Coconut Chicken
Author: Kristen Barkley
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Serves: 4
This creamy chicken dish is slightly sweet, bursting with flavor, and most importantly very nutrient dense. "Healthy" has never tasted this good!
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast tenders
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp chicken broth
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¾ tsp dried cilantro
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon peel
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cumin
- pinch of ground tumeric
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 Tbsp macadamia nuts, finely ground
- ¼ tsp ground red pepper
- 1 Tbsp organic raw honey
- ¼ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- chopped scallions, for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and cook 5 minutes per side, or until browned and no longer pink in the center. Remove the chicken to a plate and set aside.
- Heat broth in the same skillet. Add the onion, garlic, cilantro, ginger, lemon peel, cumin and tumeric and cook for 5 minutes or until onion is tender but not browned. Stir in the coconut milk, nuts and red pepper.
- Return the chicken to the skillet, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove the chicken to a plate and keep warm. Do not discard the sauce in the pan.
- Stir in honey and lemon juice into the sauce in the skillet and gently boil until thickened and the mixture measures about 1 cup.
- Evenly divide the chicken among 4 serving plates.
- Top with sauce and garnish with the scallions.
