Chicken & Lychee Green Curry

This Chicken & Lychee Green Curry is a fun alternative to a normal curry thanks to the addition of juicy lychee. It’s creamy, sweet and spicy and has a sauce that is so good you will want to drink it with a spoon. Best of all it requires just one pan and is ready in under 30 minutes. It’s Whole30, Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal. 

I learned a few very important things while in Thailand last year, 1) I absolutely love green curry and 2) contrary to popular belief, it’s an incredibly simple dish to prepare. Following these exciting discoveries, green curry has now become a permanent fixture on my weekday dinner rotation.

This chicken and lychee green curry takes the basic green curry recipe and kicks it up a notch with the addition of lychee. The fragrant sweet fruit adds freshness to the dish, which perfectly contrasts with the creaminess of the coconut milk and spice from the chili. I find lychee to be a very underappreciated fruit, which seems to only be used in cocktails or Asian desserts, but these little fruits are full of nutrients and should not be ignored. Lychee are high in Vitamin C with 100grams containing over 110% of your recommended daily intake. They also contain flavonoids and anti-oxidants which help protect the body from various types of cancer, inflammation and can slow the progression of degenerative diseases. It doesn’t stop there, this dish also contains protein rich chicken and coconut milk which is high in fatty acids which aids in weight loss, improves immune function and lowers the risk of heart disease (while also giving you thick and shiny hair!). This means that there is no need for guilt when you help yourself to seconds of this hearty dish.

Even if you aren’t following a grain free diet, I highly recommend serving this curry on cauliflower rice which sops up all of the liquid but is low in calories (27 calories per cup vs over 200 in white rice) which means you don’t fill up on empty carbs. This dish takes less than 30 minutes to prepare and still tastes great as leftovers a day later. Give this delicious chicken and lychee green curry a try, it will have you looking at lychee in a whole new way.

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Chicken & Lychee Green Curry

Every Last Bite

This Chicken & Lychee Green Curry is a fun alternative to a normal curry thanks to the addition of juicy lychee. It's creamy, sweet and spicy and has a sauce that is so good you will want to drink it with a spoon. Best of all it requires just one pan and is ready in under 30 minutes.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Diets Dairy Free, Grain/Gluten Free, Nut Free, Paleo, Refined Sugar Free, Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

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• 1 tsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp green curry paste
• 1 (14oz can) full fat coconut milk
• 1/3 cup chicken stock
• 3 large chicken breasts (approx 1 1/4 lbs)
• 3 kaffir lime leaves (or 1 tsp lime zest)
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp honey (optional - omit for Whole30)
• 1 cup peeled lychees
• 2 tbsp roughly chopped cilantro
• 1 tbsp chopped Fresno chili pepper

Instructions

 

• Cut the chicken breasts into small pieces.
• Cut into the top of each lychee and remove the outer shell. Cut each lychee in half, peeling each section off the seed. Set aside.
• Place 1 tsp olive oil in a large pan on medium heat, once hot add the green curry paste and stir it around the pan.
• Add the coconut milk, chicken stock, fish sauce and honey (if using) to the pan and stir until its combined with the curry paste and the mixture begins to boil. Add the chicken to the pan along with the kaffir leaves and allow the chicken to cook for 8-10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
• Add in the lychee and Fresno chili pepper and allow the curry to simmer for 3-4 more minutes.
• Remove form the heat, top with fresh chopped cilantro and serve with cauliflower rice.

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