This quick and simple dinner is loaded with delicious flavor – perfect served over rice (or cauliflower rice!)
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 5 servings 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, sliced into bite sized pieces
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1 inch knob ginger, minced
- 1 lime, zested
- 1/3 cup basil leaves, sliced
- 1 can unsweetened coconut milk (full fat!)
- *1 tablespoon arrowroot powder (can be subbed for cornstarch)
Instructions
- In a pot, heat some avocado oil (olive or coconut work as well) over medium high heat
- When hot, add your shallot, garlic, and ginger + salt and pepper. Cook until softened
- Add your lime zest and cook for another minute
- Add your coconut milk, basil, and chicken, season well with salt and pepper, and bring to a simmer
- When the chicken is almost done: in a small bowl, stir together your arrowroot powder + enough water to make it runny. Stir into your simmering chicken. This adds just a touch of thickness (not too much – you still want it thin like a curry).
- Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve over cauliflower rice or regular rice!
Notes
*The thickener step is optional. It adds a little bit of viscosity to the sauce, but it’s delicious without!
Nutrition
- Calories: 245
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 313 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 24 g
- Cholesterol: 72 mg