Name: Coconut Milk Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 large chicken breasts; 1/4 cup flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 tsp EACH ground ginger, garlic powder, ground coriander, turmeric powder, pepper; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 green onions, chopped (white and green parts separated); 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger (or 3/4 tsp ground); 4 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 tsp ground); 1 13.5 oz. can quality coconut milk; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1/4 cup Asian sweet chili sauce (like Mae Ploy); 3-4 tablespoons honey (start with 3); 1/4 cup lime juice; 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon Asian chili sauce (more or less to taste); 1 teaspoon dried basil; sliced fresno or jalapeno peppers; chopped cilantro; sliced green onions

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Coconut Milk Chicken

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

31% of a 2,000 cal day

613KCAL

Protein

35g71% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat38g

49%

Saturated25g

100%

Unsaturated13g

—

Total Carbs36g

13%

Fiber4g

13%

Total Sugars22g

—

incl. Added Sugars18g

35%

Starch11g

—

Sodium1231mg

54%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Chicken breast in a creamy coconut sauce with honey, lime, chili, and Asian flavors, ready in 30 minutes. A quick, flavorful skillet dinner with pantry-friendly ingredients.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

2large chicken breasts
¼ cupflour
1 tspsalt
½ tspEACH ground ginger, garlic powder, ground coriander, turmeric powder, pepper
2 tbspbutter
2 tbspolive oil
2green onions — chopped, white and green parts separated
2 tspfreshly grated ginger — fresh, or ground ginger
4garlic cloves — minced, or ground garlic
13½ ozquality coconut milk — 1 can
2 tspcornstarch
¼ cupAsian sweet chili sauce
3–4 tbsphoney
¼ cuplime juice
1 tbspreduced sodium soy sauce
1 tbspAsian chili sauce
1 tspdried basil
Fresno peppers — sliced, or jalapeño peppers
chopped cilantro
green onions — sliced

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Method

30m total

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