1. What is Chicken Coconut Stew ?
2. Quick and Easy Chicken Coconut Stew
3. How to make Chicken Coconut Stew?
4. Expert Tips
5. Recipe Card  

What is Chicken Coconut Stew?

​​Coconut Chicken Stew is made with chicken thigh cubes tossed in some roasted dry spices and cooked in coconut milk. It's an adaptation of the classic chicken Thai curry, with the flavours of an Indian curry. First the dry spices and ginger garlic are roasted in ghee and oil, then some slit green chillies are fried. Sliced onion and chicken thighs are tossed and cooked in the masala and coconut milk at the end, finished with some butter and coriander.

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Quick and Easy Chicken Coconut Stew

A fast and effective recipe for a Tasty Stew made with coconut milk. The classic flavours of Thai curry with the touch of some Indian spices and ghee, incorporated into the chicken, making it a light and tasty stew. Try this chicken recipe whenever you feel like curry but don't want the heavy gravy.  

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How to make Chicken Coconut Stew ?

1) In a Stainless Steel Chef's Pan add some ghee and oil. In that, toast some mustard seeds and add the chopped ginger garlic with some slit green chillies and curry leaves.

2) To the sauteed spice mix, add some sliced onions and the chicken thigh cubes. Roast the chicken for a few minutes and then add some water to the pan with some coconut milk and season to taste with salt.

3) Let the chicken cook for 5-10 minutes and then add a cube of butter to the stew with some ground pepper and chopped coriander leaves.

4) Serve the curry hot in a bowl and top it with some more chopped coriander and ginger juliennes.

Expert Tips

1. Saute the dry spices thoroughly to remove the smell.
2. Roast the chicken before adding water and milk to get some good flavour into it.
3. Slice the ginger juliennes thinly, otherwise they might taste unpleasant.

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Coconut Chicken Stew

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Category

Main Course

Servings

4

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Calories

500

A light and flavourful coconut chicken stew, made easily with home ingredients and cooked in 1 stainless steel pan.

Author:

Varun Arora

Ingredients

• Ghee : 1 tbsp

• Oil : 1 tbsp

• Mustard seeds : 1 tbsp

• Chopped ginger and garlic : 4 tbsp

• Slit green chilli : 4-5

• Curry leaves : 12-14

• Sliced onions : 2

• Chicken thigh : 750g

• Water : 1 cup

• Salt : to taste

• Coconut milk : 350 ml

• Butter : 1 cube

• Black pepper : to taste

• Chopped coriander : handful

• Ginger juliennes : for garnish

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Directions

1. In a stainless steel chef's pan add some ghee and oil. In that, toast some mustard seeds and add the chopped ginger garlic with some slit green chillies and curry leaves.

2. To the sauteed spice mix, add some sliced onions and the chicken thigh cubes. Roast the chicken for a few minutes and then add some water to the pan with some coconut milk and season to taste with salt

3. Let the chicken cook for 5-10 minutes and then add a cube of butter to the stew, with some ground pepper and chopped coriander leaves.

4. Serve the curry hot in a bowl and top it with some more chopped coriander and ginger juliennes.

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Recipe Note

This recipe is an adaptation of the chicken Thai curry so it can be made with other ingredients too. A vegetarian version can be made with thick cubes of vegetables cooked in the milk