauce with AIP compliant spices make a delicious chicken curry for the whole family.
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Considering that both tomatoes and many spices are forbidden on the AIP diet, creating an AIP compliant chicken curry without coconut milk was tricky. But with so many people intolerant to coconut I had to find a solution for my coconut free AIP readers.
The biggest challenge was to replace both the tomatoes and coconut milk that are usually used in an Indian curry. Funny thing, I came up with this idea as I was eating my coconut chicken curry served with steamed cooked sweet potatoes. Thankfully, I had some leftover cooked sweet potatoes so it was very easy to try my idea out the next day.
I think this Chicken curry without coconut milk would be great served with Gluten free no yeast biscuits or with AIP Cornbread.
📖 Ingredient notes
- Chicken. For this chicken curry, you will need boneless, skinless chicken breast.
- Raisins. Make sure to use additive free raisins.
- Onion. I use yellow onion but you can also use white onion.
- Bone broth. If you don't have bone broth you can use water instead.
- Sweet potato. Steamed cooked
- Spices. Please note that this recipe has been created for people on an AIP diet which doesn't allow all spices. Although I am not an AIPer myself I love this recipe the way it is. But if you are not on an AIP diet and want to spice it up a little bit more, feel free to add a pinch of Cayenne or black pepper or cumin. Again, if you are not an AIPer, you can also use a store bought spice mix like strong Madras curry. But you have to know that spice mixes might contain casein (milk protein) or other things. Yes you have read correctly: casein in a spice mix! Luckily, it should be written on the package. But you have to think about checking the package for this kind of ingredients. Since I have discovered this, I prefer to make my own mixes.
For the quantities and complete list of ingredients for this Chicken curry without coconut milk, please see the recipe card below.
🥣 Variations
You can use spinach instead of steamed cooked sweet potatoes. You will get a green chicken curry.
🔪 Step by step instructions
- In a blender combine the sweet potato and bone broth (or water). Blend until well combined.
- Dice the onion. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute for 3-5 minutes or until onions are beginning to get golden.
- In the meantime, cut the chicken breast into cubes and add it to the skillet. Cook, stirring often, for about 2-3 minutes. Then add the raisins, sweet potato sauce, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger,cloves and salt. Let it cook for about 5 more minutes, stirring regularly. Right before serving, add the cilantro or parsley. And voilà!
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📋 Recipe / Recette
Chicken curry without coconut milk (AIP, paleo)
Ingredients
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 40 grams (¼ cup) raisins
- ½ (⅓ cup) onion (about ½ medium onion)
- 1 teaspoon oil of your choice
- 125 millilitre (½ cup) bone broth (or water)
- 95 grams (½ cup) steamed cooked orange sweet potato (or spinach)
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
- Pinch of ground ginger
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Pinch of sea salt
Optional :
- 1 Tablespoon chopped cilantro or chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a blender combine the sweet potato and bone broth (or water). Blend until well combined.
- Dice the onion. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute for 3-5 minutes or until onions are beginning to get golden.
- In the meantime, cut the chicken breast into cubes and add it to the skillet. Cook, stirring often, for about 2-3 minutes. Then add the raisins, sweet potato sauce, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger,cloves and salt. Let it cook for about 5 more minutes, stirring regularly. Right before serving, add the cilantro or parsley. And voilà! If you are on an AIP, paleo or whole30 diet you can serve this with cauliflower rice (regular rice if you’re not on one of these diets) or with spinach.Bon appétit !
Lyn
This sounds lovely, BUT in the method it includes coconut milk!
gohealthywithbea
So deeply sorry, it is a copy and paste mistake from my own other recipe « coconut chicken curry ». 😱 I did this to make the writing quicker as it was already pretty late at night. I just changed it. Of course there is no coconut milk to add, as it is the whole point of this recipe. Thank you for telling me about this mistake! Hope you will enjoy this recipe. Have a good day!