Don’t be frightened by this picture. I swear it actually tastes better than it looks. But I had to take this picture at 5am (you know the lighting is fabulous at that time) before I left for work, while I was packing it away in my cute little Tupperware. Based on the picture, I guess I also have giant hands. Cute, real cute. I’ll think of it as a positive trait though, it’s just a bigger surface area for me to grab snacks with. Ok, I’m done freaking out about my man hands.
Anywho. I found this recipe idea in a CookingLight magazine. Jesus, I love that magazine. Trashy celebrity magazines come a close second, but CookingLight really gets me going. The pictures make food seem so much more exciting than it actually is sometimes. So I decided to recreate this little masterpiece and it was DELICIOUS. And if you don’t like curry, I DON’T LIKE YOU!! Ok, that was a bit over the top. But seriously, get your head on straight. Curry ranks up there along chocolate and nut butters…aka, high!
Brazilian Curry Chicken
- Yield: 3-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1.5–2 lbs chicken, throw in a mixture of boneless, skinless thighs AND breasts*
- 3/4 cup coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 4–6 tablespoons curry powder (hell, throw in the whole jar!! kidding)
- 2 bell peppers, chopped into 1 cubes (i used yellow and red)
- 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Grab out your crock pot!! Wooooo crock pot time!
- Add in the coconut milk, tomato paste, garlic, ginger, curry powder, salt and pepper and whisk together.
- Add in peppers and onions.
- Next, add in chicken and pour broth over the chicken.
- Mix all ingredients together to completely cover the chicken in the curry mixture.
- Cover and cook at low for 6-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
- Then eat it in a cute Tupperware bowl. Or plate….be that way.
Notes
*I often buy skinless, boneless chicken thighs because they’re usually about $1.00/lb cheaper than breasts. I usually will cut off the excess fat on the thighs because the fat can become overwhelming and can also harbor some unneeded crap in it. Looking to save some money? Try just buying thighs or half thighs and half breasts.
Grocery List Helper:
- Chicken Breasts: 1lb for $3.65/lb at King Soopers
- Chicken Thighs: 1lb for $2.99/lb at King Soopers
- Onion and Peppers: on sale at Sunflower Market
- Coconut Milk: 365 brand at Whole Foods: $1.19/can
- Chicken Broth: on sale at Sunflower Market at 2/$5.00
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Oh my goodness…I was scrolling through and saw this recipe picture and thought “ew”…and then your description caught my eye agreeing with me. haha, It moved me enough to open it up and read the recipe and it sounds amazing! I love curry, especially on cooked carrots! Yum! Thank you for your frankness or else I would have missed this culinary delight 🙂
This looks SO good. I want to make cauliflower ‘rice’ with it. What do you suggest adding to the ‘rice’??
Just some curry, maybe a little coriander, salt and pepper, and a bit of cayenne pepper should do the trick!
This is currently in the crockpot… 4 h 41 min to go!! already smells delicious!!!!!! After your chicken enchilada stew was a hit.. I had to try another.. mmmmm curry. Cant wait for dinner tonight!
Made this last night and it’s awesome! I added a little cumin and cayenne, because I like things a little spicier. I highly recommend this, super easy and delicious!
This was so so good…. I will be making a larger amount this weekend for lunches…. !!!!
Success! Even my 2 year old likes this…I served it over cauliflower rice & used pork stew meat. (was cheap & already cut up so I could just dump it in) I’m sure it would be great with chicken too, I was just really fed up with chicken this week. Personally I think curry is good with ANY meat. I’ve really been missing curry over rice so this hit the spot.
I’m really glad I found your blog & will definitely be trying more recipes. Thanks!
I made it last night. Nice and tasty. The chicken seemed over cooked and there was too much liquid. My two dinner guests loved it. Next time I will add less broth and cook the chicken for less time. Any other suggestions?
both of those two things should help!
Since my Whole30 and continuing Paleo this has become my absolute FAVORITE meal, so thanks Juli for this recipe and your entire blog!!!
A friend showed me your website a couple days ago, this was my first recipe try-out. Made it last night added some pineapple the last hour for cooking — but next time definitely going to incorporate some sweet potatoes in there. mmmhhm. Thanks for the recipe, 😉
We did not like this at all. I doubled the recipe because I had double the amount of chicken to cook. I didn’t even double the amount of curry because 4-6 T seemed like an awful lot to begin with. It was still way too much curry. None of us could eat it. Was a complete waste of food. We had to toss it and I ended up making smoothies.
i’m so sorry melissa! that’s such a bummer
I agree with the amount of curry. I doubled the recipe also and 3/4 of the way through realized that the curry powder was too chalky. I added 1.5 large cans of diced tomatoes to reduce the concentration but it was still to much (I love curry & I also added some sambal oolek to mine). Most in the family felt it was still too much curry powder, some family with rice thought it was OK and I’ll eat anything, so with some extra spice and rice it was good.
I had the exact same experience!! We LOVE curry and the entire crockpot went to waste! I was extremely disappointed in this recipe.