Coconut Milk Chicken

Posted on by Lanie Fioretti

The best deal this week is chicken breasts for 1.00 / lb at HEB.  This is a great recipe if you’re tired of dry chicken breast meat.

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Coconut Milk Chicken

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 3 thin slices fresh ginger
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 slices pickled jalapeno (more if you like it hot)
  • 2 TBSP fish sauce
  • Pepper
  • Optional herbs: basil, mint, Thai basil, Vietnamese cilantro
  • 4 Chicken breasts
  • Chicken broth
    • For soup (optional)
  • Julienne carrots
  • Rice noodles
  • Chopped bok choy or Napa (Chinese cabbage)
  • 2 TBSP fish sauce
  • 1 tsp lemon zest

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, combine coconut milk, cilantro, ginger, bay leaves, garlic, jalapeno, fish sauce, pepper, and any optional herbs.
  2. Place chicken in the pan and add broth to cover at least halfway up chicken.
  3. Bring to boil on medium heat, then cover (adjust heat so it doesn't boil over).
  4. Flip pieces in 15 minutes. Cook until chicken is done.
  5. Eat chicken with rice or break up pieces and make Thai soup with the broth and chicken pieces.
    6. For soup
  6. Add julienne carrots, rice noodles, chopped bok choy or Napa (Chinese cabbage), and lemon zest
  7. Garnish with cilantro, chopped green onions, mint, and juice of 1/2 of a lime
  8. Note: If you really don't want to do a soup, just cook some bok choy in the broth and have it with rice and chicken. It's pretty easy to create a complete meal out of this cooking process.
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